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Amazon Kindle Touch 8

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User ratings:
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3 stars
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Editorial reviews:
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3 editorial reviews
Amazon’s All-new Kindle adds glare-free, adjustable front lighting, giving users a more comfortable reading experience day or night.Read more
Amazon's Kindles have long had a hold on the e-reader market, but its new finger-friendly model is a departure from its buttoned-up brothers. Is it aRead more
The new Amazon Kindle has been available for a few weeks and this is the first model that you can choose a different color. Most Kindles are only available in black, but you now have the option to select white. This is the first time the entry level Kindle has undergone a dramatic change, the last time this occurred was in 2014. Is this worth upgrading if you have an older Kindle? Hardware The 8th Generation Kindle has a six inch e-Ink Pearl display with a resolution of 800 X 600 and 167 PPI. It does not have a capacitiveRead more
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Pros

  • thinner
  • lighter
  • has Bluetooth and has double the RAM and internal storage

Cons

  • battery life will vary considerably
  • The Kindle lineup seemed a little muddy for the past few months
  • display isn't as responsive as a smartphone or tablet

Key specs

  • 161 g
  • yes
  • 6 in
  • E Ink
  • 800, 600 px
  • 16

Amazon Kindle Touch 8 - Pros & Cons

Amazon Kindle Touch 8

Pros

  • thinner
  • lighter
  • has Bluetooth and has double the RAM and internal storage

Cons

  • battery life will vary considerably
  • The Kindle lineup seemed a little muddy for the past few months
  • display isn't as responsive as a smartphone or tablet
  • higher-end model does have a couple of exclusive features
  • The newer Kindle is also a hair heavier than its predecessor
  • The resolution is poor and most text and images are washed out
  • older version only had a paltry 128 MB
  • It does not have a front-light
  • The PDF rendering engine is also slow
  • Most Kindles are only available in black
  • no 3G option and having used the touchscreen

Amazon Kindle Touch 8 - Full Specifications

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Display
Touchscreenyes
Colourno
Screen size6.0 in
Screen technologyE Ink
Screen resolution800 x 600 px
Shades of grey16
Aspect ratio4:3
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Design
Colour of product
  • Black
  • White
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Features
Menu languagesMulti
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Battery
Battery life168.0 h
Battery charge time4.0 h
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Technical details
Supported book file formats
  • AZW
  • AZW3
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • HTML
  • PDF
  • TXT
Supported image formats
  • BMP
  • GIF
  • JPG
  • PNG
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Dimensions
Height4.53 in
Width6.3 in
Depth0.36 in
Weight5.68 oz
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Connectivity
Wi-Fiyes
Wi-Fi standards
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • Wi-Fi 4
USB typeMicro-USB

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