Amazon Kindle Gen 8 2016

On the front panel of the case of the 8th generation of the e-reader of the Kindle family from Amazon, there are no mechanical keys at all — the entire process of controlling the device is implemented through touch input.

Display

The model is equipped with a 6-inch E Ink Pearl screen with a resolution of 800x600 pixels (pixel density at this diagonal is 167ppi). Despite far unrecord-breaking performance, the font in the texts looks clear on the screen, and the background is highly white. That's just the display is deprived of one of the main advantages — the built-in backlight, which makes it inconvenient to use the reader in poor lighting conditions.

Formats

Like all Amazon products, the reader supports an extremely limited number of formats: MOBI, PDF, and TXT. In addition, there are not so many books in Russian in the company store. The way out of this situation is to pre-convert the required work using free applications (for example, Caliber).

Library

To store a personal library, 4 GB of internal memory is allocated, which cannot be expanded. However, this volume is enough for more than 1000 books, and if the free space still runs out, some of the files can be sent to the cloud storage. Access to it opens when the device is connected to a Wi-Fi network. The number of wireless connections on board the model is not limited to its presence — there is also a Bluetooth module, which is useful for connecting headphones to the reader and playing audio books through them. Unfortunately, this function does not work in conjunction with Cyrillic texts.

Responsiveness

Increased in comparison with the previous model (Amazon Kindle 2014) the amount of RAM (up to 512 MB) had a positive impact on the responsiveness of the gadget. Loading books and turning pages happen almost without delay. In addition to everything, the reader has a light weight (161 g), which will not weigh down the hands of the owner of the book during long reading.

Advertising

Before purchasing a device, it is advisable to clarify an important detail regarding its modification, since the Special Offers version comes with non-switchable ads. It is displayed on the splash screen and in menu items without interfering with the user's reading. The version without ads will cost about $20 more.