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Originally Posted by Sirtel
That might have been true once, when the first Paperwhite came out. When I look at any of my frontlit Kindles (particularly the Voyage, but the Oases too) side-by-side with any of my Basic Kindles, there is not the slightest doubt that the lit screens look much nicer, crisper, their fonts are darker and more contrasty. By the way, I always read under a light source too, that's not why I got a lighted Kindle in the first place. I bought my first frontlit Kindle (the Voyage) because all the reviews agreed it had the darkest fonts and the best contrast of all Kindles, and I was not disappointed. Yes, the frontlight is uneven, but that's only visible in the dark, not under a lamp or in the daylight.
Anyway, I said all this not to convince you to get a lighted Kindle, just to dispel the still persistent misconception that the old unlit readers are better than the modern frontlit ones. They're not. Though there will probably always be some people who prefer them over the newer ones. As for me, I read happily on my unlit Basics for years. After getting a Voyage, I could not use an unlit Kindle anymore. The screen just looked too poor in comparison.
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It seems an argument I told myself to prevent impulse buying a paperwhite was not true. Still, I would prefer buying a nonlit kindle if it ever had a higher resolution (300 ppi) like it's paperwhite counterpart since it'd probably have darker font/crispier resolution. Anyway, that's what I'm now telling myself to prevent purchasing a paperwhite . . .