Not every piece of technology is exciting. Heck, in 2022 most aren’t. And one of the most boring pieces of technology are e-readers. Built on their black and white e-ink screens, e-readers are for reading books, and nothing more. The last time I bought an e-reader was in 2012, making my original Kindle Paperwhite 10 years old. I finally replaced it with the 2021 model of the Kindle Paperwhite, not because the old one stopped working, but mostly because the battery doesn’t really hold a charge anymore. Charge it from dead to full, and the battery will be dead again in a couple days, not ideal for a device meant to be picked up and read on a whim.

So, what’s the point of a dedicated e-reader in 2022 when we can read books on phones and tablets with bigger, higher resolution, and colour screens? Why did I buy a new Kindle? Is it worth getting? Let’s dig in.