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Amazon refreshes Kindles with colors, aluminum, and new buttons
Amazon's next-generation Kindles are thinner, faster, and come in new colors and materials, plus a case with physical page-turn buttons.
In brief
Amazon's next-generation Kindles are thinner, faster, and come in new colors and materials, plus a case with physical page-turn buttons. Amazon launched updated Kindle, Paperwhite, and Colorsoft models today with new colors, aluminum options, and a page-turning case with physical buttons. Originally reported by The…
Amazon updates three Kindle models
The base Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft are now a millimeter thinner and thirty percent faster at opening books. Power buttons moved from the bottom to the right edge near the top.
New colors and materials available
All three models ship in vibrant new colors with soft-touch plastic cases. For the first time, aluminum options are available in a couple of shades, giving them a higher-end look and double the storage.
Base Kindle starts at one forty-nine ninety-nine
The updated base Kindle is available today starting at one hundred forty-nine dollars ninety-nine cents in a new purple color called ube and a plainer graphite color. It comes with sixteen gigabytes of storage and lockscreen ads.
Aluminum Kindle doubles storage and price
The aluminum Kindle costs one hundred eighty-nine dollars ninety-nine cents, doubles storage to thirty-two gigabytes, and ditches ads. With its optional folio case at forty-nine dollars ninety-nine cents, the total reaches two hundred thirty-nine dollars ninety-eight cents.
Paperwhite and Colorsoft launch October twenty-eighth
The Kindle Paperwhite and Colorsoft models launch October twenty-eighth and are available to preorder now. Display specs have not changed, but new color options now cover the entire e-readers, not just their backsides.
Page-turning case adds physical buttons
A seventy-nine dollars ninety-nine cents page-turner cover adds physical buttons to Paperwhite and Colorsoft, making them more like the Oasis. Signature Edition models include pogo pins for connecting to the page-turning cover.
Signature Editions cost more but add features
Aluminum Signature Edition Paperwhite and Colorsoft cost two hundred forty-nine dollars ninety-nine cents and three hundred nineteen dollars ninety-nine cents respectively. They include pogo pins and an optional fifty-nine dollars ninety-nine cents charging dock that attaches via pogo pins.
Amazon launches Kindle Click remote
Amazon introduced the Kindle Click, a thirty-four dollars ninety-nine cents Bluetooth remote with side-mounted buttons to turn pages and adjust screen brightness. It works with Kindles from two thousand twenty-four or later and recharges via USB-C.
The takeaway
Amazon launched updated Kindle, Paperwhite, and Colorsoft models today with new colors, aluminum options, and a page-turning case with physical buttons.
