![]() ![]() It’s made up of four ridged bits of plastic, but is a singular control. More important than the slightly chunky frame, the Kindle Touch has gotten rid of all front buttons bar an iPhone-like home button. ![]() It sits happily in one hand, and its back uses the soft touch finish that’s become an easy-on-the-fingers staple of ereaders. The extra weight doesn’t feel like an upgrade, but the more curvaceous body does. Skipping between the two ereaders, you’re liable to ask the Touch whether it should think about laying off the carbs, but it is nevertheless wonderfully comfortable to hold. It’s roughly 220g where its little brother is 166g, and the screen bezel sticks out from the paper-like screen more markedly. But now they’re back in the Kindle Touch.Īs a result, the Kindle Touch is significantly chunkier and weightier than the Kindle. MP3 playback, voice synthesis and the high-capacity battery went. To drop the price and weight, it shed a load of features. It was the cheapest, thinnest, lightest Kindle model ever, boasting the same great E Ink reading experience in an extremely accessible package. When the non-touch Kindle arrived last year, it set out its stall pretty clearly. Has it been worth the wait? Yes it has, but unless you’ll actually use the additional features it offers, the cheaper non-touch Kindle is an excellent alternative. ![]() We say new, but it has been available in the US for some time. The Kindle Touch is Amazon’s new flagship ereader, effectively taking over the spot of the keyboard Kindle. ![]()
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