Introducing Amazon Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (32 GB) – With color display, auto-adjusting front light, wireless charging, and long battery life - Metallic Black + 3 months of Kindle Unlimited (with auto-renewal)

This ended up being my very first e-reader so I cannot compare it to anything. I spent most of my summer wishing I had a book in my hand while I was at the pool and when a family trip to the local water park was planned around the same time the Amazon Prime Day special was about to launch, I decided to pull the trigger on buying an e-reader. My Colorsoft arrived the day before an outing to Cedar Point Shores, the waterpark attached to Cedar Point. I put my Colorsoft through the works the day we went to the waterpark. I spent several hours in their version of a lazy river that had an unavoidable waterfall. I took it into the wavepool a couple of times. It was never dropped into the water, but it was drenched many many times. I'd like to say that I thoroughly put my kindle colorsoft through the water works and it came out working perfectly fine.I specifically went with a Colorsoft because I occasionally like to read graphic novels, comics, and mangas. The quality is okay. The colors are more pronounced when I have the brightness all the way up, but I find that I'm still able to enjoy the colors on the lower brightness settings. I typically keep my brightness setting in the lower single digits, with 7 or 8 being the sweet spot unless I'm in full sunlight. I will say that even though I made my purchase with those things in mind, I haven't used it very many times for said reads.I tried to capture the faint yellowing at the bottom of my screen. I don't know if this is a defect or has something to do with the screen lighting placement. The faint yellowing at the bottom of my screen is only noticeable when I have the brightness set all the way up and I cannot seem to capture it in photo the way other people have been able to. I have zero intentions of exchanging it in hopes of getting one that doesn't have the faint yellowing because it seems like people who do usually end up with one that has it worse off than before. It isn't enough to dock it down to 4 stars for me because most of the time I don't even realize it's there. I only notice that it's there when I'm looking for it.Definitely an improvement from reading books on my tablet :)Photos are of what I typically keep my brightness at, to the brightest setting. I don't have a colorful comic to use as an example, so my digital copy of The Sandman Vol 1 will have to do.

I purchased the Amazon Kindle Colorsoft so I could have color images and graphics on many textbooks in my collection, as well as the ability to highlight in different colors, a feature I used a lot on my Android Kindle app but couldn't with my 2021 Paperwhite. The book covers are nice in color, too, bringing a level of dimension to my library that I enjoy a lot.I am giving this five stars as it satisfies my main objectives: The color is good, color highlighting excellent, and the speed of page turns and library browsing is excellent (noticeably faster than my 2021 Paperwhite). The only thing missing is a satisfying "dark mode," as it only affects the book pages and not the whole interface as with the Paperwhite. Perhaps this will change in a future update, but it isn't a big issue for me and the white text on a black background is still excellent for night reading, especially with the amber glow turned to the max. Color highlighting in this mode is also excellent.I do have some caveats, however: The battery drains a lot quicker than the Paperwhite, and the 32GB storage fills up a lot quicker. Also, the "Vivid" color setting seems to switch back to "Standard" sporadically, even if it still says "Vivid" is selected (this might be happening after I select a Restart).These are not serious issues as I just need to charge more frequently and will refrain from downloading my whole library as space fills up, and a reset to "Vivid" handles the color issue until a software fix is available (assuming this isn't just my imagination).In addition, the price is very high for what it offers, so unless color is very important to someone (to view comics, highlighting in color, etc.), the new 2024 Paperwhite might be the better option.UPDATE: An unfortunate issue a lot of reviews have mentioned is a yellow band at the bottom of the screen. At first, I didn't think my Colorsoft had this issue, but now I see a very faint band at the bottom of the screen when reading with black text on a white background. To be fair, I might not have noticed this without the issue being pointed out, and it is a lot less noticeable than some photos I've seen (I have the warmth setting set to 10 normally, which might camouflage the band a little). It looks to me like an issue of the calibration of the LEDs as it doesn't appear when the backlight is off. It is also undetectable with images and using the white test on a black background. Still, it is there, and I am requesting a replacement for when the issue is resolved.I'm keeping my review 5-stars because Amazon has been very responsive regarding this yellow banding issue. Contacting customer service via a chat was a simple process and a replacement request was quickly queued up (replacements, alas, aren't available yet while the underlying issue is being investigated and resolved), and I can keep using my current Colorsoft in the meantime (while noticeable, the yellow band isn't distracting while I read). One of the reasons I keep coming to Amazon is their fantastic customer service, and this is a good example of them doing what they can for an unfortunate situation.UPDATE #2: I received my replacement Kindle Colorsoft and the yellow banding issue is resolved. Again, I feel the customer service response to this issue was excellent and it is a primary reason I continue to use Amazon.