Another Temptation
Kindle Colorsoft
Amazon finally announced a color version of the Kindle and it looks fantastic. The price isn’t great at $279, but with the deal they are offering for trading in my current Kindle, it will only cost around $200 which is the same price as the Paperwhite signature edition.
I have been contemplating upgrading my Kindle. The small size and higher resolution is great, and the USB-C but because the battery is so great I hardly use it, but some little quirks have bothered me for a while.
1. The backlight is uneven and is bothersome in low light, or no light.
2. No Auto-brightness so changing it all the time manually is annoying, especially on e-ink.
3. It also lacks the warming feature so the screen is always white, or blue.
4. It just feels cheap. There are times where I feel like it is nice that it is just plastic because it is so light, but sometimes it just feels really low quality and scratches very easily.The Kobo Libra Color is really nice looking and have been considering jumping to that, but because of my huge Kindle library it is difficult for me to jump ship. So Amazon now announcing a new premium Kindle with color is very tempting.
The one thing I really wish Amazon would bring back to their Kindles are physical buttons. It isn’t a deal breaker, but if this new Colorsoft model had buttons it would literally be perfect. For now, I’m going to be hovering over the pre-order button as I reflect on my last post of asking how much… is too much?