Thread: New "top of the line Kindle" details coming next week
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Old 04-06-2016, 12:37 PM   #130
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
Odds are low but as Nate reported there are leaks about *two* Kindles. One, a new entry level, code named Woody; the other, code named Whisky, has non-haptic Page turn buttons and uses Paperwhite firmware. Neither fits the billing of "new, top of the line" so I suspect they are revamping the entire lineup and there is a third reader in the pipeline.
Very possibly.

The leak comes from NiLuJe's analysis of the latest PW3 firmware update. It is not unreasonable to assume a "new, top of the line" device would be different enough in the firmware that it wouldn't leave it's fingerprints in the PW3 (or Voyage) firmware updates.
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