One of Amazon’s flagship product lines, Kindle has just refreshed a number of its product series, bringing improved performance to the quality of their respective e-ink screens. But not only that, a new product with an interesting differentiation emerged. The Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition brings a color screen for the first time on a Kindle.
Yes, as we know, Kindle devices use a special e-ink screen to be more power efficient and can provide a display resembling conventional book paper so that it is more comfortable on the eyes. However, the current Kindle e-book option is only available in black and white screen, with various sizes and variants.
The arrival of Kindle Colorsoft provides increased functionality. Color support, allowing Kindle users to access more types of content conveniently. Not only books in text format, but also others such as magazines and comics. So is that the only difference compared to the standard Kindle?
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Kindle Colorsoft Better Fits Novels with Picture Illustrations
Unfortunately unlike other Kindle variants, the color of Kindle Colorsoft is only available in black, but with the option of a colorful cover. The dimensions are more or less the same as the Kindle Paperwhite, with the exact same screen size of 7 inches glare-free. Has the exact same pixel density, up to 300 ppi. Of course, with the new added differentiation of being able to display colors.
When in color mode, the pixel density of the Kindle Colorsoft screen drops to 150ppi. Colorsoft displays are said to show colors that are still muted, so they don’t tire the eyes. That way, the front page aka the cover of the book purchased via Amazon, will look fully colored. Novels with pictures or other types of content such as comics, will also be more immersive.
In addition, Kindle Colorsoft also brings a new feature, to highlight in different colors-a similar feature already provided in other apps such as Google Play Books. Amazon also added a new option, a child profile, so that parents can assign their Kindle Colorsoft to a child for safer access to books and similar content.
The brightness level has also been optimized for various lighting scenarios. Uniquely, Kindle said that the more limited function without access to email to social media, as a separate advantage, so that Kindle Colorsoft users are not easily distracted while reading. The device weighs only 219 grams, with a thickness of only 78mm.
Quite expensive, equivalent to a mid-range Android tablet
Like any other Kindle, the battery of Kindle Colorsoft is designed to be very long-lasting, lasting up to 8 weeks or two months on a single charge. It also charges using the USB-C port, or wirelessly via a separately sold accessory. Of course, it has also been designed to be waterproof, just like some of the latest Kindle generations.
Currently, there are more than 15 million titles of books and the like that can be downloaded from the Kindle Store, including both text and audiobooks. Kindle Colorsoft is only available in one Signature Edition variant, has 32GB of internal storage which can certainly store up to thousands of books.
The price of Kindle Colorsoft is priced at USD27999, or around Rp43 million. The price is quite expensive for an e-book with limited functionality, where you can get an Android tablet with much more functionality. Of course, it can be adjusted to the needs of each.
Kindle Colorsoft is released along with the latest versions of Kindle Scribe (2024), Kindle Paperwhite (2024), and Kindle Basic (2024). They all bring up to 25% performance improvement when switching pages, higher screen contrast, and 25% better screen brightness than before.
