Which Kindle to buy this Christmas – UK comparison and price guide
Struggling to decide which Kindle to buy this Christmas? Amazon has published a new Kindle comparison guide that will help you choose the perfect e-reader as a gift this Christmas.
Kindle (newest gen)
Weighing in at just 158g, this is the most compact Kindle device, small enough to fit in your hand or carry in your back pocket—and it’s packed with premium Kindle features. It has a 300 PPI (pixels per inch), glare-free display, with faster page turns, a higher contrast ratio for clearer text, and a front light that is 25% brighter at max setting – the same as the Kindle Paperwhite.
It comes in black and a fun Matcha colour, offering weeks of battery life from a single charge, and 16 GB of storage for holding thousands of books – all of which make it the ideal device for reading anywhere the day takes you.
The original Kindle is available now, starting at £94.99.
Kindle Paperwhite
The best Kindle for avid readers.
With Kindle Paperwhite, scrolling through your Kindle Library or Store is snappy and responsive, with 25% faster page turns. The display uses an oxide thin-film transistor, which gives it the highest contrast ratio of any Kindle, so text and images pop off the screen. With an adjustable back light, you can read comfortably in bright sunlight and dark rooms.
A larger, seven-inch display is a first for the Kindle Paperwhite – and yet, it is also the thinnest Kindle Paperwhite ever with up to three months of battery life. Kindle Paperwhite is also waterproof, with 16 GB of storage for thousands of books, and comes in Raspberry, Jade, and Black.
Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, which has 32 GB of storage, optional wireless charging, anan d an auto-adjusting front light, comes in Metallic Raspberry, Metallic Jade, and Metallic Black.
Kindle Paperwhite is available now starting at £159.99; Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is available for £189.99.
The Kindle Colorsoft
The best Kindle for graphic novels and illustrated books.
Do you prefer comic books to classic novels? Or do you want to enjoy every travel guide in stunning colour? Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition and Kindle Colorsoft offer everything readers love about Kindle, with the added beauty and imagination that colour brings.
They have the usual Kindle features; high contrast, fast page turns, an auto-adjusting front light, and weeks of battery life. But now, you can browse covers in colour in your Kindle Library or Store, see book photos and images in colour, or add colour highlights that you can easily search for later.
Kindle Colorsoft comes with wireless charging, up to eight weeks of battery life, and is waterproof so you can bring it with you in the bath or take it to the beach without having to worry. For those who prefer to read on pages with a dark background, check out the Page Color feature that inverts the black text and white background.
Kindle Colorsoft 16 GB is available now starting at £239.99; Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition is available now starting at £269.99.
Kindle Scribe
The best Kindle for note-taking and journaling. If you like to unwind by journaling or jotting down thoughts, Kindle Scribe is for you, combining all the benefits of Kindle with a powerful notetaking device. The display has new white borders, and the screen has a smooth, paper-like texture that makes it look and feel like you’re writing on a sheet of paper.
The Premium Pen is finely crafted to deliver just the right heft and balance, so it feels like holding an actual pen, and the new soft-tipped rubber feels like a pencil – you’ll think you’ll have to brush the screen clean after erasing.
If you like to unwind by journaling or jotting down thoughts, Kindle Scribe is for you, combining all the benefits of Kindle with a powerful notetaking device. The display has new white borders, and the screen has a smooth, paper-like texture that makes it look and feel like you’re writing on a sheet of paper.
The Premium Pen is finely crafted to deliver just the right heft and balance, so it feels like holding an actual pen, and the new soft-tipped rubber feels like a pencil – you’ll think you’ll have to brush the screen clean after erasing.
Amazon recently announced that a reimagined Kindle Scribe lineup will be coming to the UK which comprises of three models.
- Kindle Scribe Colorsoft: The first ever Kindle Scribe in colour has colours that are easy on the eyes, a display that feels just like writing on paper, and colour ink that flows naturally from the pen.
- Next-generation Kindle Scribe: This reimagined model has a beautiful design that’s ultra-thin and light, with a larger 11-inch display and faster actions such as turning pages.
- Kindle Scribe without front light: This device has the same design as the above, just without the front light.
Kindle Scribe is available now starting at £379.99.
With regards to the upcoming models, the next-generation Kindle Scribe will start at £449.99; Kindle Scribe Colorsoft will start at £569.99; and Kindle Scribe without front light will be £389.99. You can sign up here to be the first to hear when they will be available to purchase.
Kindle Kids, Kindle Paperwhite Kids, and Kindle Colorsoft Kids
The best Kindle for young and developing readers.
These devices are a great way to help cultivate a love of reading at a young age; when a child sits down with a Kindle, they read on average over 45 minutes a day. All of them come with a two-year worry-free guarantee, a kid-friendly cover, and six months (one year if you purchase the Kindle Colorsoft Kids) of Amazon Kids+ – a kid-friendly subscription service that provides access to thousands of age-appropriate books and audiobooks.
Parents can manage content and set up a device bedtime through the Amazon Parent Dashboard. Kids can request books for parents and guardians to add to their library, while tools like Word Wise and Vocabulary Builder help them learn new words as they’re reading.
Kindle Kids is available now for £114.99; Kindle Paperwhite Kids is available now for £169.99; Kindle Colorsoft Kids is available now for £259.99.
