With stock of its current generation of e-readers dwindling, Amazon is expected to announce new Kindles soon, perhaps as early as next week. A Spanish retailer has a listing for a new 2024 version of the entry-level Kindle with a release date listed as September 30th, as spotted by Good e-Reader.
The new Kindle will have a six-inch, 300ppi screen with improved contrast and a backlight that’s 25 percent brighter than the model Amazon released two years ago. It will also offer faster page turns and a new dark mode that inverts its monochromatic E Ink screen, but there’s no mention of it having warm screen lighting or whether it will feature the improved E Ink Carta 1200 screen that Amazon used on the 11th-gen Kindle Paperwhite that debuted in 2021.
The new 12th-gen Kindle will be slightly lighter than its predecessor — 154 grams compared to 158 grams — and will include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a USB-C port, 16GB of storage, and a battery that’s claimed to last for up to eight weeks per charge. It will be available in at least two color options: black and matcha green.
MediaMarkt has it listed for €119, but the retailer doesn’t mention if that’s with or without ads. When the 11th-gen Kindle debuted two years ago, it sold for $99.99 with lockscreen ads or for $119.99 without them.