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 Opinions), 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.
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 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 may have the identical downside.
However should you’re available in the market for a brand new Kindle and had been hoping for a shade possibility, listed here are all the main points on the 2 new fashions you can begin buying as we speak.
Shade 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 shade display screen. Just like the common mannequin, it comes with 16 GB of storage, USB-C charging, an illustrated cowl, one yr 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,” “Area 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, numerous timber, and a mixture of leaves and bubbles floating via the air, whereas the starlight design has a star-filled pink sky with a baby searching at it.
Like different Children fashions, the Colorsoft Children will include a yr’s subscription to Amazon Children+. Amazon Children+ provides tons of age-appropriate books and content material (like audiobooks!) for a studying kiddo, and Amazon stated much more books will probably be added this summer time. Children+ runs $6 a month, with an accessible free one-month trial should you aren’t buying a brand new Children Kindle.
The colour display screen will probably be an ideal possibility for graphic novel and comedian readers, particularly. In case your child is extra of a basic ebook reader, they’re going to nonetheless be capable of get pleasure from colourful covers on the homepage and spotlight their present ebook 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 good Kindle. It is $30 cheaper, retailing for $250, and contains an adjustable heat gentle just like the Kindle Paperwhite (8/10, WIRED Recommends). That heat gentle is without doubt 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.
