Amazon has surprisingly put the new Kindle Paperwhite 5 on sale for Black Friday less than one month after it was released.
The standard 8GB version of the new Kindle Paperwhite with ads is marked down to $104.99 with free shipping—it’s $124.99 without ads. That’s $35 off the regular price.
However, I still think the better deal is the Kindle Paperwhite Kids model for $114.99 because it’s the same ad-free Kindle that’s selling for $124.99 and it comes with a free cover and an upgraded 2-year warranty. Kids Kindles are no different than regular Kindles. See the video below for more details.
Amazon also has their fabric covers and leather covers for the new Paperwhite marked down by 25%.
The Kindle Oasis 3 is also on sale for $174.99 ($75 off) and the entry-level Kindle is $49.99. See the Black Friday deals list for all the ongoing ereader deals.
The upgraded Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is not on sale at the moment and is still full price, but maybe that will change for Cyber Monday weekend.
A lot of people were asking if Amazon would put the new Paperwhite on sale for Black Friday so soon after releasing it, and I wasn’t sure if they would or not when they could just put the Paperwhite 4 on clearance, but it turns out they did, and oddly the Paperwhite 4 is still priced higher than last year.
These sale prices are really what separates Amazon from the competition. There have been several similar-sized ereaders on the market over the past half decade, and none of them have sold for anywhere close to $105. That’s a great price for the new Kindle Paperwhite with a warm frontlight and a larger screen.
See my Kindle Paperwhite 5 review for a full rundown of Amazon’s new Kindle, with a list of pros and cons.
Do you think an Oasis bought now and registered to Amazon (which requires internet connection) can have the old interface, version 5.13.6?
I would like a second Oasis 3 if it would be the old UI.
I have an Oasis 3, so. I can answer this. It will update to the new UI on its own. It’s really not that bad. It’s not good, but it’s not that bad.
No way to know really, but when I got the new Paperwhite it still had the old interface at first and I thought that was pretty weird.
When I bought the latest Paperwhite, it took a week to update, even after registration and downloading 100+ books.. Worst case scenario, keeping the homescreen on Library mode removes all the Recommendations and focuses solely on your books.
Mine also had the old firmware and took a week before it updated.
I would leave it in airplane mode ones it is registered.
If there is a good chance it will be 5.13.6, I’ll buy one. If it is going to have the new software it will be returned but I’d rather just not purchase it.
Nathan,
I don’t believe that you’ve done a Voyage comparison (unless I missed it)…. Do you find that the Light on the Voyage and the new PW (as far as brightness) are pretty similar (at least at the brightess level)? I expected the PW to be quite a bit brighter, but, I don’t think it is. The Osis seems to be a few steps brighter than the PW at every level.
Is that what you see as well?
I don’t know, the brightness seems about the same to me, but it’s definitely more uniform on the Paperwhite.
Thanks for the confirmation. I expected the PW to be brighter than the Voyage (its definitely more even). The Voyage even seems to be a fraction brighter, but that may be b/c it has a bluer tone than the PW (even without warmness turned on).
The Oasis is noticeably brighter than the PW…but, it does have more LEDs.
Lou Sevens here- I went ahead and ordered it- I am motivated by the better battery and 6.8″ screen.
I was going to trade in my 2018 PM (that I got 2 years ago BF) by Amazon wasn’t applying the 20% trade in coupon so I figured I would just keep it- I would have broke even as I paid $42 for the PW in 2019 ($85 minus 25% minus $25 GC).
I might go ahead and order a Oasis 3- is the battery better than the 2nd? I could at least trade both mine in once I check out the Oasis 3..
Nah, battery life isn’t any better on the 3. That’s probably the number one complaint about the Oasis.