Amazon is revamping its Kindle lineup in a big way, though the announcement seems to have come a little early.
The company unveiled the new Kindles via a Spanish-language post on its website, complete with photos, leaving little doubts as to its authenticity. The post was since removed, but the archive is still accessible here (via The Verge).
The most interesting among the new devices is the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition, the company’s first Kindle that supports color. That means you’ll get colorful book covers, nicer images, and text highlighting in different colors.
The post does not have all of the device specs, but it does say the new Kindle Colorsoft has up to 8 weeks of battery, wireless charging, and water resistance. The price is $279.99, and the shipping date is October 30.
Somewhat surprisingly, this is not the priciest Kindle in this bunch. That title belongs to the company’s new Kindle Scribe, which lets you take notes, including scribbling directly into a book’s page (Amazon calls this Active Canvas). Another feature of note is the AI-powered notebook, which can automatically summarize your notes into bullet points.
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Kindle Scribe costs $399.99, and will start shipping December 4.
This one lets you scribble notes directly into a book.
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Then there’s the good old Kindle Paperwhite, which comes in two flavors: regular Paperwhite, and Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition.
Both flavors of the new Paperwhite have a 7-inch display, which is larger than the current, 6-inch version, as well as 3-month battery life and water resistance. Page turns should be 25 percent faster, and the display has “the highest contrast ratio of any Kindle.”
The primary difference between the two versions in the storage and price: The regular Paperwhite has 16GB of storage and costs $159.99, while the Signature Edition comes with 32GB of storage, an auto-adjusting front light, and wireless charging as option, and it costs $199.99. You also get different colors for the two variants: Kindle Paperwhite is available in Raspberry, Jade Green, and Charcoal, while the Signature Edition comes in Raspberry Metallic, Jade Green Metallic, and Charcoal Metallic. Both versions are available “now.”
The Signature Edition has more storage, and fancier (metallic) colors.
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Finally, there’s the regular Kindle, which comes in a new color: Matcha. Other than that, its primary traits are its portability (it weighs 5.6 ounces), a 300ppi display that should have faster page turning than before, and 16GB of storage. The price is $109.99, and availability is listed as “now.”
New color: Matcha.
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More details will follow after Amazon decides to make these devices official. For now, though, this is one of the most interesting Kindle lineups so far, and we’re eager to try some of these out.
