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jwr on Sept 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon Officially Announces The New Kindle Paperwh...

I was also surprised that the basic model was not upgraded to the new screen. I think the cheapest kindle is actually the best one to get, because of hardware buttons. I won't be upgrading it anytime soon, it seems.

turtlebits on Sept 7, 2012 [–]

The basic model appears to have a higher contrast screen, at least.

jwr on Sept 7, 2012 | [–]

Well, no. From what I can see, all the "PaperWhite" models have a touch screen (which I really do not want) and no hardware buttons (which I really do).

So, no upgrade path for me. I'm sticking to my current Kindle.

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