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There’s also an ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts the screen brightness based on your surroundings, which is handy given the somewhat cumbersome settings menu. In many ways, the Kindle Paperwhite hasn’t changed between generations. It’s still a compact e-ink device that stores thousands of books with a battery life that can be measured in weeks rather than hours. And, of course, it maintains the improvements from the last generation, which were chiefly IPX8 waterproofing and brilliant Audible compatibility.Finally, it comes with 32GB of internal storage, rather than the 8GB found on the regular model. Yes, that’s clearly better, but do pause and ask yourself whether it’s necessary: it’s the difference between 3,100 books and 15,100. Do you really need to install that many books?