I love the feature and though I could live without it, I'd be slightly annoyed about having to adjust brightness manually again.

The device supports dark mode (bright text on dark background), and if I switched to that, it readjusted the brightness accordingly.

I like reading in very dim light, and the Kindle set the screen's brightness pretty much as I would do. The display automatically sets brightness depending on the amount of light in your environment. You don't think about it much, but if someone took the feature away, you'd definitely notice. The best way to explain the importance of this feature is to think of smartphones: Literally every single modern smartphone has this feature. Now for the big difference between the regular and the SE version of the Paperwhite: Automatically adjusting front light. The display now makes brightness adjustments on its own. I do have wireless chargers in my car and scattered all around the house, so the ability to just toss the Kindle onto them and have it charge is a nice, if marginal, improvement. All Kindles have great battery life, so you won't be charging them very often. Whether wireless charging will be worth it for you depends entirely on whether you normally use it in other scenarios. The Kindle Paperwhite SE (opens in a new tab) has 32GB, which is overkill, but it is comforting to know you'll never have to worry about storage. That said, unless you're a voracious reader, or you constantly send a bunch of periodicals to your Kindle, you won't need more than 8GB. You know what they say about memory: More is always better. You can remove the ads from the base model Kindle for an extra $20, but then the price difference between the two is a mere $30, which means you should really look at the other extras you get with the Signature Edition. Compared to ads on certain other devices, advertisements on the Kindle aren't nearly as intrusive, but I still prefer zero ads on something I paid for. One thing you won't get on this Kindle is ads. Compared to my ancient, 3rd generation Paperwhite, the new one is shaped a bit more like a typical book, which isn't a bad thing.

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