Kindle Touch

 

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Kindle Touch 

Read in Bright Sunlight

Kindle's high-contrast, most advanced E Ink touchscreen reads like real paper, with no glare. Read as easily in bright sunlight as in your living room.

Simple To Use Touchscreen

Kindle Touch features an easy-to-use touch interface. Turn pages, search, shop books and take notes quickly and easily.

Light and Compact

Our all-new sleek design sports an 11% smaller body, with the same 6" screen size, and is 8% lighter, only 7.5 ounces.

Holds 3,000 Books

Carry up to 3,000 books - keep your entire library with you wherever you go.

Two Month Battery Life

No battery anxiety - read for up to two months on a single charge with wireless off and a half hour of reading per day.

NEW - EasyReach

Exclusive to Kindle Touch. Tap to turn pages - no need to swipe, so you can hold Kindle in either hand. 

Books in 60 Seconds

Find a book and start reading in seconds with our fast, free wireless delivery. No computer required.

Built-In Wi-Fi

Connect to Wi-Fi hotspots at home or on the road.

Simple to Use

Kindle Touch is ready to use right out of the box - no setup, no software to install, no computer required to download content.

Adjustable Text Sizes

Read comfortably with eight different sizes and three font styles.

Fast page turns

Kindle Touch has a powerful processor tuned for fast, seamless page turns.

 

At a Glance

Massive Selection

Over 1 million books, newspapers, and magazines, including latest bestsellers, Kindle exclusives, Audible audiobooks and more. For non-U.S. customers, content availability varies. Check your country

Low Book Prices

Over 800,000 books are $9.99 or less. For non-U.S. customers, content availability varies. Check your country

Free, Out-of-Copyright Books

Millions of free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 titles such as Pride and Prejudice are available.

Free Book Samples

Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy.

NEW - X-Ray

Explore the "bones of a book". With a single tap, see all the passages across a book that mention ideas, fictional characters, historical figures, places or topics of interest, as well as more detailed descriptions from Wikipedia and Shelfari. 

Read-to-Me

With Text-to-Speech, Kindle can read English-language content out loud to you.

Free Cloud Backup

We automatically back up your library in the cloud, so you never need to worry about losing your books. Re-download wirelessly anytime for free.

Buy Once, Read Everywhere

Kindle books can be read on your Kindle, iPhone, iPad, Android devices, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, Mac, PC, or web browser with our free Kindle Reading Apps.

Whispersync

Our Whispersync technology synchronizes your last page read, bookmarks and annotations across your devices so you can always pick up where you left off.

PDF and Personal Documents

Email personal documents and PDFs direct to your Kindle to read and annotate on-the-go.  

Technical Details

Display Amazon's 6" diagonal most advanced E Ink multi-touch display, optimized with proprietary waveform and font technology, 600 x 800 pixel resolution at 167 ppi, 16-level grayscale. Size (in inches) 6.8" x 4.7" x 0.40" (172 mm x 120 mm x 10.1 mm) Weight 7.5 ounces (213 grams) System Requirements None, because it's wireless and doesn't require a computer to download content. On-device Storage Up to 3,000 books or 4 GB internal (approximately 3 GB available for user content). Cloud Storage Free cloud storage for all Amazon content Battery Life A single charge lasts up to two months with wireless off based upon a half-hour of daily reading time. Keep wireless always on and it lasts for up to 6 weeks. Battery life will vary based on wireless usage, such as shopping the Kindle Store, web browsing, and downloading content. Charge Time Fully charges in approximately 4 hours via the included USB 2.0 cable connected to a computer. Power adapter sold separately. Wi-Fi Connectivity Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use the 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n standard with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication; does not connect to WPA and WPA2 secured networks using 802.1X authentication methods; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks. USB Port USB 2.0 (micro-B connector) Audio 3.5 mm stereo audio jack, rear mounted speakers Content Formats Supported Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, Audible (Audible Enhanced(AA,AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion. Documentation Quick Start Guide (included in box); Kindle User's Guide (pre-installed on device). Additional information available online. Warranty and Service 1-year limited warranty and service included. Use of Kindle is subject to the terms found here. Included in the Box Kindle wireless e-reader, USB 2.0 cable, Quick Start Guide. Power adapter sold separately.