Major Amazon leak suggests an impressive cheaper | Tech News

If your monochrome-screened Kindle is feeling a little long within the tooth, it’s potential Amazon might make it really feel even more out of date if the newest e-reader leak is something to go by. Images posted to social media web site Reddit declare to show a prototype of a small-screen Kindle with a color screen in what’s claimed is a decrease price option the firm is testing.

Amazon already sells its Kindle Colorsoft, its first ever color screen Kindle, however costs begin from a hefty £239, an excessive amount of for a lot of to justify the spend. But the leaked pictures counsel Amazon is contemplating a smaller, and hopefully decrease price, color various.

One of the pictures reveals the identify ‘Kindle Petit Color’, however the Reddit poster mentioned this won’t be the ultimate product identify if the Kindle ever turns into a actual release.

Posting in Portuguese in a post that has now been deleted, the Reddit person mentioned “Amazon broke their part of the contract, so I came to break mine.” They posted a number of photographs which have been reported by information websites together with The Verge.

The Reddit person additionally mentioned the screen’s colors are “much better” than that of the Colorsoft, a Kindle whose screen I discovered imperfect after I reviewed it. It would definitely be notable if Amazon have been to release a cheaper Kindle with a higher screen than one of its costliest choices.

Then again, that is a prototype, so it could possibly be that it’s a take a look at of new screen technology fairly than affirmation of a cheaper color Kindle. We could possibly be wanting on the subsequent era of Colorsoft, or we could possibly be taking a look at a product that may by no means be launched.

Either manner, Amazon solely simply launched a barely cheaper model of the Colorsoft with 16GB storage, so any sequel is definitely months if not years away at this stage. But the leak appears to substantiate that Amazon is testing new E Ink show applied sciences to see how to improve its Kindle line up. E-readers are tough to improve as they’ve all the time carried out their very primary primary operate extremely nicely.

Other options the Reddit post mentions are the power for the person to change the color of sure icons, or the option to have the textual content of a guide change color by way of 4 completely different shades to present you a concept of how far by way of the guide you’re. That appears a little outlandish to me, however that is a prototype, after all.

So, if you’re considering of upgrading your Kindle, this could possibly be a peek into what’s subsequent for Amazon’s line up. But if you happen to do need a new e-reader, I wouldn’t maintain your breath on this model being launched within the close to future.