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The Kindle Colorsoft is Amazon's first Kindle with a color E Ink display. Its 7-inch glare-free screen shows book covers, comics, magazines and highlighted text in muted, paper-like color, and it adds adjustable warm light and IPX8 waterproofing. Battery life is rated up to 8 weeks, well short of the monochrome Paperwhite's weeks-long claims, and color refresh is slower than on an LCD tablet. It suits readers who want color covers and comics in a dedicated e-reader; anyone who reads only text gets better contrast and battery from the cheaper Paperwhite.
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Early owners treat the Colorsoft as a solid first color Kindle, praising the muted, paper-like color and the familiar Paperwhite feel. Many say the color layer softens text contrast and that the battery falls short of monochrome Kindles.
The Kindle Colorsoft is a 7-inch e-reader with a glare-free color display. The display is high contrast and has a paper-like look. It shows book covers and other content in color. It is optimized for reading in color, unlike the Kindle Paperwhite display, which is optimized for black and white reading.
The built-in light adjusts from white to amber, so you can read in bright sunlight or in the dark. You can highlight text in yellow, orange, blue and pink. The page color feature inverts the black text and white background inside books while still showing colorful images and covers. The design is thin, light and waterproof.
A single full charge via USB-C lasts up to 8 weeks. The device has 16 GB of storage and connects over Wi-Fi, so it needs no computer to download content. It gives access to the Kindle Store, which has more than 15 million titles. A Kindle Unlimited subscription can be added. It does not support playback of Audible audiobooks.
