The Kindle Colorsoft Simply Bought Two Extra Fashions

Out of Kindle’s new e-reader lineup launched final fall, essentially the most groundbreaking addition was most likely the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (7/10, WIRED Reviews), that includes Kindle’s first-ever shade show. For the previous 9 months, it has been the one shade Kindle Amazon supplied. That modified as we speak.

First factor this morning, Amazon introduced each a less expensive 16GB model of the Kindle Colorsoft ($250) and a brand new Kindle Colorsoft Kids ($270), and each fashions can be found to buy now. They’re each rather less costly than the $280 Signature Edition that got here out final 12 months. The Signature Edition has had some points with defective units, and solely time will inform (plus our testing, which is coming quickly) if these new variations could have the identical drawback.

But in the event you’re out there for a brand new Kindle and had been hoping for a shade choice, listed here are all the main points on the 2 new fashions you can begin procuring as we speak.

Color for Kids

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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 shade display screen as a substitute. Like the common mannequin, it comes with 16GB of storage, USB-C charging, an illustrated cowl, one 12 months of an Amazon Kids+ digital subscription, and a two-year guarantee. The new Colorsoft model additionally has a 7-inch show just like the Paperwhite Kids—bigger than the bottom Kids mannequin, which has solely a 6-inch show.

While each the base Kids model and Paperwhite Kids model have three covers to select from (“Ocean Explorer,” “Space Whale,” and “Unicorn Valley” for the bottom choice, and “Cyber City,” “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” and “Starfish” for the Paperwhite model), the Colorsoft Kids has just two—the vibrant and colorful “Fantasy River” and “Starlight Reading.” The River choice has a river at nightfall surrounded by pink clouds, varied 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 baby searching at it.

Like different Kids fashions, the Colorsoft Kids will include a 12 months’s subscription to Amazon Kids+. Amazon Kids+ presents tons of age-appropriate books and content material (like audiobooks!) for a studying kiddo, and Amazon mentioned much more books shall be added this summer time. Kids+ runs $6 a month, with an out there free one-month trial in the event you aren’t buying a brand new Kids Kindle.

The shade display screen shall be an important choice for graphic novel and comedian readers, particularly. If your child is extra of a traditional ebook reader, they’re going to nonetheless be capable to take pleasure in colourful covers on the homepage and spotlight their present ebook with colourful spotlight choices.

Cheaper Color

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