Which Kindle to get, Touch or Standard

[ChrisR]

Want to get myself a Wifi Kindle, which would you go for out of the current standard one or the soon to be released Touch?

The Touch does have the increased storage and battery life, it's a little chunkier and whilst it looks nice to not have buttons everywhere I prefer the slimmer bezel etc of the standard one.

But for the sake of £20 which is neither here nor there any point not going for the Touch?

 

[sneeks]

I opted to buy the standard Kindle and think it is excellent. I think it looks more neat than the Touch.

 

[ChrisR]

I'm 90% sold on getting the standard one tbh, the only thing with the looks I prefer is not having the row of buttons at the bottom, everything else I think the standard looks better.

 

[conneh]

Have a standard Kindle brand new in the box if you want to purchase it.

 

[Addicted]

Standard tbh, wouldn't fancy reading from the Touch screen (see what I did there) and I imagine it would knacker your eyes!

 

[ChrisR]

The screen is the same, just there's an IR overlay (hence the thicker rim around the edge) that detects where your finger is. It's not a pressure/condctive type touch screen. I think.

Cheers for the offer Conneh but have got some Amazon vouchers to use up.

 

[Sym0n]

Standard. Touch is pointless and will get annoying when the screen is covered in finger prints.

 

[Whitey172]

Standard for me too,got mine this week and love it

 

[Tom]

Touch is good for old people.

 

[ChrisR]

Whilst in my head I'm an old man already I've just ordered a standard one.

 

[sneeks]

Good choice, the bezel on the Touch looks large and unsightly.

 

[Cookie]

I still <3 my Kindle with the keyboard. The buttons do come in handy.

 

[Alexjfinch]

If you can get your hands on the Fire from the US its pretty good.

I have it and managed to follow a couple of guides to install Android 4 on it and it works all right - nothing mind blowing. Its $200 and you can do most things on it like surfing the net, reading books, install games etc.

 

[Cookie]

If you can get your hands on the Fire from the US its pretty good.

I have it and managed to follow a couple of guides to install Android 4 on it and it works all right - nothing mind blowing. Its $200 and you can do most things on it like surfing the net, reading books, install games etc.

Might as well get a normal Android tablet if you want to do that.. the whole point of the Fire is the connectivity with the store!

 

[*JimmyJ*]

Kindle Fire, root it, job done. I'd say. Got my girlfriend one in Jan. Good bit of kit for the price.

 

[.Adam.]

Might as well get a normal Android tablet if you want to do that.. the whole point of the Fire is the connectivity with the store!

This tbh. The Fire is designed to integrate with Amazon.

 

[*JimmyJ*]

Yeah but you dont have to use it that way.

 

[ChrisR]

Had it a few days now and one of those things where I think why the hell didn't stop faffing around and get one sooner.

 

[sneeks]

Had it a few days now and one of those things where I think why the hell didn't stop faffing around and get one sooner.

I came to the same conclusion after buying one in January this year.