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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: 0.205s | source
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kingkongjaffa ◴[17 Oct 24 09:37 UTC] No.41867908[source]▶
> fastest Kindle Paperwhite ever

Is this something people value in an ereader? As long as its fast enough, idk why speed would be the thing they promote in the sub heading. I read on an ipad mini all the time but I don’t understand this.

It’s weird messaging. Who in amazons product and marketing teams decided that this is the most important thing to mention?

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1. hasbot ◴[17 Oct 24 12:30 UTC] No.41869034[source]▶
"Speed" appears to be the only improvement over previous versions. It's only slightly larger than previous versions. My Paperwhite 4 is a little pokey especially in scrolling through a library, but it's not a big deal and not worth "upgrading." So the bigger question is "Why did Amazon create a new version of the Paperwhite with such marginal improvements?"