The Kindle family of e-books today consists of the Kindle Voyage, the Kindle Paperwhite and the so-called basic Kindle. This family is reduced to just two members in most countries due to the delay in the launch of the Voyage in most countries of the world. It does not seem that there could be news from Amazon regarding the launch of devices, but today we have come across news that may be the announcement of news in the coming weeks.
And is that Amazon has lowered the price of the Kindle Paperwhite in the United States by $ 20, although the offer will only be valid today. These types of movements are not very common in the company directed by Jeff Bezos and they usually perform them when they want to get rid of stock of certain devices.
I honestly see it difficult for Amazon to present a new eReader in the near future, pending the launch in many countries of the Kindle Voyage, but without a doubt this price reduction, even if only for one day, of the Kindle Paeprwhite, sounds strange to say the least.
The logical thing seems that Amazon officially launches the new Kindle Voyage in countries where it is not yet available, and then think about new devices, but the market is advancing at a significant speed And although the Paperwhite is a great device, Kobo and many others are doing their job very well and the great virtual store could be under threat.
As I was already saying, I think we will not see a new Amazon eReader immediately, but this reduction in the price of the Kindle Paperwhite could be the sign that in the coming months (not too many) we could see news in the form of a new Kindle that allow them to remain the true kings of the market.
Do you think Amazon is preparing to launch a new Kindle device?.
Note: do not try to purchase the Kindle Paperwhite through the American Amazon website, benefiting from the discount of $ 20, since this discount only applies to shipments to the United States.
I think that when there is a kindle with serious news they will call a press conference. The Kindle Voyage only has minor improvements, more design than anything else and that is why it came out as a surprise. It is very rare that the truth has not reached other countries.
The truth is that the reduction is rare without being a special day, right ?. Maybe sales are stagnant and you want to see how the public reacts to an offer.
More than a new model, it seems a drop in prices (pants) before the new kobo. Amazon has lost the grip with the voyage, they have followed an Apple strategy, we are going to put a high price to see what happens, and it happens that many people have strangely bought it, but frankly it is not worth what they ask for. Now kobo arrives and sells the same even surely better, the battery life of the Kindle is terrible, while in the kobo it holds much more.
We'll see, but either Amazon puts the batteries very much in price, improving firmware or it will lose market share in favor of kobo or other free alternatives, boyue onyx with Android system in which you can choose the reading application among the many options available.