It has been over three years because the launch of the Amazon Kindle (2019), however lastly, the tech big has determined to replace its entry-level ereader line with the launch of the Kindle (2022).

This new ereader, launched alongside a Children’ Version model, sits beneath 2021’s Kindle Paperwhite, in addition to the Kindle Oasis line which additionally hasn’t seen an replace since 2019, within the firm’s line-up. The entry-level Kindles are the price range choices for individuals who do not want all of the bells and whistles of the premium options.

The 2022 Amazon Kindle brings 5 key adjustments from its predecessor, and three of them are fairly helpful.

The primary of those is a USB-C port, changing the micro-USB of the older gadgets, and this port is faster for the switch of energy and knowledge. That implies that the brand new Kindle will cost faster than its predecessor, and when you use cables to attach the ereader to your pc, it will likely be faster to ship ebooks over too.

Intently linked to sooner charging is the battery capability, as Amazon has bumped up its estimated battery life on this new Kindle. Now, it will apparently final for six weeks – for context, from our testing, the last-gen mannequin gave you about two weeks of studying for an hour per day, so this can be a large enhance.

The third helpful improve right here is within the space for storing, as a result of Amazon is providing double the capability – the bottom configuration is now 16GB, over 8GB within the final mannequin. That’ll give you extra space for books, comics or magazines, and we think about most readers will discover 16GB greater than sufficient.

A smaller change right here is the display screen. Whereas it is nonetheless 6 inches diagonally, just like the one on the 2019 Kindle, it is getting a decision improve. The Kindle (2022)’s show has a pixel-per-inch depend of 300, which is an enormous step over the 167 of the final mannequin. It will make textual content sharper, however ought to be most helpful for illustrations and pictures.

One different small change on this new Kindle is the value. It begins at $99 / £84.99 whereas we’re nonetheless ready on pricing in different currencies. That is truly dearer than the earlier mannequin, which began at £69.99 / $89.99 / AU$139 – nevertheless when you think about that you simply’re getting extra storage this time round, a rise you’d in any other case need to pay for on the older fashions, this slight worth enhance is not as galling.

The Kindle is up for pre-order within the US and UK now, and can hopefully be made accessible in different areas earlier than too lengthy, earlier than the ultimate launch date of October 12.

Right here at TechRadar we’ve not examined this new Amazon Kindle but, however we’ll be sure to get our palms on it as quickly as doable so as to discover out whether or not it is a worthy improve or not. Maybe quickly it will hit our checklist of the perfect ereaders.