Amazon unveils new Kindle Paperwhite with a 300ppi resolution

Amazon has announced a new Kindle Paperwhite, which will come with a high resolution e-ink display and will be priced at $119 (approx Rs 7,700) for the Wi-fi variant with special offers (meaning advertisements). The Wi-fi and 3G variant will come at $189 (approx Rs 12,200). It will start shipping from June 30 and the pre-orders for the same have begun. As compared to the previous generation Paperwhite, the new Kindle Paperwhite will have twice the resolution which is the same as its flagship Kindle Voyage. So now, the only edge the Kindle Voyage will have over the new Paperwhite is the adaptive front-light, a screen flush with the bezels and separate page-turning touch buttons on the side. The new Kindle Paperwhite will also support Amazon’s new typesetting engine and a new font called Bookerly. Amazon also states that the new typesetting engine will lay out words the way the author intended. “With improved character spacing and the addition of hyphenation, justification, kerning, ligatures, and drop cap support, our best-in-class typography helps you read faster with less eyestrain,” says the product page. There will also be automatic adjustment of the layout even at the highest font sizes.