Amazon releases a brand new Kindle Colorsoft mannequin that is now cheaper
Amazon is outwardly betting on shade shows for its e-readers with it now launching two new Kindle Colorsoft fashions. The most effective half? Each of the brand new fashions are cheaper than the unique one from final yr.
It’s solely been 9 months since Amazon launched its first Colorsoft e-reader, so the announcement that we’re already getting new iterations got here as a shock… till I noticed it’s not an improve. Actually, the trade-offs might not be definitely worth the $30 worth drop.
The latest ad-free 16GB Kindle Colorsoft prices $249.99 whereas the first-ever 16GB Kindle Colorsoft Youngsters goes for $269.99. The latter comes with two lovely cowl choices (Fantasy River and Starlight Studying), 12 months of Amazon Youngsters+, and a 2-year worry-free assure so in case your child breaks it, Amazon will substitute it without charge to you.
The unique Colorsoft remains to be out there for buy, however it’s been renamed to the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Version and prices $279.99.
The great and the dangerous
The brand new Kindle Colosoft and Colorsoft Youngsters units have the identical 7-inch glare-free shows we noticed with the unique, with 300 PPI black-and-white decision and 150 PPI shade decision.
For $30 much less, nevertheless, you get half the cupboard space you probably did with the unique Colorsoft (which has 32GB), and the brand new units additionally lack the mechanically adjustable entrance gentle and wi-fi charging. The previous might not be an enormous deal given the small dimension of ebooks, however the latter may be a major change that provides you pause.
With these new Colorsoft fashions, Amazon is targetting avid comedian ebook, manga, and graphic novel readers who had been unwilling to pay as a lot for an e-reader. The brand new Kindle Colorsoft Youngsters may also make studying extra enticing for younger readers who usually tend to get sucked into a colourful youngsters’s ebook.
Whether or not or not the value distinction will likely be sufficient to get folks to purchase stays to be seen, particularly contemplating the trade-offs.
