Kindle Colorsoft house owners complain of a yellow bar on the e-reader’s display screen

Individuals have began receiving their orders of Amazon’s first shade e-reader, the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Version, and plenty of say they’re disillusioned to discover a yellow, discolored strip on the backside of the show. Complaints in regards to the $279.99 e-reader’s show have unfold on-line and dragged down its Amazon star score, and a few report customer support reps say a repair is on the way in which.

It’s potential the discoloration will probably be corrected with a software program replace, as one one that replied posted a screenshot wherein a customer support agent appeared to verify that Amazon is engaged on issuing a repair for it. A number of folks mentioned in one other thread that the problem didn’t seem till after an preliminary software program replace, so there could also be one thing to that. We’ve reached out to Amazon for remark.

It’s not instantly clear how widespread the problem is. On Amazon’s web site, the place the Kindle Colorsoft is sitting at a 2.6-star common score as of this writing, a big portion of each good and dangerous opinions level out the discoloration. Some say the yellow bar is hardly noticeable, whereas others say it’s too distracting to maintain.

Our personal evaluation unit of the brand new e-reader falls within the former class — The Verge’s Andrew Liszewski, who’s testing the machine now, mentioned the discoloration is extra apparent in photos than in actual life, and he wouldn’t have seen if not for others’ complaints. You’ll be able to see for your self within the photos under.