Amazon’s next entry-level Kindle with a brighter screen leaks

With stock of its current generation e-readers dwindling, Amazon is expected to announce new Kindles soon, perhaps as early as next week. A Spanish retailer has a listing for a new 2024 version of the entry-level Kindle with a release date listed as September 30th, as spotted by Good e-Reader.

The new Kindle will have a six-inch, 300ppi screen, with improved contrast and a backlight that’s 25 percent brighter than the model Amazon released two years ago. It will also offer faster page turns and a new dark mode that inverts its monochromatic E Ink screen, but there’s no mention of it having warm screen lighting, or whether it will feature the improved E Ink Carta 1200 screen which Amazon used on the 11th-gen Kingle Paperwhite that debuted in 2021.

The new 12th-gen Kindle will be slightly lighter than its predecessor — 154 grams compared to 158 grams — and will include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, a USB-C port, 16GB of storage, and a battery that’s claimed to last for up to eight weeks per charge. It will be available in at least two color options, black and matcha green.

MediaMarkt has it listed for €119, but the retailer doesn’t mention if that’s with or without ads. When the 11th-gen Kindle debuted two years ago, it sold for $99.99 with lock screen ads, or $119.99 without them.