Amazon Kindle Scribe (2024) in the test: Better written presentation, but without real innovations 7 comments
The Kindle Skrib 2024 remains a facelift of its predecessor. The processing is convincing and offers the best written presentation. However, the limited format support and limited e-note functions guarantee disappointment, despite the very good integration into the Amazon ecosystem.
Table of contents 1. Better written presentation, but without real innovation, processing, and price 2. Display and display-related display still limited. Source selection 3. Audio functions and reading qualification output still limited to the Audible library. Reading a large display on the new Kindle Script 4. The stylus function. 5 Conclusion with the Pen Work
Design, Manufacturing, and Price
After about two years and as the latest model in the current Kindle portfolio, Amazon released the Kindle Skrib at the end of last year, which at the time was the first Kindle with a pen. After this time, interested buyers might suspect that new technologies and features have been integrated into the new digital notebook; however, the test shows that this only applies to a limited extent.
Kindle Skrib (left) and Kindle Skribbe (2024) (right) show no difference in color, except for the colors.
Externally, the electronic notepad, which still features a 10.2-inch display, has changed. The aluminum body of the new scrib, measuring 196 x 229 mm, still has the same dimensions and is still 5.8 mm thick. The edge on the left and the displayed display have also remained. The edge on the right is thinner and can cause incorrect input. Other similarities can be seen in the weight, in which the two generations are also similar to each other, like an egg. An advantage of retaining the design is that the covers of the predecessor also fit the newcomer.
The same applies to the tarpaulin, the smooth back, and the four rubber pads to protect against slipping, which were also adopted from the predecessor. Here again, caution is advised with wet fingers, as the scribe can easily slip. In such situations, however, the test candidate is less likely to come into contact with water, as it lacks protection against water, just like its predecessor. The edges of the case are still rounded, ensuring a comfortable grip over long periods of time.
The new Kindle Skrib (2024) from Amazon
One of the few design changes concerns the white edge of the screen, which is supposed to recall the scribe even more than its predecessor’s large notepad. With its retained design, the test device in Jade Green also recalls a mix of an iPad and an iMac G3 from 1998 with its transparent case.
The back of the Kindle Scribe (2024)
Like its predecessor, the new scribe has only one button attached to the left edge, which is located right next to the USB port.
Models and prices
Amazon continues to offer the new Scrib in various variants, but now exclusively with a Premium Pen. At the same time, the online retailer has significantly increased its prices: while the basic model with 16 GB of internal memory and a simple pen was still available two years ago for 370 euros, the entry-level model is now 420 euros—but is currently available for 335 euros*. Entry into the world of Scribe has thus become about 50 euros more expensive. In addition, the Strauf Scribe is also offered in 32 GB and 64 GB memory sizes, priced at 440 euros or 470 euros.
Not only the device itself, Amazon has also lowered the price of its accessories. While the original covers for the predecessor, at 63 euros for the fabric version and 90 euros for the leather version, were already anything but cheap, Amazon is raising the entry-level price to 75 euros for the new “factory-based material,” while the leather cover is once again significantly more expensive at 110 euros.
However, nothing has changed in the design and functionality of the covers, which may well address the criticisms of the predecessors. With these, only the front and back of the device are still protected; the sides remain open at the top edge. Likewise, the new scribe can easily fall out of the case; here, a sudden push is enough for the reader to detach and fall to the ground. Therefore, buyers are once again recommended to use third-party providers that completely enclose the reader, thus offering better protection and are also often cheaper than the variants offered by Amazon.
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