Kindle Colorsoft owners complain of a yellow bar on the e-reader’s screen

Nov 03, 2024 03:08 AM - 1 month ago 51083

People person started receiving their orders of Amazon’s first colour e-reader, the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition, and galore opportunity they’re disappointed to find a yellow, discolored portion astatine the bottommost of the display. Complaints astir the $279.99 e-reader’s show person dispersed online and dragged down its Amazon prima rating, and immoderate study customer work reps opportunity a hole is connected the way.

A Reddit personification posted a thread pinch images (see below), saying it’s astir evident erstwhile the Kindle “is expected to beryllium evenly lit and colored for illustration a portion of paper.” Many others pinch the aforesaid rumor opportunity they’ve exchanged their Colorsoft for a caller 1 aliases simply returned it. Another said they only noticed it while using the device’s separator lighting.

It’s imaginable the discoloration will beryllium corrected pinch a package update, arsenic 1 personification who replied posted a screenshot successful which a customer work supplier appeared to corroborate that Amazon is moving connected issuing a hole for it. Multiple group said successful another thread that the rumor didn’t look until after an first package update, truthful location whitethorn beryllium thing to that. We’ve reached retired to Amazon for comment.

It’s not instantly clear really wide the rumor is. On Amazon’s website, wherever the Kindle Colorsoft is sitting astatine a 2.6-star mean standing arsenic of this writing, a ample information of both good and bad reviews constituent retired the discoloration. Some opportunity the yellowish barroom is hardly noticeable, while others opportunity it’s excessively distracting to keep.

Our ain reappraisal portion of the caller e-reader falls successful the erstwhile class — The Verge’s Andrew Liszewski, who is testing the instrumentality now, said the discoloration is much evident successful pictures than successful existent life, and he wouldn’t person noticed if not for others’ complaints. You tin spot for yourself successful the images below.

<em>The Kindle Colorsoft’s yellowish barroom connected </em>The Verge<em>’s reappraisal unit.</em> A image of the Kindle Colorsoft pinch a book connected the screen, showing a yellowish discolored barroom astatine the bottommost of the screen.