Amazon’s 16GB Kindle Colorsoft is lower than a month previous, however it’s already on sale for $219.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. In the meantime, the brand new Colorsoft Children — which features a 12-month subscription to Amazon Children Plus, a two-year prolonged guarantee, and a cover-style case — has been discounted to $239.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. Each ad-free e-readers function a seven-inch shade E Ink show, IPX8 waterproofing, and a battery that may last as long as eight weeks on a single cost.
The 16GB Colorsoft is Amazon’s latest shade e-reader, and it has most of the similar options discovered on final yr’s Kindle Colorsoft Signature Version. It presents the identical web page flip speeds and works effectively when studying each monochrome and shade books; nonetheless, like with the step-up mannequin, the decision drops from 300ppi to 150ppi when studying books in shade, which was noticeable however not a dealbreaker in our testing. Viewing PDFs in shade on the Signature Version through the Send to Kindle service labored effectively sufficient, too, however transferring them from a pc through USB-C stripped their shade.
Total, Amazon’s entry-level Colorsoft is the very best shade e-reader in its worth vary. If you happen to love studying graphic novels or books with a variety of illustrations, you’ll get a a lot richer expertise in comparison with studying the identical titles on a monochrome Kindle (it additionally gained’t irritate your eyes as a lot as looking at a cellphone or pill display). That being stated, you do lose some options when stepping down from the Signature Version, together with assist for wi-fi charging and an auto-adjusting entrance gentle. The Signature Version additionally has twice the storage (32GB) and supposedly an additional 4 weeks of battery life, although we haven’t used the entry-level mannequin lengthy sufficient to verify the latter.