Wired ranks every Kindle, aluminum models included

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWired has tested every Kindle Amazon makes, from the Paperwhite and Colorsoft to the new aluminum models, and ranked them.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, a full lineup. What did Amazon change on the new ones?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentEach model has a flush-front screen.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe basic six-inch Kindle is rated up to six weeks on a charge, and Amazon says the new Paperwhite lasts twice that, according to CNN.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwelve weeks on one charge. You'd forget where the cable even is, and that's the dream. Plus there's a color one now, the Colorsoft.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Colorsoft with sixteen gigabytes costs two hundred ninety dollars, Engadget says.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTwo hundred ninety dollars, for color, on a machine whose main job is the word 'the' in black.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFair. But the aluminum one feels premium.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt weighs twenty grams more than the non-aluminum Kindle. Amazon says that's what gives it the premium feel.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo premium is just heavier.

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    Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAnd a page-turn cover with physical buttons is eighty dollars, while a Bluetooth remote is thirty-five, so the device that lasts weeks still charges you to turn a page.