Hey there! Sorry for the confusion. Alright so… The G is indeed newer than the K model. The K model is the newer model compared to the D and U series. We update the link about the G series since the U and D are already so rare. But we don’t touch the previous comparison of U, D and K . And that is why the K is written as the newer 😀 Sorry again and hope this helps!

Confused

You can try to explain, compare and list pro and cons between smartphone and denshi jisho but you cannot deny a fact:

People who are studying Japanese seriously, working as language professors, translators, researchers, most of them own a denshi jisho (electronic dictionary) and they use to study in a quiet place like library or at home.

Those who are using smartphone, you can see them with their cool fancy app in starbucks and they give up soon 🙁

I think smartphone dictionaries are good too but that’s just a fact:

denshi jisho : serious student.
smartphone : not serious student.

If you are not agree, look around you ! 😉

The G model is the latest you can get 😀 Here’s the link for XD-G9800.

Basically, you could get any of the Ex-Word model as long as it have the 9800 or 10000 within the product code. It’s the only model that got the dictionary you need, which is Kenkyuusha Japanese – English Dictionary.

The XD-D9800 is an old one and it’s hard to get. But it’s still as good as the recent model if you could get your hand on one. K model is older than G model and is cheaper. You can take a look at it here : XD-K9800

Hi there, Misheru! The newer model now remove the little screen on the bottom.

The method is the same as with the little screen, but when it’s time to write, you write it up above on the top screen 😀