This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.Learn more The Kindle Colorsoft is Amazon’s first ever colour screen Kindle, offering the familiar e-reader experience but with a display that can finally render book covers, images and illustrations in glorious E Ink colour.Impressive though the technology is, it comes at a price.The Colorsoft retails for £239, a considerable chunk more than the £159 Kindle Paperwhite.
But there’s a new, easy way to get the Colorsoft for the incredibly low price of £139.99, and that’s by getting a refurbished model.Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Certified Refurbished Amazon Kindle Colorsoft £215.99 £139.99 View DealAmazon is selling the Certified Refurbished Amazon Kindle Colorsoft with 16GB storage for £139.99, a massive discount on the £215.99 it usually sells for.Tech news, reviews and latest gadgets plus selected offers and competitions Subscribe Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you.
This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding.You can unsubscribe at any time.Read our Privacy PolicyAmazon has just started selling a Certified Refurbished Amazon Kindle Colorsoft with 16GB storage for £139.99, a massive discount on the £215.99 it usually sells for.
Amazon tends to sell refurbished versions of its devices at slightly reduced rates.“Certified Refurbished products are professionally restored Amazon devices that meet high quality standards,” Amazon’s Rufus AI tool tells me.That means the Kindle Colorsoft you’re buying is pre-owned, likely returned within the 30-day return window after purchase, and “tested, cleaned, and restored to like-new condition”.Rufus says these units can also be display models, overstock, or trade-ins.Article continues below ADVERTISEMENTYou should therefore expect to receive a Kindle that looks and acts as though it’s brand new - not bad for a cost of £139.99 when it normally costs £239.
Article continues below ADVERTISEMENTThe Certified Refurbished Amazon Kindle Colorsoft comes with the same one year limited warranty as a new device, so you don;t lose out there, plus there’s a USB-C cable in the box to charge it with.Amazon notes the packaging may show “minor wear”, but that’s it.View the refurbished Kindle Colorsoft at AmazonAmazon Prime trailer for Malice starring David Duchovny The Colorsoft boasts a 7-inch screen, which is a good size for an e-reader in my opinion, though this unit will only fit in a jacket pocket or bag as it’s about the size of a paperback.The addition of colour is great to view your library of book covers in a more immersive way, and it helps titles to stand out in the Kindle Store just like your eye gets caught by covers in a bookshop.If you mainly read text based novels or non-fiction, the colour comes in handy for highlighting, which you can do in several different colours.The Kindle is also fully waterproof, so a reading session in the bath or by the pool is worry-free, plus it is rated for up to eight weeks of battery life, meaning you can take this thing on holiday and it won’t run out of juice when you’re halfway through the latest page-turner.“With this Kindle Colorsoft Certified Refurbished, you're getting a professionally restored device that functions exactly like new, regardless of why it was originally available for refurbishment,” Rufus says.Thanks Rufus.This is a “limited time deal” according to Amazon, so if you want to get the gift of colour e-reading for someone this holiday, you might want to move fast.
