The Kindle Paperwhite is all about reading, so having a great display that’s easy on the eyes is the most important part of the package. Just like the previous model, the screen is still 6-inches and it’s still backlit so you can happily read in the dark and without the eye strain.
While it has inherited the higher pixel density from the kindle voyage, it hasn’t got the far superior automatically controlled brightness and evenly distributed backlight. This isn’t that much of an issue – Amazon is never going to bring all of its top-end features down to the mid-range – but you will still get a slightly brighter light towards the lower part of the screen.
But, they key here is the resolution. At 300ppi it’s up there with most mid-range smartphones and tablets on the market and it’s a massive jump from the previous Paperwhite. The difference is akin to moving from SD to HD. Text looks crisper and more like you’re reading words printed on paper. The new Paperwhite also has access to Amazon’s brand-new Bookerly font, which improves character spacing with hyphenation, justification and ligatures.
