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Compared to the earlier generations of Kindles, yes, they are considerably faster, but you'll likely never get "instant" page turns on an e-ink display. For what it's worth, I've never found the page turning to interrupt my flow - except when I accidentally drop it on my face and it turns pages! :D

Some e-ink can be refreshed ~10fps I think. And old kindles had the ability to increase turn speed but it could leave artifacts on the screen, iirc

How old is your paperwhite? I upgraded mine around the same time of the post you're replying to with roughly the same length inbetween. The difference in page turn between the two devices is night and day. The new ones are insanely fast. With that being said, it is noticeable and not nearly as quick as an iPad. Check out some demoes though to see if it is tolerable for you.

7th gen from 2016. Noticeable is ok but it was too noticeable.

Yeah, that's the main reason why I replaced it. It started taking ages to turn pages. Plus the battery life was a bit degraded but that wasn't so bad tbh.

The new one is a lot faster.