The Kindle Colorsoft Just Got Two More Models Leave a comment

In Kindle’s new e-reader lineup launched final fall, probably the most groundbreaking addition was most likely the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Version (7/10, WIRED Opinions), that includes Kindle’s first-ever coloration show. For the previous 9 months, it has been the one coloration Kindle Amazon supplied. That modified right now.

Very first thing this morning, Amazon introduced each a less expensive 16-GB model of the Kindle Colorsoft ($250) and a brand new Kindle Colorsoft Kids ($270), and each fashions can be found now. They’re each rather less costly than the $280 Signature Version that got here out final yr. The Signature Version has had some points with defective gadgets, and solely time will inform (plus our testing, which is coming quickly) if these new variations could have the identical drawback.

However in the event you’re available in the market for a brand new Kindle and had been hoping for a coloration possibility, listed below are all the main points on the 2 new fashions you can begin procuring right now.

Shade for Children

There’s already a Kindle Kids ($130) and Paperwhite Kids ($180) with black-and-white screens, however the Kindle Colorsoft Kids ($270) takes these options and packs them right into a coloration display. Just like the common mannequin, it comes with 16 GB of storage, USB-C charging, an illustrated cowl, one yr of an Amazon Kids+ digital subscription, and a two-year guarantee. The brand new Colorsoft model additionally has a 7-inch show just like the Paperwhite Children—bigger than the bottom Children mannequin, which has solely a 6-inch show.

Whereas each the base Kids model and Paperwhite Kids model have three covers to select from (“Ocean Explorer,” “House Whale,” and “Unicorn Valley” for the bottom possibility, and “Cyber Metropolis,” “Diary of a Wimpy Child,” and “Starfish” for the Paperwhite mannequin), the Colorsoft Children has simply two—the colourful and colourful “Fantasy River” and “Starlight Studying.” The River possibility has a river at nightfall surrounded by pink clouds, varied bushes, and a mixture of leaves and bubbles floating by means of the air, whereas the starlight design has a star-filled pink sky with a toddler looking at it.

Like different Children fashions, the Colorsoft Kids will include a yr’s subscription to Amazon Kids+. Amazon Children+ affords tons of age-appropriate books and content material (like audiobooks!) for a studying kiddo, and Amazon stated much more books will likely be added this summer time. Children+ runs $6 a month, with an obtainable free one-month trial in the event you aren’t buying a brand new Children Kindle.

The colour display will likely be an awesome possibility for graphic novel and comedian readers, particularly. In case your child is extra of a basic e-book reader, they’re going to nonetheless be capable of take pleasure in colourful covers on the homepage and spotlight their present e-book with colourful spotlight choices.

Cheaper Shade

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If worth is what steered you away from investing within the Colorsoft, the brand new, cheaper base mannequin could be your excellent Kindle. It is $40 cheaper, retailing for $240, and contains an adjustable heat gentle just like the Kindle Paperwhite (8/10, WIRED Recommends). That heat gentle is likely one of the causes the Paperwhite is our favourite Kindle over the cheaper choices, although the Colorsoft Signature Version has an auto-adjusting entrance gentle, which is a pleasant improve.