We have seen the Amazon Spanish website leak the new 2024 Kindle Basic. The new Kindle is also shown sporting an interesting new shade which Amazon is calling as Matcha Green. Maybe that has to do with the new environment friendly build of the new Kindle. So, a green shade was almost imperative though it is also going to be available in the traditional black shade as well.
However, this does not quite tally with the previous leaks we have had where at least two Kindle devices were seen appearing on the FCC website. As Liliputing revealed, the two devices were identified on the FCC site as ‘Electronic Display Devices with support for WiFi 5 and Bluetooth LE’. Both had a very similar model number – 2A4DH-5688 and 2A4DH-5698. The only difference between the two, as can be made from the meager information available as of now is that one of the devices has a feature that is mentioned as WPT.
So, what can be concluded is that maybe the two devices are almost the same with just a few additional features which likely can be for a higher-end version of the same. Perhaps we are looking at the Kindle Paperwhite and the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, more so if WPT stands for Wireless Power Transfer. As we all know, the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition supports wireless charging and is the only Kindle to be so equipped.
Meanwhile, we have yet another possibility, of which we have had ample rumors before – that of Amazon working on a color Kindle this time. Rumor mills claim two Kindle devices are under development, one of which is going to be the Kindle Paperwhite replacement and another that will serve as the new Kindle Scribe. We have also known it is ACeP Gallery 3 technology that the new color Kindles will come with, which, if true, is going to be far better than the Kaleido 3 powered e-readers we have seen almost all e-reader makers have come up with in recent times.
reMarkable is the only company to deviate from the trend as its new reMarkable Pro device features a Gallery 3 display. It easily is one of the best e-note devices we have had in recent times. The color display is vibrant and rich. Pen input is spontaneous while there is none of the lag usually associated with Gallery 3 displays. The reMarkable Pro benefits from a significantly faster display refresh rate which at just 12 ms betters even that of the 21 ms of the reMarkable 2. Amazon sure would like to bring it down further on the new generation Paperwhite and Scribe rumored to launch soon.
Keep an eye out for more updates on this.