Somebody with a vendetta towards Amazon has posted some pictures and particulars on reddit a couple of new colour Kindle that’s supposedly getting launched later this yr.
The photographs present a prototype of what seems to be like a fundamental 6″ Kindle with a white bezel and a colour E Ink display screen. The prototype doesn’t have a frontlight however apparently the ultimate product does.
The title Kindle Petit Coloration seems in one of many photos, however the OP says that title isn’t finalized but, and even whether it is which may simply be a regional title (the OP appears to be positioned in Brazil).
The pictures undoubtedly look legit, and a number of the particulars given make it sound just like the particular person actually does know what they’re speaking about.
Some of the attention-grabbing particulars reported is the truth that it is going to have a removable bezel with totally different colours obtainable to buy. After studying that I initially thought it needed to be faux; there’s no approach Amazon is doing that.
However the way in which the OP wrote the remark makes it appear legit (barely edited):
It will likely be launched in white or black, and for the primary time, the bezel can be removable, so you should use totally different ones (which can be launch additionally in november this yr), in inexperienced leaf, deep purple, chromatic grey, and a particular version known as mermaid, that modifications from delicate pink to delicate teal relying on the angle you take a look at it.
That simply sounds approach too particular to not be actual, even right down to the way in which Amazon at all times makes use of descriptive colours as a substitute of simply saying inexperienced or purple. However why wouldn’t they simply supply the brand new Kindles in these colours? Does it actually make sense to have the bezel detachable? Kobo did one thing like that a very long time in the past with the Kobo Mini, however the backs have been replaceable with totally different colours, not the entrance.
The OP additionally talks in regards to the new colour Kindle having the choice to vary the colour of the textual content and studying progress indicator primarily based on how a lot of the ebook you’ve learn. Apparently you may personalize the settings with as much as 4 shades of colour that modifications as you progress by means of a ebook (from 0-25% it’s one colour, then a distinct colour for 26-50%, and so on).
The photographs again that up, however I discover it arduous to imagine that anyone is admittedly going to wish to learn blue or inexperienced textual content. It is sensible for the progress indicator to vary colour, however I wouldn’t be stunned if the previous was a beta characteristic that by no means makes it to the ultimate launch.
The OP says the brand new colour Kindle makes use of a Kaleido 3 display screen just like the Colorsoft, which is obvious from the images, however the OP says the colours are extra saturated than the Colorsoft, and you may management the density of every colour.
It’ll be attention-grabbing to see how this all pans out. I can completely see Amazon releasing a brand new 6″ colour Kindle later this yr, however will it actually have a replaceable bezel? Will the colour of the textual content actually change colour primarily based in your studying place? That’s one thing they might do now with the Kindle Colorsoft in the event that they actually needed to make colour altering textual content a brand new characteristic, but it surely actually doesn’t look like one thing Amazon would do (giving individuals extra customization settings isn’t often their model).
