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As promised, I am updating this review, now that I have had a few weeks to play with the device. My rating has changed from 4 to 5 starts, because of the firmware update to version 5.14.1.1 from 5.14.1. Only a minor update based on version number change, but I have not had lockup issues since the update. I do not expect to be using my old Paperwhite 2018 again. I think this is a real winner. I frequently buy discounted books and have since 2009. The 590 books downloaded take 2.64 GB of the total 6.23 GB available. So for most people this 8 GB model (the Operating System must take about 1.7 GB) should have more than enough storage. ------------------------------------------------------ My Kindle Paperwhite 2021 just arrived. Initial impressions. 1. It is noticeably faster flipping pages than my Paperwhite 2018. I put the old and new Paperwhites side by side in the photo with the old one on the left and the new on the right. I set the font and display formats the same and flipped through a book. Tapping on them simultaneously, the delay changing pages is quite obvious on the old model and almost non-existent on the new. Rapidly tapping the right edge of the 2021 twice flips through 2 pages. Doing the same thing on the 2018 it only flips one page. Responsiveness is rapid and accurate moving forward and backwards. Superior to the 2018. 2. The larger active area is very nice. With a ruler I measure an area increase of about 33%. 3. It charges faster than the old Paperwhite. It arrive with 60% charge and it quickly charged to 90%. 4. It booted up with latest Kindle software: Version 5.14.1 (October 2021). My old Paperwhite 2018 is running version 5.13.7 for comparison. 5. It is nice having the display warmth control in addition to the brightness. 6. I have had 2 lockups where the only way I could unfreeze was to hold the power button down until it rebooted. That is the reason I am giving this 4 stars instead of 5. The problem occurred when playing with settings and might have something to do with setting extremes on the new Warmth slider and Brightness. I suspect it is going into the sleep mode improperly, because the screen lighting dimmed, but the page still displayed yet would not change when tapping left or right. I am guessing Amazon will fix this soon at which point I will raise my rating. My review headline understates the improvement in the Paperwhite. I own both the 2016 and 2018 models and this is a much more significant set of updates than between the earlier models. For me, the larger active screen and page turning speed are a big deal. I look forward to using the new Paperwhite and updating this review.