E-Tablets: Kindle Paperwhite 3G (2015) in the test

17/08/2015

E-book readers show digital books at its best , What about the presentation skills of the new Kindle Paperwhite 3G (2015), clarifies our test.

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The White Paper is by no means an unknown quantity. Both previous generations still among the top stars among e-book readers. Its origin can not deny also the New. Apart from the now black lettering Kindle nothing worth mentioning has done externally. The nearly 220-gram reader plugged in a very sturdy plastic body. Unlike the Kindle more elegant Voyage display and bezel make no plane front. The practicality is as usual high, although fingerprints on the anti-slip rear left its mark.

More space for digital books

The older Paperwhite gave quite stingy when it comes to the available space. Thus, the tested in the connect 1/2015 version had to settle for 1.3 gigabytes. In successors remain content befitting 3 GB free, so about 3,000 e-books are likely to fit into the virtual bookshelf.

A slot for micro SD cards is still lacking. My Library can be extended as yet. Amazon provides all the books purchased in the Kindle Store available centrally on the online store. Advantage: laptops, phones and tablets, in which the free Kindle reading app is installed, via the data cloud also load e-books from its own collection and open

e-paper display at its finest.

As a focal point of the third-generation Paperwhite is a 15 cm measuring grayscale display that is based on the contrast stronger Carta e-paper technology and now offers twice the HD resolution. With 1072 x 1448 dots (300 dpi) reaches the touch display of the Paperwhite in the fine detail, the peak level of the Kindle Voyage. The lyrics are super clear and very reader-friendly, particularly annoying ghosting the previously displayed content could not be determined.

Strong integrated lighting

From slight shadow on the bottom of the screen aside, the manually adjustable LED illuminates illumination the entire display area evenly. With a contrast ratio of 16: 1 and a maximum brightness of 107 cd / m2 go and laboratory values in order. Since the Reader displays the read mode briefly draw current only at the change, are there, in contrast to tablets and smartphones week long battery life

The new Paperwhite is no exception, although the trend points downwards. For the predecessor Amazon are at day 30 minutes reading time eight weeks. Alike creates the fixed internal battery of the successor “only” six weeks. In addition to the higher-resolution display reading with bright front light and extensive visits shorten in the Kindle Store via Wi-Fi, the intervals between the charging stops. A network adapter for the socket is not in a USB adapter cable for the computer is provided.

The Reader shop

The tested Paperwhite variant connects either via the WLAN standards 802.11 b / g / n or an additionally integrated 3G cellular modem to the preset, unchangeable Kindle book shop. Advantage: Even far from home router brings the Vodafone network the resurrected or the data stored in the cloud e-books wirelessly to the Reader. For this, a SIM card is not even required. Apart from the higher price of the device (from 180 euros) fall for no additional costs to.

The exemplary connection to the Kindle Store makes the book purchase with the reader a breeze © Amazon

The exemplary connection to the Kindle -Shop makes the book purchase with the reader a breeze.

Exemplary reader loyalty

E-paper displays are relatively slow due to technical reasons. Therefore, even today’s “writers” are only very limited for surfing the Internet. When reading their cozy pace falls not significant, but the cooperation is designed hakelig often already in the device setup or while shopping.

Not so with the Kindle readers: The new Paperwhite laminated such systemic weaknesses extremely skillfully. The touch operation is running as usual reliable, relatively quickly and roughly, especially since Amazon has exemplary coupled also the Kindle stores including cloud storage, the mobile version of its readers.

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From the Book Search for the purchase directly on the reader to the many useful extras such as the cross-device synchronization of additional information such as bookmarks: set in the overall performance and ease of use the self-contained Amazon e-book world to set the standard.

E-books are simply more flexible

Those who read electronically, the text display can be easily tailored to your own needs. Quick search a passage? No problem, typing term in the virtual keyboard is sufficient. Between Pages jumping back and forth? A finger swipe from the bottom of the screen allows the temporary jump to another text passage, without the need to leave the original page. If the fingers and hold a word, a menu, with the marks of the selected term, among others, or may be provided with their own notes opens.

arranged in a line, with a finger swipe sliding windows provide in no time, for example the definitions from the Duden dictionary of foreign words, the entries in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia or the translation in the desired language

Adjacent windows provide definitions from sources such as the Duden or Wikipedia © Amazon

Adjacent windows provide definitions from sources such as the Duden or Wikipedia .

beautiful typeface

The Kindle firmware (version 5.6.5) of the test device includes typographic improvements to a more authentic representation of the pages and to the eyes more pleasant, more aesthetic typeface lead. However, the new typesetting system uses only fully if the e-books are adjusted accordingly. Amazon claims to this should already be the case in more than 500,000 titles.

Another Page Turner

The new Paperwhite impresses with fine-resolution HD display and inherits the virtues of his predecessor. The Amazon clientele may therefore rejoice and access. Whether it has to be the 3G-enabled version from 180 euros the same, is another matter.

Kindle Paperwhite 3G (5th generation), 15 cm (6 inch) high-resolution display (212 ppi) with integrated lighting, WiFi + free 3G

Kindle Paperwhite 3G (5th generation), 15 cm …

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The wireless entry level with tolerable promotional offers relating to the sleep mode limit and banners on the home page, strikes with 60 euros less impact. But the trade for 99 Euro Paperwhite the second generation is still an excellent choice, especially since Amazon will bring its proven best sellers with an update at least on the cutting edge of typesetting technology.

In calligraphy

Printed pages are the optical indicator for each reader. In discreet additional lighting electronic paper comes his classic counterpart closest. In Amazon’s eyes is not close enough: The American retail giant has mainly seen potential for optimization in typeface plus selected specifically developed for fatigue-free digital reading Scripture Bookerly as the new default font

font size, line spacing, and margins can be set in any case individually. , The hyphenation and automatic adjustment of word and letter spacing prevent recently unsightly gaps in the text representation. At larger sizes, the new White Paper from Justified changes to then read friendlier ragged.

The typographically already updated e-books also beds at the beginning of the chapter initials and illustrations appealing one. With compelling content like a harmonious typeface fade into the background, reading pleasure increases it subtly but all.