The 17 LEDs are a big improvement over the five on the previous-gen model on paper. The bezels have shrunk too and together with the larger display, the lack of a recessed screen makes for great viewing. The larger screen real estate is definitely a welcome change with the 300ppi screen being just as good as ever. The Signature edition that I am reviewing gets some added goodies in the form of an auto-adjusting backlight and wireless charging. Instead, Amazon chose to increase the display size for the first time ever, add more LEDs and an adjustable warm light to the display and switch to Type-C – the latter ensuring that you don’t have to hold on to an increasingly redundant micro-USB cable. Understandably, Amazon decided to not fiddle too much with the things that have received very little criticism from avid readers.

So, when Amazon launched the new Kindle Paperwhite, I was keen to see and experience the changes First-hand. And there is very little that I would like to change. I still use the Kindle Paperwhite that was gifted to me back in 2014. The Kindle is refreshingly different and has stayed that way for a very long time. You’d expect a consumer tech product today to be slow and sluggish just a couple of years into its lifecycle.

If you have ever owned a Kindle, you’d know how indestructible they are.

Kindle paperwhite signature edition