They where just running out of consumer distinctive marketing names for the models.
The Kindles had been in production for years before Amazon adopted the "generation" terminology. I also have a Voyage, which has a couple of extra features but I keep those turned off so they have the same interface as the most recent Paperwhite models but it feels a lot different in my hand, being smaller and lighter. I get absorbed in the book and I don't really care which one I'm using. Once I'm reading, though, none of that really matters. The light on the later two is also more even. I read with all three of these and they're all just fine but I prefer the later two because they're faster. Also the 6th generation hasn't received the last few updates so it doesn't have a few of the newer features. The 6th generation Paperwhite is noticeably slower than the later ones. The later 7th generation and all the 8th generation Paperwhites have 4 gig. Also some of the 7th generation Paperwhites only had 2 gig storage. I personally can't tell the difference but many people can. I haven't had my Touch for a while so I can't give a point by point comparison but, of course, it didn't have a light and that's a huge difference.Īmong the Paperwhites the 8th generation latest Paperwhite is nearly identical to the 7th generation except that it has a higher resolution screen. The Paperwhites are all enough different from the Touch that it's kind of pointless to compare them. I have all three Paperwhites and I used to have the original Kindle Touch, which is their predecessor. You are welcome to do so!Ī collector with all the above devices to the rescue? Of course, you may find other aspects of the interface more important. The two main aspects of the user interface for me are the ease of use of the dictionary, highlighting, and note taking. Are there any annoying bugs left in the 4th and 5th version? I for one have the non-touch Kindle 4, with some pretty annoying user interface decisions and bugs, but I can still live with them somehow until something new is on the horizon. Has there been any improvement in the user interface from the 4th through the 5th to 6th and 7th generation of touchscreen Kindles? If so, what has improved? What would you still improve in generation 8th (edit: maybe it will be called the 9th generation), basic touch device with backlight ($119 with ads) softwarewise?
Kindle Paperwhite's (7th Generation) latest software is 5.8.9.2įrom this, we can conclude that at least the 6th and 7th generation Paperwhite devices are identical from the inside. Kindle Paperwhite's (6th Generation) latest software is 5.8.9.2
Kindle Paperwhite's (5th Generation) latest software is 5.6.1.1 Kindle Touch's (4th Generation) latest software is 5.3.7.3