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Grey levels: typical values for e-readers

Half of e-readers in the catalog have grey levels below 16, and 80% fall between 16 and 16 (71 models with data).

Median16
Median 202616
Typical range16 – 16
Models71
Distribution

How grey levels is distributed

0183653711616: 71Median 16
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Grey levels1616161616

A model at the 75th percentile beats three quarters of the catalog on this spec.

Trends

Median grey levels by year

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Recent leaders

Highest grey levels

1 Boox Note Air 6 C
Boox · 2026
Note Air 6 C
10.3″300 ppi64 GB430 g
16
8.2
2 Amazon Kindle Scribe
Amazon · 2022
Kindle Scribe
10.2″300 ppi433 g
16
3.8
3 Woxter Scriba 195 S
Woxter · 2023
Scriba 195 S
4.7″234 ppi4 GB100 g
16
4.1
4 Woxter Scriba Paperlight TP
Woxter · 2024
Scriba Paperlight TP
6″212 ppi4 GB170 g
16
4.6
5 PocketBook Verta Color
PocketBook · 2026
Verta Color
6″300 ppi16 GB140 g
16
7.8
6 Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Kids 2024
Amazon · 2024
Kindle Paperwhite Kids 2024
7″300 ppi16 GB328 g
16
4.5
7 PocketBook Era Lite
PocketBook · 2026
Era Lite
7″300 ppi16 GB204 g
16
7.3
8 Amazon Kindle Scribe 2025
Amazon · 2025
Kindle Scribe 2025
11″300 ppi400 g
16
7.4
9 Boox Note Air 3 C
Boox · 2023
Note Air 3 C
10.3″300 ppi64 GB430 g
16
7.7
10 PocketBook InkPad Eo 2
PocketBook · 2026
InkPad Eo 2
10.3″300 ppi64 GB470 g
16
6.7
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