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Kindle Basic 2013 vs Kindle Basic Touch 2014

October 23, 2014 By Michael Kozlowski 3 Comments

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Welcome to another Good e-Reader Comparison Video! Today we do a side by side comparison with the Kindle Basic 2013 edition with D-PAD and the enhanced 2014 model with a touchscreen. In this video you will get a sense on how they perform with eBooks, PDF files, Shopping and check out the main differences.

The Kindle Basic 2013 model has physical page turn buttons, a D-Pad for navigation and hardware buttons to bring up the virtual keyboard or access the home screen. Typing on the virtual keyboard is a real  pain, especially when you have to enter complex WIFI passwords or to take notes when reading an eBook. It also lacks a true home screen and main navigation menu to access the store or library. This is as bare bones as you can get, there are no translation features, X-Ray or GoodReads.

The Kindle Basic Touch 2014 edition has the same firmware as the Kindle Paperwhite 2. This gives you a true home screen, with a UI at the top that can easily grant you access to the Kindle Store, GoodReads Search or access your settings. The touchscreen is really refined, I remember not to long ago they were completely woeful.

If you have an older Kindle Basic, without a touchscreen this video will give you a compelling enough reason to upgrade. It costs a paltry $79, with Special Offers, which is a fancy way of saying it displays advertisements on the home screen and screensaver.


Michael Kozlowski

Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past ten years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and Verge.

Filed Under: e-Reader News, Good E-Reader Videos, Kindle News

  • Karl

    Quite an interesting comparison. The Kindle Voyage may be Amazon’s flagship eReader right now, but it looks like the real leap in value-per-dollar came in this upgrade to their low end model.

  • JPP

    Thanks for the review! The light-off comparo is much appreciated; and, I think, has a sensational outcome in that the Basic’s unlighted screen looks better. I wonder how the Voyage will look against the Basic with lights off, and if it has the same hue as the Paperwhite thus displayed. Maybe Sony was on to something with their refusal to fit lighting.

    JPP

  • Maud Lean

    Frankly, they could dip it in gold and sprinkle it with diamonds, as long as it doesn’t have page turn buttons I’m not interested.

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