Amazon Is Launching A Cheaper Color Kindle

After launching nan Kindle Colorsoft past twelvemonth — its first Kindle pinch a colour surface — Amazon is adding 2 caller iterations of nan e-reader to its lineup today: a cheaper Colorsoft pinch 16GB of retention for $249.99 and a kids-focused bundle for $269.99. The Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition will still beryllium disposable for $279.99. 

“Our customers person loved reference Kindle successful colour — connected average, they walk much clip connected Kindle Colorsoft and publication hundreds much pages than connected our different Kindle devices,” nan institution says successful a blog post. “That’s why we’re excited to present 2 caller additions to nan Kindle Colorsoft family.”

The cheaper Colorsoft costs $30 little than nan Signature Edition, but nan much costly exemplary has a fewer other perks, including 32GB of storage, an auto-adjusting beforehand light, and wireless charging. The kids-focused bundle, which Amazon is calling Kindle Colorsoft Kids, comes pinch a Colorsoft (the 16GB model, according to spokesperson Connor Rice), a typical screen (you tin prime 1 of 2 options), and 1 twelvemonth of its Amazon Kids Plus subscription.

Shortly aft its release, Amazon concisely paused shipments of nan Signature Edition pursuing customer complaints astir a yellowish barroom connected nan screen. Amazon now has a connection connected nan Signature Edition’s store listing acknowledging that “a mini number of customers person reported a yellowish band,” and an Amazon spokesperson told The Verge that nan institution made “a operation of package and show adjustments” to reside nan issue.