In Kindle’s new e-reader lineup launched final fall, probably the most groundbreaking addition was in all probability the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Version (7/10, WIRED Critiques), that includes Kindle’s first-ever coloration show. For the previous 9 months, it has been the one coloration Kindle Amazon provided. That modified in the present day.
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 Children ($270), and each fashions can be found now. They’re each rather less costly than the $280 Signature Version that got here out final 12 months. The Signature Version has had some points with defective units, and solely time will inform (plus our testing, which is coming quickly) if these new variations can have the identical downside.
However for those who’re out there for a brand new Kindle and had been hoping for a coloration choice, listed below are all the small print on the 2 new fashions you can begin purchasing in the present day.
Colour for Children
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There’s already a Kindle Children ($130) and Paperwhite Children ($180) with black-and-white screens, however the Kindle Colorsoft Children ($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 12 months of an Amazon Children+ 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 Children mannequin and Paperwhite Children mannequin have three covers to select from (“Ocean Explorer,” “House Whale,” and “Unicorn Valley” for the bottom choice, 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 choice has a river at nightfall surrounded by pink clouds, numerous timber, 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 searching at it.
Like different Children fashions, the Colorsoft Children will include a 12 months’s subscription to Amazon Children+. Amazon Children+ affords tons of age-appropriate books and content material (like audiobooks!) for a studying kiddo, and Amazon mentioned much more books can be added this summer season. Children+ runs $6 a month, with an out there free one-month trial for those who aren’t buying a brand new Children Kindle.
The colour display can be an incredible choice for graphic novel and comedian readers, particularly. In case your child is extra of a traditional ebook reader, they’re going to nonetheless be capable to get pleasure from colourful covers on the homepage and spotlight their present ebook with colourful spotlight choices.
Cheaper Colour
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If value is what steered you away from investing within the Colorsoft, the brand new, cheaper base mannequin is likely to be your excellent Kindle. It is $30 cheaper, retailing for $250, and consists of 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.
