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Amazon announces first Kindle ever with color screen, retailing for $279 (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Brkdncr@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I still have an old Kindle and it still gets months of battery life. I occasionally read comics so this may get me to upgrade.

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[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How so? Color eink has pretty much zero tradeoffs as far as i can tell, other than price.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Weak colors, so dark that you constantly need backlight...

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Weak colors yes, but normal eink has no colors, and what do you mean by "so dark that you constantly need backlight..."?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

Look for comparison videos between the color e-ink technologies.