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Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition
The Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition was Amazon's first colour Kindle, a 7-inch waterproof reader with 32 GB, an automatic front light and wireless charging.
- Screen
- 7″
- PPI
- 300
- Colour
- Yes
- Storage
- 32 GB
- Weight
- 219 g
What reviewers say
Reviewers agree it brings a good colour screen to the Kindle, with quick page turns and zooming, long battery life and Amazon's large bookstore, making covers, comics and shopping more appealing. All found it expensive, and several missed page-turn buttons and stylus support; Trusted Reviews found the screen less sharp and uneven, and TechRadar thought it didn't feel premium for the price.
From techradar.com, tomsguide.com, trustedreviews.com, wired.com and theverge.com
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
- Auto-adjusting front light with adjustable warm light
Reading and writing
- Stylus
- No
- Page-turn buttons
- No
- Audiobooks
- Yes
- Storage
- 32 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; Qi wireless charging
- 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
- 219 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
- Metallic Black
- In the box
- Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition, USB-C charging cable, Quick Start Guide
Pros and cons
Pros
- Colour E Ink screen at 150 ppi, 300 ppi in black and white
- Auto-adjusting front light with adjustable warmth
- Qi wireless charging and 32 GB of storage
Cons
- Colour is half the sharpness of text
- Up to 8 weeks of battery life, less than the Paperwhite's 12
- Only in Metallic Black
Closest rivals
Model | Screen | PPI | Colour | Storage | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7″ | 300 | Yes | 16 GB | 215 g | Jul 2025 | |
| 6″ | 300 | Yes | 16 GB | 174 g | Apr 2024 | |
| 7″ | 300 | No | 16 GB | 211 g | Oct 2024 |
Sources
- amazon.com/dp/B0CN3XR57P
- aboutamazon.co.uk/news/devices/kindle-ereader-buying-guide
- aboutamazon.com/news/devices/kindle-color-specs-price-announce
Photo: m.media-amazon.com
- Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition, shown in the official 2024 Kindle family lineup: assets.aboutamazon.com/e2/0e/8b1ea3154cca8411812e5d132843/aa-oct24-newkindlelin…
