Instead, it has 16 levels of greyscale at its disposal, which is good enough for text, less for images.Īs an e-ink display used to display text, the refresh rate can be extremely low, primarily with it just showing a page from a book and only changing when the user turns the page, or interacts with the user interface in some way. Amazon doesn't say what its resolution is, but that it is a 300ppi display, which is a little below the iPad mini, but still perfectly readable.įurther drilling home the point is that the display doesn't offer colors at all. The 6.8-inch Paperwhite e-ink (also referred to as e-paper) display is decently sized, if not as big as the iPad mini, but the Kindle also has a considerable chin towards the base. We're talking about a device that prioritizes readability and battery life, and the screen certainly reflects that. Things are considerably different for the Kindle Paperwhite's display, due to it being an ebook reader, not a tablet.
Text and background options in Apple Books app There's also stylus support with the second-generation Apple Pencil. There's also TrueTone, where the colors of the display shift to match changes in environmental lighting, so an on-screen image looks the same under different lighting. Of benefit to readers is the antireflective coating, boasting 1.8% reflectivity, as well as its 500 nits of brightness. The IPS panel also includes Wide color (P3) support, and a fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating to go with its multi-touch support. The iPad mini has an 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display, with a resolution of 2,266 by 1,488 and a pixel density of 326ppi. The small size and the plastic housing certainly help the Kindle save weight, with its 0.45-pound mass considerably undercutting the iPad mini's 0.65 pounds. Despite being simpler in terms of technology, Amazon still managed to make the Paperwhite thicker than the iPad at 0.32 inches. It has a smaller footprint than the iPad mini at 6.9 inches by 4.9 inches, making it the same size as a small book. With reasonably small bezels to the sides and top, there is a bit of a chin towards the base of the unit. Even with a new larger screen, the aluminum enclosure is still an extremely compact 7.69 inches by 5.3 inches, and just 0.25 inches thick.Īs an ebook reader, you would expect the Kindle Paperwhite to have a fairly large screen on the front, and to a point, it does.
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8.3-inch Liquid Retina with True Tone, 500 nits brightnessĦ.8-inch Paperwhite glare-free with 16-level grayscaleĥG (sub-6 GHz), Gigabit LTE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5ġ2MP Wide, f/1.8 aperture, 5x digital zoom