I just opened my New Old Stock Kindle Paperwhite from 2018
Back in 2018 I bought myself and my wife a Kindle. I was struggling with books and the tiny print and wanted to be able to pick my font size. Between us we had way too many books, it made sense to me.
I loved mine and used it until it died just recently The front light stopped working then a couple of days later it stopped responding, won't reset with a 40 second hold. It's dead. Anyway, my wife is an English teacher born in 1975 and her reaction to the gift was I'm not using that bloody thing, that's not a book. To her every book must have pages, a cover, take up physical space, be hard to hold and read now she is 50..I felt most rejected I remember...it was a sad day, she wouldn't even open the box. 😢 Eight years later my kindle died and I cried 😭, I'd just started reading Dungeon Crawler Carl and was loving it...then I remembered I had a brand new one....unopened in the cupboard. I rushed to get my loot box.
She has forfeited it now it's all mine, my precious. Happy days 😁 I'm doing the recommended 24 hours on a charger. The screen had a big exclamation mark for a while but seems all good now. Annoyingly, I was excited to have an Amazon charging cable, being a nerd and losing my old one. It won't plug in the hole, it simply does not fit, other cables are fine. If I go back to JB Hifi will they give me a new one? I should have my receipt somewhere.
UPDATE : Kindle is alive...it has seamlessly gone through recharge, start up, wifi, amazon and updates. I have a working kindle and can once again read in bed, especially when I can't sleep...woohoo...I am very happy. 😁 I'll be sleeping with Donut and Carl tonight. 🤣