Keyboards and scroll wheels on one side, flush glass and colour screens on the other: two decades of Kindles, from the 2007 original to this year's model, in one vote.
1Kindle DXThe 9.7-inch big-screen Kindle aimed at PDFs, newspapers and textbooks.1000pts
2Kindle Paperwhite (2024)The 7-inch Paperwhite Amazon billed as its fastest Kindle yet, with a thinner build and longer battery life.1000pts
3Kindle ColorsoftThe first colour Kindle, using a colour E Ink screen for comics, covers and highlights.862pts
4Kindle KeyboardThe 2010 third-generation Kindle with a sharper Pearl screen, often called the best of the keyboard era.764pts
5Kindle (2024)The 2024 entry-level 6-inch Kindle with a brighter front light, faster page turns and the Matcha colour.764pts
6Kindle Paperwhite (2021)The fifth-generation Paperwhite with a 6.8-inch screen, warm light and USB-C.647pts
7Kindle 4The 2011 budget Kindle that dropped the keyboard and brought the price under $100.647pts
8Kindle TouchAmazon's first touchscreen e-reader from 2011, with an infrared touch layer and speakers.503pts
9Kindle Paperwhite (2012)The first Paperwhite, which added an even front light and made night reading a Kindle standard.503pts
10Kindle VoyageThe 2014 premium Kindle with a flush glass front, adaptive light and pressure-sensitive page-turn buttons.503pts
11Kindle OasisThe asymmetric premium Kindle with a grip side, physical page-turn buttons and, later, warm light.503pts
12Kindle (2026)The 2026 entry Kindle with a flush edge-to-edge 300 ppi screen, 140 g plastic body and the Ube colour.503pts
13Kindle ScribeAmazon's 10.2-inch Kindle with a stylus, built for reading and handwritten notes.503pts
14Kindle (2007)Amazon's original 2007 e-reader with a full keyboard, scroll wheel and free 3G Whispernet that sold out in five hours.0pts
15Kindle 2The slimmer 2009 follow-up that added text-to-speech and a five-way controller to the keyboard design.0pts
Photo credits
- Kindle Paperwhite (2024) — Amazon, rights holder
- Kindle Colorsoft — Kyu3a, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kindle Keyboard — NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kindle (2024) — Amazon, rights holder
- Kindle 4 — Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kindle Touch — Safranyl, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kindle Paperwhite (2012) — Frmorrison, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kindle Voyage — bfishadow, CC BY 2.0
- Kindle Oasis — Brevity, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kindle (2026) — Amazon, rights holder, cropped
- Kindle Scribe — Amazon, rights holder
- Kindle (2007) — ShakataGaNai, CC BY-SA 4.0
