Amazon has tremendous sales on the Kindle Kids and Kindle Paperwhite Kids models. You will pay less than the recent Prime Day sale, which is saying something. There is nothing fundamentally different in the Kids’ models if an adult wants to use them. The hardware, tech specs, and software are the same. A bonus is a free case and a two-year warranty.
The Amazon Kindle Kids is based on the entry-level Kindle Basic in 2022. The base model Kindle has a six-inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1448X1072 with 300 PPI. It has a hollow screen and bezel design so that fonts look razor-sharp. This is primarily due to its exposed e-paper, so no layer of glass or anything else is getting in the way between your eyes and the screen. When reading outdoors, the screen will not glare from the sun. It is packed with four white LED lights to power the front-lit display, allowing you to read in the dark. Amazon is promoting the system side dark mode, which will invert the colours so that the background will be black and the text will be white. There are three cases to choose from that have no extra cost. The Kids model is on sale for 94.99, which is discounted by $25.
The Amazon Kindle is the most popular e-reader brand in the world; everyone has heard of it, even if they have never seen one in person. The 11th Generation Kindle Paperwhite 5 has a few major selling points. It uses a brand new E INK Carta 1200 display, which has increased page turn speed by over 20%, and the overall performance of navigating around is 50% faster than that of the previous generation. The large 6.8 display provides 300 PPI and ample screen real estate for more text. The Paperwhite Kids model comes with 16GB of storage, a free case and is on sale for $134, which is $35 off the regular price.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
