Amazon Kindle Paperwhite vs Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2015 vs Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2016 vs Kobo Glo HD

Options Display colors Display only the differences	$159.99 Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2015	Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2016	Kobo Glo HD
Total	16 11	14 13	12 8	16 10
General
Available	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Release date (US)	October 2012	June 2015	February 2017	May 2015
Street Price (US)	139 199	119 $		129 $
Released (FR)	November 2012	June 2015	February 2017	May 2015
Street price (EUR)	129 189	129.99 189.99	99.99 €	129 €
Colors	Black	Black	White Black	Black
Operating system
Size and weight
	117 in 9.1 in 169 in 222 oz	117 in 9.1 in 169 in 205 oz	117 in 9.1 in 169 in 205 oz	115 in 9.2 in 157 in 180 oz
Height	169 in	169 in	169 in	157 in
Width	117 in	117 in	117 in	115 in
Thickness	9.1 in	9.1 in	9.1 in	9.2 in
Weight	213 222	205 oz	205 oz	180 oz
Display
Type	E-ink Pearl	E-ink Carta	E-ink Pearl	E-ink Carta
Resolution	1024x768 pixels		800x600 pixels	1448x1072 pixels
Size	6 in	6 in	6 in	6 in
Touchscreen	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stylus	No	No		No
Gray scale levels	16	16	16	16
PPI	212
Built-in light	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Light scale levels	24
Landscape mode	Yes	No		No
Hardware
CPU				Freescale i.MX507
CPU Speed		1 GHz		1 GHz
RAM		512 MB	512 MB	1024 MB
Storage capacity	2 GB	4 GB	4 GB	4 GB
Extended storage	No	No	No	No
Connectivity
Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
3G connectivity	No Yes	No Yes	Yes	No
USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
USB type	Micro-USB	Micro-USB	Micro-USB	Micro-USB
USB version	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
3.5mm audio jack	No	No	No	No
Bluetooth	No	No	Yes	No
Digital Camera	No	No	No	No
Reading
Supported book formats	AZW (Kindle) AZW3 (Kindle) MOBI PDF PRC	AZW (Kindle) AZW3 (Kindle) MOBI PDF PRC	AZW (Kindle) AZW3 (Kindle) MOBI PDF PRC	CBR CBZ EPUB MOBI PDF
Supported text formats	DOC DOCX HTML TXT	DOC DOCX HTML TXT	DOC DOCX HTML TXT	HTML RTF TXT XHTML
Supported image formats	BMP GIF JPEG PNG	BMP GIF JPEG PNG	BMP GIF JPEG PNG	BMP GIF JPEG PNG TIFF
Fonts number	6	7	6	10
Font sizes number	8	8		24
Dictionary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dictionary languages	French	French		German English Spanish French Italian Portuguese
Translator	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Web browser	Yes	Yes		Yes
PDF Reflow	No	No		No
Battery
Battery life	8 week(s)	6 week(s)	1 week(s)	8 week(s)
Charging time	4 h	4 h

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