 Hey, this is Ross Menard with The Verge, and we are checking out the new Kindle Paperwhite. Amazon just announced it less than an hour ago. As you can see, we've got the older Kindle here. It's actually a little bit of a smaller frame, just barely noticeable. Feels about the same weight. Amazon is promising 62% more pixels, 25% more contrast. Of course, the big thing, though, is this illuminated screen. It's actually pretty even, more so than we saw with the Nook with front light before. Touch screen, pretty fast and responsive. Like Amazon just announced, you can now see how long you've left in the chapters. Let's see, if you push here, we've got one minute left in the chapter. We're actually a pretty fast reader, apparently. And four hours, one minute left in the book. We're at max brightness now. Let's see if we can bring it down a little bit. And what you get is something that's very similar to the old Kindle in color, basically the same contrast. It's a very evenly distributed light. Looks good even in the kind of brightly lit setting here. Because it's a touch, there are no buttons on the side, unlike the previous non-touch Kindle. So you're going to have to just swipe like this pretty fast to see how fast we can go with these. Go through a couple pages before it flashes over. There we go. And that is the Kindle Paperwhite.
 Hey, this is Ross Menard with The Verge, and we are checking out the new Kindle Paperwhite.
 Amazon just announced it less than an hour ago.
 As you can see, we've got the older Kindle here.
 It's actually a little bit of a smaller frame, just barely noticeable.
 Feels about the same weight.
 Amazon is promising 62% more pixels, 25% more contrast.
 Of course, the big thing, though, is this illuminated screen.
 It's actually pretty even, more so than we saw with the Nook with front light before.
 Touch screen, pretty fast and responsive.
 Like Amazon just announced, you can now see how long you've left in the chapters.
 Let's see, if you push here, we've got one minute left in the chapter.
 We're actually a pretty fast reader, apparently.
 And four hours, one minute left in the book.
 We're at max brightness now.
 Let's see if we can bring it down a little bit.
 And what you get is something that's very similar to the old Kindle in color, basically
 the same contrast.
 It's a very evenly distributed light.
 Looks good even in the kind of brightly lit setting here.
 Because it's a touch, there are no buttons on the side, unlike the previous non-touch
 Kindle.
 So you're going to have to just swipe like this pretty fast to see how fast we can go
 with these.
 Go through a couple pages before it flashes over.
 There we go.
 And that is the Kindle Paperwhite.