Amazon is reportedly working on a high-resolution Kindle PaperWhite successor sporting 300 pixel per inch display slated for a 2014 launch.
First reported by TechCrunch, the new Kindle PaperWhite will be released sometime in the second half of 2014. With a high-resolution display, the new PaperWhite will be able to compete directly with its Auro HD from Kobo which has a pixel per inch density of 265.
The report also claims that the new Kindle PaperWhite will have an improved design that will more or less resemble recently released Kindle Fire HDX. “The rear casing of the new Paperwhite will follow on with the industrial design of the current Kindle Fire HDX tablets, with a more angular shape and chamfer to the edges”, claims TechCrunch.
Lighter than the current model, the new ereader will also have hardware improvements including a matte glass finish instead of a plastic one. Further, the new eReader will likely incorporate “squeezable” buttons with haptic feedback allowing users to turn pages without moving hands from the edge of the e-book.
Amazon is also reportedly working on a new typography to ensure better readability of eBooks and will also incorporate automatic brightness adjustment feature using an ambient light sensor – a feature similar to Kindle Fire HDX’s contrast adjustment option.
