- A Redditor has revealed what is possibly the next Kindle Ereader de Amazon
- It is supposedly a smaller and more cheaper version of the Kindle Colorsooft
- It is rumored that the prototype, called Kindle Petit Color, had characteristics that are never seen before in any ereader
A Brazilian redditor who goes through the successful_bear4855 user name has leaked the images today and offered personal ideas about an ereader color prototype, claiming that it is the next launch of Amazon that will be announced in November. The photos show an ereader with white bevels, something we have not seen in a Kindle in a long time, and apparently is called Kindle Petit Color.
While that name, according to the Redditor, is not configured in stone, the new device seems to be almost the same dimensions as the current Basic Kindle 2024, but has an ink -colored screen along with the features that I have not seen in any ereader, and I have tried dozens in the last eight years.
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According to the filter, which is apparently testing the device, the color saturation in the petit is superior to the Kindle Colorsooft and has a configuration that will allow users to adjust the saturation of individual colors. It is not clear exactly how it will work, but I have tried devices such as the ONYX BOOX GO color 7 that offer several screen modes, such as ‘Vivid’, which increase color tones, although the adjustment is made as a whole and not “by color”.
Apparently, the petit also has a characteristic called “progressive colors” that, according to the author of the publication, will allow users to “configure their text to change the color according to the progress of reading.” Apparently, there are four colors to choose from and these can change as every room of the book progresses. The same color will also appear in the status bar, according to the publication, and the individual icons in the user interface could also be shown in tones selected by the user.
Personally, I do not see the attraction of this “progressive color” feature, but the Redditor affirms that Amazon only wants to “maximize the use of color, due to the evil that has been used in colorsooft [sic]”While it is not what I would call a useful addition, at least I am a little curious to see how well it runs … if this Kindle is even released.
Colorame skeptical
You can color excitedly if there really is a new Kindle in process, particularly if we will see it as soon as November of this year, but there are details in this Reddit thread that make me question the veracity of the escape.
From what I can say for the mention of the filter of a 150ppi color resolution in the thread, this new Kindle will probably use the screen and ink Kaleido 3, which limits the amount of saturation it can support. In my experience, the best colors in this screen technology invariably have a coast of the sharpness of the text. The smallest screen size in this filtering ereader should inadvertently help the text to be less confusing compared to the largest devices, but this is something that I will need for me before recommending it as one of the best Kindles.
Then there are the removable bezels, the author of the mentions of the publication. When asked if it will be available in other colors, the Redditor says it will come in the usual black and white, but “for the first time, the bezel will be removable.” Replacements will also be available to buy from November apparently, in “Green leaf, deep purple, chromatic gray and a special edition called Sirena, which changes from soft pink to soft bluish green depending on the angle of looking at it.”
Once again, I am not sure of the removable bevels: no Ereader brand has tried to do something like that … unless they are just skins, you can stay in the chassis. I guess time will say it.
Other reports suggest that this Kindle could be cheaper than coloring, but if these leaks are true, I am not sure that Amazon sells it at a lower price. The optimization of the screen and the color features alone could justify an increase in prices in Amazon’s eyes. Then there will be the additional cost of removable bevels (or skins), although maybe I’m getting ahead here.
This leak is also very public and I wonder why a tester would risk Amazon’s wrath spreading so many details. With that in mind, I am taking this news with more than a few grains of salt.
A potential blow against the precision of this escape is that Amazon is not known for launching new Kindles in rapid succession. The company took three years to launch a new Kindle Paperwhite, while the Kindle Scribe received an update after two years. The base Kindle also had a two -year -old gap. In addition, Amazon has just expanded its color range with new models, so I am not sure that the technological giant publishes a new ereader in 2025. However, we can wait.
