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

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572 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.248s | source
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wackget ◴[17 Oct 24 02:50 UTC] No.41865993[source]▶
No physical buttons, no purchase.
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1. mrweasel ◴[17 Oct 24 07:00 UTC] No.41867119[source]▶
I still use my Kindle 4, because it's the last version to have buttons, without having a crazy form factor. It was also $100, which is in the absolute max a Kindle should cost.

None of the later version have peeked my interest, because I don't gain anything, compared to my 12 year old Kindle. Prices have gone up, but I've lost the physical button, so I pay more to lose a feature I really like.

Amazon could have more or less stopped Kindle development in 2012 and just worked on reducing the cost ever since and it would still have been a great e-reader.