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We walk a batch of clip astatine The Verge waxing poetic astir the latest gadgets, but sometimes it’s the last-gen devices from respective years agone that connection the amended value. The 2021 Kindle Paperwhite is simply a large lawsuit successful constituent — particularly since you tin drawback it astatine Woot successful refurbished information with lockscreen ads, 8GB of storage, and a 90-day warranty starting astatine $49.99 done the remainder of today, April 12th, which is astir $90 disconnected the e-reader’s archetypal database price. Per usual, Amazon Prime members volition besides person escaped shipping with their purchase.
The entry-level refurb models are successful afloat moving bid but see a unspecified, mean level of deterioration and teardrop — hence their “scratch and dent” designation. Thankfully, Woot is besides selling non-S&D models of the 2021 Paperwhite with ads, 8GB of storage, and the aforesaid 90-day Woot warranty starting astatine $69.99. You tin adjacent prime up a refurbished Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition — which adds wireless charging, a sensor to automatically set the backlight, and 4 times the retention — for $99.99, oregon $90 disconnected the step-up model’s archetypal MSRP.
2021 Kindle Paperwhite (refurbished, with ads)
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Unlike Amazon’s latest entry-level Kindle, the 11th-generation Paperwhite boasts robust IPX8 waterproofing and a 6.8-inch display, which is 2 inches smaller than the 7-inch surface connected the newest Paperwhite. That said, it inactive boasts the aforesaid solution (300ppi) arsenic the latest model, on with adjustable colour temperature, allowing you to work conscionable arsenic easy astatine nighttime arsenic during the day. The e-reader packs monthslong artillery beingness and USB-C support, too, though its UI isn’t arsenic responsive arsenic connected the latest models, nor are leafage turns rather arsenic fast.
If you’re reasoning astir upgrading from an older model, Woot’s Paperwhite promo couldn’t travel astatine a amended time. Amazon recently announced that it volition extremity enactment for pre-2012 Kindle devices connected May 20th, 2026, which volition forestall existing owners from purchasing, borrowing, oregon downloading caller contented via the Kindle Store (previously downloaded books volition inactive beryllium accessible). Amazon is offering longtime users a 20 percent discount connected caller Kindle devices until June 20th; however, adjacent with the discount, you’d inactive beryllium paying astir 3 times arsenic overmuch to nab the 2024 Paperwhite.
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