Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2024 Model)

I have owned every Kindle starting from 2014 when I got the Voyage. Right off the bat the new Kindle Paperwhite has an overly yellow screen, meaning that the light is significantly yellow. It’s not white, it’s not even subtly opaque. But YELLOW! This is confirmed across multiple websites, including YouTube and Amazon reviews on here. The other issue is that all new Kindles no longer support Apple computers due to the new MTP format that the Kindles are using. This means that you have to go through the hassle of downloading a third-party application to do simple things like update new software and side-load fonts. Which leads me to my next issue, side-loaded fonts are no longer properly supported. You can still side-load fonts BUT every time you open a new book, it automatically defaults to the Bookerly font, even though you have saved a certain font setting. This is extremely annoying! The next issue is that you can no longer download and transfer a book through the content settings on the Amazon website with new Kindles. If you want to download a book that you have purchased, Amazon has eliminated the ability for you to do that. WHY??? Amazon service has no answers regarding this. Needless to say I returned this device for all of the stated reasons and guess what!?! Amazon is going to take 30 DAYS to refund me my money! I have to wait 30 DAYS to get my money back because Amazon has a defective and unsatisfactory faulty device. Next time if I ever purchase another Kindle, it will not be through Amazon. But yet, if new Kindles are this bad, why bother! Now let’s talk about aesthetics and design. It seems Amazon is going backwards in their hardware. The voyage was released 10 years ago in 2014 and if you were to compare them side-by-side, one would think that the Voyage is the brand new model. Aside from the having micro USB, the Voyage has a sleeker, more premium look with page turn sensors and better materials with a micro etched glass screen instead of plastic. It also has a curved symmetrical design for better feel as opposed to a basic slab like the new Paperwhite. Lastly, Amazon has done absolutely NOTHING to improve their software. You still have the same limitations that you did since day one. Kindles have the same limited margin settings, limited font size settings, and limited line-spacing settings. I have a lot of side-loaded fonts that I would like to use but am unable to because they’re either too big or too small with the slightest increment in size adjustment. Absolutely ridiculous! Also, the boldness options are too thick, with slightest adjustment a font will go from too thin to too bold. A total joke! GIVE US MORE FONT SIZES and OPTIONS AMAZON! My Advice: I’m gonna give you my honest and most sincere advice regarding these new kindles. STAY AWAY! They are a disaster. If you have the previous Kindle Paperwhite, stick to that. It is much better! These new Paperwhites are defective. From the yellow screens, to the poor quality control, to the font bugs, to the MTP format it’s just not worth it. The quality control is so bad that buying a new Kindle is like playing the lottery, you most likely will lose and get a defective device with uneven poor lighting… and here’s the rub! Amazon now has the most atrocious return policy in the industry! I don’t say that lightly, it is absolutely despicable what the return process is like. I couldn’t even take the return to a local Kohl’s, UPS store, or a Staples store. I had to take a day off from work because the only option Amazon gave me was to wait for a UPS driver to pick up my Kindle return at my house. Insanity! Talk about extreme inconvenience! Then, and here me out…..It took 29 days from the day I initiated the return until the day it actually reached my bank account to get my refund! 29 Days! And I have been a prime member since 2008! This is how they treat their members! What other business does that? Nobody! If you absolutely must take a chance on these new Kindles, then by all means, go to your local electronic department store and purchase it there. Because when you most likely get a defective Paperwhite, you can at least go back to the store and return it and get your money back immediately. Lastly, A word of Caution! I have a lot of books that I purchased from other websites and for the past 10 years I haven’t had any issues sideloading those books onto my Kindles. BUT, for the past year Amazon is making it very difficult to add side-loaded books onto your Kindle. What I mean is that you can still sideload books via an application like Calibre or Send to Kindle, but you have to keep your Kindle in airplane mode. The moment you take your Kindle off of airplane mode, Amazon will automatically and mischievously delete ALL of your side-loaded books on your Kindle. YES, you heard that right. Amazon WILL delete your side-loaded books that are not purchased through Amazon once you connect your Kindle to Wi-Fi. This happens automatically. To prove this, you can go into your Kindle hard drive on a computer and you will see that the book file no longer exists for that particular book. Other companies do not do this, but Amazon is now doing it and it’s been going on for a year. It’s a known issue all over the internet simply Google it, and Amazon does nothing about it. My guess is that they want you to purchase all of your content on Amazon. They do not want competition. Heed this advice because if you have a lot of of side-loaded books, you’re better off using another eBook Reader such as Kobo or Onyx.