Amazon’s New Color Kindle Scribe Launches On December 10th

Amazon’s caller Kindle Scribe Colorsoft | Photo: Todd Haselton / The Verge

Amazon has yet fixed a merchandise day for its caller Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe: They’ll beryllium disposable to acquisition starting connected December 10th, Amazon spokesperson Rachel Erickson tells The Verge. They’ll costs nan aforesaid arsenic what Amazon announced backmost successful September: $629.99 for nan Colorsoft and $499.99 for nan Scribe, which includes a beforehand light. The institution won’t beryllium taking preorders. 

Amazon’s updated Scribes person larger 11-inch screens, measurement 400 grams, and are 5.4mm bladed (which is thinner than an iPhone Air). The screens usage a “new texture-molded solid to amended nan clash erstwhile nan pen glides crossed nan screen,” according to Amazon, and nan versions pinch beforehand lighting person a caller strategy that uses miniaturized LEDs. The updated Scribes besides travel pinch a caller pen pinch stronger magnets for snapping to nan broadside of nan device.

However, nan much affordable $429.99 Scribe without a beforehand ray won’t beryllium disposable connected December 10th; that’s still group to motorboat sometime successful 2026.