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Kindle Colorsoft
The Kindle Colorsoft is Amazon's 7-inch colour eReader with 16 GB of storage, for people who want colour covers, comics and highlights in a waterproof Kindle.
- Screen
- 7″
- PPI
- 300
- Colour
- Yes
- Storage
- 16 GB
- Weight
- 215 g
Specifications
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- Screen size
- 7″
- Sharpness
- 300 pixels per inch
- Colour
- Yes
- Front light
- Yes, adjustable warmth
- Display detail
- Colorsoft display, 300 ppi in black and white and 150 ppi in colour; 16-level grey scale; flush front
- Front light
- Adjustable front light with adjustable warm light
Reading and writing
- Stylus
- No
- Page-turn buttons
- No
- Audiobooks
- Yes
- Storage
- 16 GB
- Software
- Kindle
- Formats
- Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI and PRC natively; PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP through conversion; Audible (AAX)
- Book store
- Kindle Store
Connections and battery
- Battery life (maker's claim)
- Up to 8 weeks
- Battery life detail
- Up to 8 weeks at half an hour of reading a day with wireless off and the light at 13; Audible streaming over Bluetooth shortens it
- Charging
- USB-C; full charge in under 2.5 hours with a 9 W USB power adapter
- Connectivity
- Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz; WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA3 and OWE)
- Audio
- Bluetooth audio for Audible and the VoiceView screen reader
Design
- Weight
- 215 g
- Water resistance
- IPX8
- Water resistance detail
- Tested to withstand immersion in 2 metres of fresh water for 60 minutes
- Size
- 176.7 × 127.6 × 7.8 mm
- Colours
- Black
- In the box
- Kindle Colorsoft, USB-C charging cable, Quick Start Guide
Pros and cons
Pros
- Colour E Ink screen at 150 ppi, 300 ppi in black and white
- Waterproof to IPX8, with adjustable warm light
- Highlights in colour
Cons
- Colour is half the sharpness of text
- Up to 8 weeks of battery life, less than the Paperwhite's 12
- No automatic brightness or wireless charging (Signature Edition only)
Closest rivals
Model | Screen | PPI | Colour | Storage | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7″ | 300 | Yes | 32 GB | 219 g | Oct 2024 | |
| 6″ | 300 | Yes | 16 GB | 174 g | Apr 2024 | |
| 7″ | 300 | No | 16 GB | 211 g | Oct 2024 |
Sources
- amazon.com/dp/B0CGVSKR1G
- aboutamazon.co.uk/news/devices/kindle-ereader-buying-guide
- aboutamazon.com/news/devices/kindle-colorsoft-expansion-first-color-kindle-for-…
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