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Kindle Scribe (2022)
The 2022 Kindle Scribe (1st generation) is Amazon's first Kindle with a pen, a 10.2-inch black-and-white eReader and notebook for people who want to read, mark up documents and take handwritten notes.
- Screen
- 10.2″
- PPI
- 300
- Colour
- No
- Storage
- 16 GB – 64 GB
- Weight
- 433 g
What reviewers say
Reviewers agree its big, sharp screen makes for an excellent reading experience, with long battery life and a good pen included. The common criticism is limited note-taking software, with awkward in-book notes, clumsy syncing and sharing and no handwriting recognition at launch; Tom's Guide and Wired also found it expensive, and The Verge noticed slight writing lag.
From techradar.com, tomsguide.com, trustedreviews.com, theverge.com and wired.com
Specifications
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- Screen size
- 10.2″
- Sharpness
- 300 pixels per inch
- Colour
- No
- Front light
- Yes, adjustable warmth
- Display detail
- Glare-free Paperwhite display, 16-level grey scale
- Front light
- Auto-adjusting front light with adjustable colour temperature
Reading and writing
- Stylus
- Yes
- Page-turn buttons
- No
- Audiobooks
- Yes
- Storage
- 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB
- Software
- Kindle
- Formats
- Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI and PRC natively; PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP through conversion; Audible (AAX)
- Book store
- Kindle Store
- Stylus
- Basic Pen (14 g, 162 × 8.8 × 8.4 mm) or Premium Pen with eraser and shortcut button; no charging or pairing; attaches magnetically
- Note taking
- Notebooks; writing in books with Active Canvas and in documents and PDFs; AI notebook summaries (added in later software updates)
Connections and battery
- Battery life (maker's claim)
- Up to 12 weeks
- Battery life detail
- Up to 12 weeks reading or 3 weeks writing, at half an hour a day with wireless off and the light at 13
- Charging
- USB-C; full charge in about 2.5 hours with a 9 W USB-C power adapter, or about 7 hours from a computer
- Connectivity
- Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz; WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3)
- Audio
- Bluetooth audio for Audible and the VoiceView screen reader
Design
- Weight
- 433 g
- Size
- 196 × 230 × 5.8 mm, excluding feet
- Colours
- Tungsten
- In the box
- Kindle Scribe, Basic or Premium Pen, USB-C charging cable, 5 replacement tips, tip replacement tool
Pros and cons
Pros
- 10.2-inch 300 ppi screen
- Pen included, needs no charging or pairing
- Up to 12 weeks of reading on a charge
Cons
- Not water resistant
- 433 g, heavier than the 400 g 2025 Scribe
- Slow to charge from a computer (about 7 hours)
Closest rivals
Model | Screen | PPI | Colour | Storage | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.3″ | 227 | No | 32 GB | 390 g | Apr 2023 | |
| 10.3″ | 226 | No | 8 GB | 403.5 g | 2020 | |
| 10.3″ | 226 | No | 32 GB | 360 g | Jun 2026 |
Newer model: Kindle Scribe (2025).
Sources
- amazon.com/dp/B09BS26B8B
- press.aboutamazon.com/2022/9/introducing-amazon-kindle-scribe-the-first-kindle-…
- aboutamazon.com/news/devices/the-kindle-chronicles-podcast-len-edgerly-interview
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