Customers have good things to say about the product's ease of use, backlight, battery life, weight, size, and readability. Some customers mentioned eye strain, page-turning issues, price, and ads as potential drawbacks. Overall, the positive features seem to outweigh the negative aspects based on customer feedback.
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The Kindle Paperwhite 3G has everything I need in an ereader. The adjustable back light, 3G and WIFI, and non glare screen are exceptional. It is light weight, easy to use, and I can organize my books on it.
This review is from Amazon - Kindle Paperwhite - 6" - 4GB - Wi-Fi + 3G - Black
Posted by NFLAD
This Paperwhite replaced my wife's 10 year old Kindle that finally bit the dust. She actually took my 10 year old Kindle that was still working since she does not like to update to new product unless absolutely necessary. I tried the Kindle Fire to start with since it had so many extras on it. However I discovered right fast like that it is more for the fancy movies and gaming than for reading, to bad. The glare from the screen was horrible if you were in any amount of sun or a glare situation. So I exchanged the fire for the Paperwhite. And yes it works like a reader should work. The screen is much clearer than our older Kindles. I definitely wanted one with Wi-Fi and 3G service since Wi-Fi isn't always available. The reason for a 4 star rating is battery life is not weeks as advertised unless maybe you do not turn it on. If I read 2 to 3 hours a day I may get 4 to 5 days out of it. No big deal really but not what I was led to believe. I have tried turning the background lighting completely off and also placing it in airplane mode to see if it would help battery life to no avail. I still love it though.
This review is from Amazon - Kindle Paperwhite - 6" - 4GB - Wi-Fi + 3G - Black
Posted by JOC111
i purchased before a hospital stay, backlighting and manageable size make it easy to use laying on your back in the semi dark of night. Ordering books to read from Amazon and other sources is very easy even for us old folks that aren't so called computer illiterate.
This review is from Amazon - Kindle Paperwhite - 6" - 4GB - Wi-Fi + 3G - Black
Posted by rogermack