Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB (newest model) – 20% faster, with new 7" glare-free display and weeks of battery life – Black vs Amazon Kindle Scribe 32GB (newest model) — 11” paper-like display with front light — Thinner, lighter, faster — Write in notebooks, documents, and books. Includes Premium Pen - Graphite
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#2 in E-Readers
Amazon
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB (newest model) – 20% faster, with new 7" glare-free display and weeks of battery life – Black
$159.99
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Pros
- +Performs greatly in bright environment even without the frontlight
- +Better for manga than colorsoft
- +Way more crisp in black/white situations
- +Manga looks great
- +No-distractions format for reading books
Cons
- -Auto brightness is counterintuitive
- -Still not preferred over ipad for manga
- -Can feel a bit awkward to hold and heavy with a case
- -Fingerprint magnet
“The auto brightness in paperwhite is kinda counterintuitive for me. It brightens up the e-ink screen when the ambient light gets brighter but it's a black and white e-ink which performs greatly in bri”
#5 in E-Readers
Kindle
Amazon Kindle Scribe 32GB (newest model) — 11” paper-like display with front light — Thinner, lighter, faster — Write in notebooks, documents, and books. Includes Premium Pen - Graphite
$499.99
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Pros
- +Beautiful experience for manga
- +Large screen space
- +Potential for increased value with browser features
- +25% off (sale)
- +Larger screen
Cons
- -Not portable for everyday use
- -Too large
- -Small window for atlas app
- -Notebooks appear in the library section instead of a dedicated notebook section
“if you want something larger than the Paperwhite/Colorsoft... there's the Scribe models but those are substantially more expensive and less portable.”