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730 · 04-18-2019, 01:17 PM

I'm thinking of buying a Kindle Paperwhite, but not sure whether to get 3 or 4. 4 is more expensive but has new small hardware features, along with some software improvements, but 3 is cheaper (and it seems some people think the new screen on 4 is worse compared to 3's). I also want to be able to jailbreak/hack it (I especially want to make homebrew).
Which one do you recommend? Can custom software for 3 provide you with the same functionality they added on 4? Is the Vocabulary Builder feature available on either? Also, I'm planning to read books on both English and Japanese, I won't have any trouble with that, right? Language isn't locked to the device, is it? And can you have dictionaries for both languages?

That's all.

04-18-2019, 01:17 PM	#1
730 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Argentina Device: PW3	Trying to decide which device to buy (KPW 3 vs 4) I'm thinking of buying a Kindle Paperwhite, but not sure whether to get 3 or 4. 4 is more expensive but has new small hardware features, along with some software improvements, but 3 is cheaper (and it seems some people think the new screen on 4 is worse compared to 3's). I also want to be able to jailbreak/hack it (I especially want to make homebrew). Which one do you recommend? Can custom software for 3 provide you with the same functionality they added on 4? Is the Vocabulary Builder feature available on either? Also, I'm planning to read books on both English and Japanese, I won't have any trouble with that, right? Language isn't locked to the device, is it? And can you have dictionaries for both languages? That's all.