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00:00Hey friends, welcome back to the channel.

00:21So if you are in the market for a Kindle, then we actually have four different options

00:25to choose from these days.

00:26We have the standard Kindles, we have the Kindle Paperwhite, we have the Kindle Paperwhite

00:30Signature and the slightly old school Kindle Oasis.

00:33We're going to be breaking down the pros and cons of each of these four different types

00:37of Kindle.

00:38And as usual, to save you time, there's going to be timestamps in the video description.

00:41And the upfront conclusion is that for most people, I would recommend the normal Kindle

00:44Paperwhite Edition.

00:46If you're on a very tight budget, then the standard cheap Kindle is pretty reasonable,

00:49although it does have a few inconveniences.

00:51And if you have extra money to burn, then the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is

00:54pretty good.

00:55It's something I use personally, and there's basically no reason at all to get a Kindle

00:58Oasis.

00:59If that's what you wanted, then thank you for watching and have a great day.

01:01But if you want to learn more in this video, we're going to start by breaking down exactly

01:04why I think everyone should have a Kindle and why it's my favourite tech purchase of

01:07all time.

01:08And then for each of these four different types of Kindle, we are going to be breaking

01:10down the pros and cons and I'm going to be doing like a mini review of each one and sharing

01:13my thoughts and will ultimately land on why I personally use the Kindle Paperwhite Signature

01:17Edition.

01:18So let's start with part one.

01:19Why do I like the Kindle so much?

01:20The Kindle, as I've often said, is my single favourite tech purchase of all time.

01:24Kindle number one and AirPods number two.

01:26Those are two life-changing pieces of tech.

01:29The reason Kindle is life-changing is kind of threefold.

01:31Number one, it makes it super, super, super easy to read books.

01:34It takes all of the friction out of reading.

01:36I carry a Kindle with me wherever I go.

01:38I always have one in my bag and I always have a second one, being honest, on my bedside

01:41table because it just ensures that I'm able to read just before bed.

01:44Secondly, having a Kindle makes it super easy to buy books.

01:47Anytime someone recommends me a book, I will just immediately buy it on Kindle.

01:50It costs a few pounds.

01:51It's often cheaper than buying the physical book and it means I can access it immediately.

01:54And finally, having a Kindle makes it super easy to highlight books as well.

01:57So if you're interested in reading non-fiction, like a lot of what I read, then highlighting

02:00and taking notes on it is kind of a useful thing to do and a Kindle makes it super, super

02:03easy.

02:04So overall, yeah, the single one tech purchase that I think is absolutely life-changing for

02:07everyone that I think is an absolute no-brainer.

02:09So after all that preaching, let's talk about the normal Kindles.

02:11Now the cool thing about these is that it comes in white and black as well.

02:15The annoying thing about the other ones is that they don't come in white.

02:18I would have loved to see this, the Kindle Paperwhite or the Paperwhite Signature in

02:21a white colour.

02:22I would definitely bought that one because I prefer white colours.

02:24But basically you've got a choice of two for the normal Kindle and the normal Kindle cocks

02:27in at around 49 pounds or $49 and they often have sales to make it even cheaper than that.

02:31So this is by far the best value for money Kindle on the market.

02:35And as with all the Kindles, the reading experience is very good.

02:37There's no buttons on it other than the on button and you just touch the screen if you

02:40want to go forward or back any pages in your book.

02:43And it genuinely does sort of look like you're reading on paper.

02:45You've got these e-ink screens that don't feel like you're reading from a screen.

02:49And for 49 pounds or $49, however much this is, this is actually like really, really,

02:54really good.

02:55Like even if you're a student on a tight budget, like, you know, four meals out with friends

02:59would cost you around about 50 pounds, depending on where you go.

03:02And for the price tag of 49 pounds, if you're on a budget, this is genuinely really, really

03:05good.

03:06Like the amount of ROI, return on investment you get from having a Kindle, which then unlocks

03:09the ability to read more books more frictionlessly is such a no brainer.

03:14Even when you're a student, you know, four or five takeaways is worth about 50 quid.

03:18So if you don't have those four or five takeaways, suddenly you get a Kindle, your life will

03:21be completely magically transformed, I can guarantee it.

03:24But the standard Kindle editions do have a few inconveniences, which make them not my

03:28top recommendation.

03:29My top recommendation, like I said, is the Kindle Paperwhite.

03:32So what are those?

03:33Firstly, they charge with micro USB, like USB 2, rather than USB-C.

03:38This is a bit of a nightmare because I don't have any other devices that charge with basic

03:41box standard micro USB.

03:43And so actually finding a cable to charge these is a non-trivial thing.

03:47And actually when I used to use the Kindle Oasis, which also really annoyingly has micro

03:50USB rather than USB-C, it would often like run out of battery, well, it wouldn't often

03:54run out of battery.

03:55It would run out of battery like every now and then, and I'd be like, ah, I really cannot

03:58find a cable to charge this.

03:59And it would mean that I wouldn't be able to get to sleep one night because I often read

04:02the Kindle before going to bed.

04:03And it really like negatively impacted my quality of life.

04:05The other annoying thing about the normal Kindle is that the resolution is about half

04:09of what it is on the Kindle Paperwhite and the Kindle Oasis.

04:12So the more expensive Kindles have a resolution of 300 pixels per inch, whereas these normal

04:16Kindles have a resolution of 167 pixels per inch.

04:19If you're used to reading a normal Kindle, you probably won't notice this, but it's like

04:23if you're used to reading on a Kindle Paperwhite and high resolution screens, you can sort

04:26of more easily see the pixels.

04:28And it's just a little bit less of a nice reading experience if you compare them side

04:32by side.

04:33Although of course, if all you've seen is the budget Kindle, you're going to be completely

04:36satisfied with it.

04:37In terms of design, the screen size is very slightly smaller than the Kindle Paperwhite.

04:41This is not a huge deal.

04:42Like I find that this screen size completely fine as well.

04:45This one is also good.

04:46So screen size isn't a major factor for me.

04:47But the other annoying thing about these Kindles is that they don't have a warm light option.

04:51Now life is pretty good these days because all these Kindles do have a backlight.

04:54Whereas back in the day, the original Kindles of old never had a backlight.

04:57And so you'd have to like have the bedside lamp on while you're reading.

05:00Now they all have a light, but the standard ones only have a cool light, like a blue light,

05:04which apparently when you're trying to get to sleep at night is not very good because

05:07your eye responds to the blue light and it kind of keeps you awake because your eye thinks

05:10it's daytime.

05:11Something along those lines.

05:12The nice thing is that the Kindle Oasis and the Kindle Paperwhites do have a warm light.

05:16So you're getting yellow light rather than blue light.

05:19And theoretically that helps you sleep better at night.

05:21I've tried both.

05:23With my N equals one study, I haven't really noticed much of a difference in my ability

05:26to sleep with warm light versus cold light, but apparently the science says that warm

05:30light is better.

05:31So that's a big reason why the Kindle Paperwhite is my go-to rather than the normal Kindle.

05:35If you're on a budget and you can live with those drawbacks, then the normal Kindle is

05:37absolutely fantastic and you will absolutely, absolutely not regret buying it.

05:41And I can just a hundred percent recommend it with that reservation.

05:43All right, let's now talk about the Kindle Paperwhite.

05:46And as I said, this is the one that I recommend for most people.

05:48And this comes in at £104.

05:50The dollar price will be over here.

05:51And this is basically twice the price of the standard Kindle.

05:54So what features do you get for twice the price?

05:56Well, firstly, its design is slightly different.

05:58The screen is now flush with the, well, the device, whereas there is a bit of a, a sort

06:03of a ridge, a divot with like the normal Kindle.

06:06It's not a huge deal.

06:08It doesn't really make much difference to the reading experience, but the screen is

06:10very slightly bigger, which you might prefer.

06:11It does have a much better resolution.

06:13And that's one of my favourite things about it, that the text looks smoother than it does

06:16on the normal Kindle.

06:17And it has a warm light option, which means like me, if you were reading at nighttime

06:20in bed in the dark, then you don't need to worry about the blue light allegedly harming

06:23your eyes and stopping you from going to sleep.

06:24The light on this is slightly stronger as well, although I tend not to have it on maximum

06:28brightness because I read at the night time.

06:29And so I haven't really noticed much of a difference between the standard Kindle and

06:32the Paperwhite.

06:33But the other cool thing about the Paperwhite is that it is now waterproof.

06:35So that is one of the new features in the Kindle Paperwhite that wasn't there before,

06:38which is what justified the existence of the much more expensive Kindle Oasis.

06:42But now Paperwhite, Paperwhite Signature and Oasis are all waterproof.

06:45So that's nice if you want to read in the shower for whatever reason.

06:47So the question becomes, is it worth paying twice the price for the Kindle Paperwhite

06:51rather than the Kindle normal?

06:52I think it kind of depends on your budget.

06:54If you're on a tight budget where that £50 or $50 makes a large difference to your life,

06:58then don't worry about it.

06:59Just get the normal Kindle and you'll be completely fine with it.

07:02It's just a very slight inconvenience to have that annoying micro USB charger, but hey,

07:07it's not a huge deal.

07:08Whereas if your budget is such that that £50, $50 doesn't really make much of a difference

07:11to your life, then I think you will want to upgrade to the Kindle Paperwhite for the reasons

07:15of the warm light, the slightly bigger screen and the higher resolution.

07:17And the fact that apparently the battery for this is 40% like longer lasting than the battery

07:22for the standard Kindle, which kind of makes sense because this is smaller than this and

07:25battery size kind of depends on the size of the device.

07:27But to be honest, Kindles have such a long battery life anyway and you charge them like

07:31maybe every couple of weeks that it doesn't really make much of a difference to your day-to-day

07:34use.

07:35So that's the Kindle Paperwhite.

07:36Let's now talk about the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, which is basically exactly

07:40the same to the point where I literally cannot even tell the difference between the two devices

07:45other than by looking at like the serial number on the back being like, okay, this is the

07:48signature and this is the normal one.

07:49But Amazon is charging an extra £75 or like $90 or something for the Kindle Paperwhite

07:54Signature.

07:55So what do you get for that?

07:56Well, basically you only get three things.

07:57Number one, you get upgraded storage.

07:58So the normal Kindle Paperwhite has 8GB by default, whereas the Signature has 32GB by

08:03default.

08:04That is honestly not a huge deal, unless you read comic books or you listen to audiobooks

08:08on the Kindle, which is a bit weird because you can just listen to audiobooks on your

08:10phone.

08:11Like you're very unlikely to ever come close to the limitations of even 8GB.

08:14And so upgrading from 8GB to 32GB doesn't really make much of a difference, at least

08:17for me.

08:18Secondly, the Signature has an auto-adjusting front light.

08:20To be honest, I have never noticed this and only realised that was a thing when I looked

08:23at the specification list in preparing this video, having used both the normal Paperwhite

08:27and the Paperwhite Signature, because I just have never noticed that the light automatically

08:31adjusts because it's not a thing that you notice and it's not that hard manually adjusting

08:36the light if you need to.

08:38To be honest, I've only adjusted the light on the normal Paperwhite just once, which

08:40was the first time I got it, and now I've got it set to the level that I want when I'm

08:44reading in bed.

08:45And if I'm feeling a bit like, oh, I want the light to be a bit brighter, I'll just

08:48adjust the light manually.

08:49It's not very hard.

08:50But the third difference between the Paperwhite and the Paperwhite Signature, and the reason

08:53why I got the Signature, is because the Signature now has wireless charging.

08:57Yes, if you want, you can buy the extra wireless charging device for the Kindle, which is actually

09:02weirdly not made by Amazon, but made by Anker, but this is apparently like a somewhat first

09:06party wireless charger.

09:07I can't remember how much this was, I think it was like £30 or £40, we'll put the price

09:10down here.

09:11And the cool thing about this is you plug it into a wall and then your Kindle Paperwhite

09:14Signature can charge wirelessly.

09:17This is actually kind of useful for me because I always forget to charge my Kindle and there's

09:20been a few days in my life over the last year where the Kindle has run out of battery

09:24and I've thought, oh, I wish the Kindle hadn't run out of battery.

09:27The nice thing about the wireless charger means is that in the morning I can just stick

09:30the Kindle on the wireless charger and I know my Kindle is never ever going to run out of

09:33battery because now it's on the wireless charger and that's its home on my bedside table.

09:37Plus it's just kind of nice to have a wireless charger and it makes the bedside table look

09:40good.

09:41So for that reason, I was personally happy to pay an extra £75 for the Kindle Paperwhite

09:45Signature and an extra like £30, £40 for the wireless charger, just kind of for that

09:49very mild convenience and very mild aesthetic preference.

09:52This is why I'd probably only recommend the Signature if you're in that position where

09:55you're a massive tech nerd and you don't really care about how much money you spend on tech

09:58because you can call it business expense or something like that.

10:01Because like, to be honest, spending an extra twice as much just for the benefit of wireless

10:04charging probably isn't really worth it, especially considering the Paperwhites charge with USB-C

10:09and we all have USB-C cables lying around absolutely everywhere these days.

10:12So you can always very easily charge it with your laptop charger or your phone charger

10:15or whatever.

10:16But yeah, for that reason, I have a wireless charger on my bedstand and I have the Kindle

10:19Paperwhite Signature, but that is not a recommendation that I would give for most people.

10:23My recommendation is still, for most people, the normal Kindle Paperwhite is the way forward

10:27unless you're on a budget, in which case the standard Kindle will completely do.

10:30So these are the new Kindles, the normal ones, the Paperwhite and the Paperwhite Signature,

10:34but there is the old Kindle Oasis.

10:36It's a bit of a different design.

10:38You can get it in different colours.

10:39I think this is like the gold one.

10:41This is quite expensive.

10:42I think it's about £230.

10:43We'll put the prices down here.

10:45And this used to be a reasonable option because it had a warm light and it was waterproof.

10:49But now, the standard Kindle Paperwhite also has a warm light and is also waterproof.

10:53So unless you really, really vibe with the physical design of the Oasis and the physical

10:57buttons, it's not really something that I would recommend.

11:00Personally, I used this for about a year and I actually genuinely prefer the Paperwhite.

11:04I don't really like the design of this.

11:06It's not like easier to hold or easier to read.

11:08I guess, you know, you can kind of hold it like this where, you know, your thumb isn't

11:12really covering the device.

11:14But to be honest, you figure out like it's not that hard holding one of these devices.

11:18So basically, I would really say that there's no reason at all to get one of these old

11:23Kindle Oasis.

11:24Oasis.

11:25Oasis is.

11:26Oasis is.

11:27Whatever.

11:28Maybe that will change when Amazon upgrades these.

11:29But I can't imagine the Kindle Paperwhite being anything other than the recommendation

11:31for most people.

11:32Oh, and the other really annoying thing about the Oasis is that it's all micro USB.

11:35It's not even USB-C. So it's actually genuinely hard to charge the Kindle Oasis.

11:38So basically, there's no need to get one of these.

11:40I'm not going to throw it because I want to give it to one of my team members or one of

11:42my friends because it's still a Kindle at the end of the day and it was like £230.

11:45But yeah, basically, we can throw this in the trash because it's a bit pointless.

11:48Now at this point, you might be wondering what the hell I'm doing with all these five

11:51different Kindles.

11:52I'm going to keep two of them for myself, but these three, I'm going to be giving away

11:55to various team members because now I've got a team of people that helps me out on this

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