Amazon’s 16GB Kindle Colorsoft is $30 off forward of Labor Day weekend

You may be feeling prefer it’s time to improve your ereader and even purchase your first one, significantly in the event you’re hoping to do some studying this Labor Day weekend. Alternatively, it might be that you simply’re in search of a technique to learn digital comics with out all the distractions of an iOS or Android pill. In such instances, it might be value contemplating Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft, which is at present $30 off at $220.

That is a document low worth for this particular model, which has 16GB of storage — half as a lot because the Signature Version. This model additionally lacks the auto-adjusting entrance gentle and wi-fi charging discovered within the Signature Version, which prices $280.

In our review of the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (which is in any other case the identical because the model that is at present on sale), we described it as a “good Kindle” with which “Amazon has lastly crammed a obvious gap in its ereader lineup.” The short load instances and web page turns, and pinch-to-zoom characteristic are particular highlights, whereas we have been glad to see that Amazon is not charging a premium to show off lock display screen advertisements.

The Kindle Colorsoft has a seven-inch shade E Ink show with a pixel density of 300 ppi for black-and-white content material and 150 ppi for shade content material. Amazon claims the ereader can run for as much as eight weeks on a single cost and that it has a water-resistant score of IPX8 (the corporate says it is capable of endure immersion in 2 meters of contemporary water for 60 minutes). There’s additionally Audiobook assist.

Considered one of our most important drawbacks was that the system was costly, however this low cost mitigates that concern considerably. We additionally felt that there was a small dip in sharpness and distinction whereas studying black-and-white textual content. In any case, if a shade ereader is of curiosity to you, the Kindle Colorsoft is an efficient choice, particularly at this worth.

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