The flurry of discounts in Amazon’s Spring Sale continues to fall in and it seems this week is the time to upgrade your kitchen appliances, makeup stash or sought-after tech.
One of the retailer’s own ‘Amazon Choice’ Kindles has been heavily discounted in the sale, the Kindle Scribe. An upgrade on the standard eReader, this is like a mini tablet – you can access the internet, write on it, and transcribe using the stylus pen to make notes on your favourite books. Now £427 instead of the usual £547.97 price tag, the newer 2024 Kindle Scribe has had a £120 discount in the sale when bought as part of a bundle.
As with any piece of tech with a high price tag, knowing what it’s like before you buy can be vital for shoppers. With a chunky 64GB of storage, a built-in notebook, AI features, and a new sleek design, it looks great on paper, but what is it like to use? I’ve been using the device for the past month to tell you exactly if it’s worth your money against rival retailers like ReMarkable and Kobo.
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Picking a Kindle will vary for each person, whether you like a smaller, sturdy device to throw in your handbag for the commute or one to write and annotate notes as you go along which is something that the simple Kobo Clara Colour, now £129.99 at Argos, is suited for too.
The Kindle Scribe will be beneficial to workers – you can import Word docs, read and annotate them on the device, open up notepads with a range of different layouts, including a digital diary (which I use a lot), and make notes within books. This is a feature I would have loved during studying from textbooks at uni.
The newest model of Amazon’s Kindle Scribe has had a £120 discount in its Spring Sale. This Kindle turned notebook is now the cheapest price since its launch last year – but only when bough as part of a bundle.
£427.97
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What I liked, and didn’t like, on the Kindle Scribe
Features I rated:
- Active Canvas to write notes on book pages
- Stylus features
- Anti-glare screen
- You can import Word docs and PDFs
What I didn’t like:
- There’s only one stylus hold on the side of the device
- The price, it is a lot more expensive than rival Kindle models
Why I rate the Kindle Scribe
As I said in my initial review: “Anyone who’s ever had the urge to pick up a pen and circle a quote or scribble notes in a book then there’s no doubt that this device would suit. This is where the Active Canvas comes in, and the first of three standout features I liked. Thanks to an AI update, the Active Canvas is the key to being able to seamlessly write and annotate within a book.”
Another standout feature for me was the Stylus pen, a key accessory and arguably the device wouldn’t fit its ‘Scribe’ namesake without it. As I highlighted in my original review: “The pen, highlighter, and eraser tools come as standard, and each one has five thickness options – with an additional fountain pen and pencil, too. The strong magnetic grasp holds the stylus onto one side of the Kindle Scribe, a reasuring feature. However, I’d have like to see this on each side of the device, not just one.”
However, I’d recommend the newest Amazon Kindle for simple on the go readers, it’s got a decent 16GB of storage, is lightweight, and has an adjustable front light for reading in the dark – at a discounted £79.99 it’s the newest version of the ‘OG’ model.