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Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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572 points bookofjoe | 4 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:52 UTC | HN request time: 1.132s | source
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grecy ◴[16 Oct 24 15:18 UTC] No.41860118[source]▶
I bought a used paperwhite in 2015 and have read many hundreds of books on it. Still works flawlessly and even great battery life despite taking it around the world through -45 and +45 many times.

I don’t love Amazon, but this may be the best device I’ve ever owned. It does one thing really, really well.

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1. technothrasher ◴[16 Oct 24 23:37 UTC] No.41864983[source]▶
I bought a Voyage in 2015 and don't want to give it up. I like it more than any of the newer models I've tried. Battery life is starting to get poor, but even 'poor' gives me about a week of typical reading before I have to charge it again.
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2. grogenaut ◴[17 Oct 24 05:30 UTC] No.41866678[source]▶
I loved my voyage then I lost it for week and splurge bought an 8gb paperwhite that I could read in the hot tub. I just use the paperwhite now. The voyage sits as a backup to the scribe which backs up the paperwhite and goes along for note taking
3. aurea ◴[17 Oct 24 06:55 UTC] No.41867088[source]▶
I haven't done it myself but you can buy replacement batteries online for the Kindle Voyage; last time I checked they were like $30 and replacing it looks easy enough.
4. jmcphers ◴[17 Oct 24 17:06 UTC] No.41871484[source]▶
I've read on my Voyage almost every day of the last 8 years. One of the best electronic devices I've ever owned. I knew it was too much to hope for it to be reintroduced, but I hoped anyway.