Amazon’s e-reader has come a long way since its inception. Today, I was genuinely impressed by the new 2024 edition. In comparison, my model from 2013 feels outdated in numerous ways. Over the past eleven years, Amazon has made significant strides, with approximately 487 million devices sold. The latest model is lighter, faster, and equipped with an ambient light sensor, along with greatly enhanced internal storage.

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The best thing about conventional wisdom is that it eventually ages into obscurity — and that’s what Amazon’s doing to previous perceptions about e-readers. I’ve tested Kindles for years, which led me to expect E Ink pages would always load slower than I’d like, as I was just used to seeing visible pauses after each tap. Amazon shattered that truth with its latest generation of Kindles that use a whole new oxide backplane display technology to simply move the digital ink around faster. Much faster.