Kindle Paperwhite is $50.00 cheaper today. It was the cheaper on 47 of the 49 days we have held a price for both. They differ on storage, as Amazon’s own comparison charts list them. Every figure below was read from the retailer by us. A dash means we have no current figure for that one.
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB (2024 model) – 7" glare-free display and weeks of battery life – Black: $199.99 (the better of the two)Go to Amazon
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 32GB (2024 model) – Auto-adjusting front light, wireless charging, and weeks of battery life – Metallic Black: $249.99Go to Amazon
Record behind itDays with a recorded price in the last 90. We hold a verdict until 7 of them, or until one price has held for 10 days.
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB (2024 model) – 7" glare-free display and weeks of battery life – Black: 49 days on record
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 32GB (2024 model) – Auto-adjusting front light, wireless charging, and weeks of battery life – Metallic Black: 49 days on record
Lowest we recordedAnd the last day it was that price. A floor touched last week is a different argument from one touched in March.
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB (2024 model) – 7" glare-free display and weeks of battery life – Black: $149.99 · Oct 6
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 32GB (2024 model) – Auto-adjusting front light, wireless charging, and weeks of battery life – Metallic Black: $169.99 · Oct 4
Highest we recorded
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB (2024 model) – 7" glare-free display and weeks of battery life – Black: $199.99
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 32GB (2024 model) – Auto-adjusting front light, wireless charging, and weeks of battery life – Metallic Black: $249.99
Sold by
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB (2024 model) – 7" glare-free display and weeks of battery life – Black: Amazon.com
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 32GB (2024 model) – Auto-adjusting front light, wireless charging, and weeks of battery life – Metallic Black: Amazon.com
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How they differ
Specs as Amazon’s own comparison charts list them, the differences first.
Storage
Kindle Paperwhite: 16 GB
Paperwhite Signature: 32 GB
Screen
Kindle Paperwhite: 7″
Paperwhite Signature: 7″
Battery
Kindle Paperwhite: Up to 12 weeks
Paperwhite Signature: Up to 12 weeks
Warm light
Kindle Paperwhite: Yes
Paperwhite Signature: Yes
Waterproof
Kindle Paperwhite: IPX8
Paperwhite Signature: IPX8
Pen
Kindle Paperwhite: No
Paperwhite Signature: No
Kindle PaperwhitePaperwhite Signature
high $249.99low $149.99
Both lines are the best price we recorded on each day, on one money axis. Our record for each starts when we started watching it, so a shorter line is a shorter record and not a cheaper history.
How the gap has moved
Across the 49 days we have held a price for both, the gap between them was widest at $50.00 on Sep 15 and narrowest at $20.00 on Oct 6. Kindle Paperwhite was the cheaper on 47 of them, Paperwhite Signature on 2. Today it is $50.00.
Measured from our own readings, carried forward day by day — a price stands until we record a different one. It starts on the first day we held a price for both, which is later than the day we began tracking one of them.
What they are
2 attributes the retailers describe differently, first. These are their words, not ours — we record prices, we do not test products.
Color
Black
Metallic Black
Model
SA568B
SA569P
Weight
0.47 pounds
0.47 pounds
Dimensions
6.96 × 5.02 × 0.31 inches
6.96 × 5.02 × 0.31 inches
Released
October 2024
October 2024
2 products compared on the record we keep. Nothing here is ranked by what pays us, and neither of these placements was bought. Other model-against-model comparisons.
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB (2024 model) – 7" glare-free display and weeks of battery life – Black
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 32GB (2024 model) – Auto-adjusting front light, wireless charging, and weeks of battery life – Metallic Black