Amazon Kindle, Paperwhite, and Colorsoft 2026: Specs, Price, Release Date

亚马逊 Kindle、Paperwhite 和 Colorsoft 2026：规格、价格与发布日期

The Kindle will turn 20 in 2027. Amazon says it plans to celebrate the milestone throughout the year, but to kick things off, it’s starting with an entirely refreshed Kindle lineup. Kindle 将在 2027 年迎来 20 周年纪念。亚马逊表示计划在全年庆祝这一里程碑，但为了拉开序幕，它首先推出了一系列全面更新的 Kindle 产品线。

On Thursday, the company introduced a handful of new Kindle models: a new 6-inch base Kindle, a 7-inch Kindle Paperwhite, and a 7-inch Kindle Colorsoft. You can buy Signature Editions of the latter two and Kids versions of the entire range, which include artist-designed kids cases, a year of Amazon’s worry-free guarantee for damage, and a year of Kids+, the company’s subscription service that offers unlimited access to ad-free, child-appropriate books. 周四，该公司推出了几款新的 Kindle 机型：一款全新的 6 英寸基础版 Kindle、一款 7 英寸 Kindle Paperwhite 和一款 7 英寸 Kindle Colorsoft。你可以购买后两者的签名版（Signature Editions），以及全系列的儿童版。儿童版包含艺术家设计的保护套、一年的亚马逊无忧损坏保修，以及一年的 Kids+ 订阅服务，该服务提供无广告、适合儿童阅读的图书的无限访问权限。

The highlight is Amazon’s use of aluminum for the Kindle’s construction rather than traditional plastic. The starting tier is plastic, but you can upgrade to an all-aluminum model (Amazon uses 80 percent recycled aluminum) if you prefer that Kindle model and you just want something more robust. 此次的亮点在于亚马逊在 Kindle 的制造中使用了铝材，而非传统的塑料。入门级机型仍为塑料材质，但如果你更喜欢铝制机型或想要更坚固的设备，可以升级到全铝版本（亚马逊使用了 80% 的再生铝）。

It can get a little confusing with all the different SKUs, so here’s a quick rundown: 由于 SKU 种类繁多，可能会让人感到困惑，以下是简要汇总：

• Kindle (plastic, 16 GB, lock screen ads): $150 Kindle（塑料，16 GB，锁屏广告）：150 美元
• Kindle (aluminum, 32 GB, no ads): $190 Kindle（铝制，32 GB，无广告）：190 美元
• Kindle Paperwhite (plastic, 16 GB, lock screen ads): $200 Kindle Paperwhite（塑料，16 GB，锁屏广告）：200 美元
• Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (aluminum, 32 GB, no ads): $250 Kindle Paperwhite 签名版（铝制，32 GB，无广告）：250 美元
• Kindle Colorsoft (plastic, 16 GB): $290 Kindle Colorsoft（塑料，16 GB）：290 美元
• Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (aluminum, 32 GB): $320 Kindle Colorsoft 签名版（铝制，32 GB）：320 美元
• Kids Kindle (available for every model): $180+ 儿童版 Kindle（适用于所有机型）：180 美元起

Lighter and Premium

更轻、更高端

The base Kindle, the aluminum version, and the Kids Kindle are on sale starting today. The Paperwhite and Colorsoft are available for preorder on a rolling basis and will launch at the end of October. 基础版 Kindle、铝制版本和儿童版 Kindle 即日起开售。Paperwhite 和 Colorsoft 将分批开启预购，并于 10 月底正式发布。

The Kindle’s screen offers 30 percent faster book opening than its predecessor, Amazon says. The build is a whole millimeter thinner at 6.8 mm, and Amazon cut the weight by around 18 grams to 140 grams. The Kindle Paperwhite and Colorsoft are both similarly lighter (204 grams) and thinner (6.8 mm), retain the waterproof design, and feature adjustable warm reading lights. Like before, the screen has a higher pixel density that makes text appear sharper. 亚马逊表示，Kindle 的屏幕打开书籍的速度比上一代快了 30%。机身厚度减少了 1 毫米，达到 6.8 毫米，重量减轻了约 18 克，降至 140 克。Kindle Paperwhite 和 Colorsoft 同样变得更轻（204 克）且更薄（6.8 毫米），保留了防水设计，并配备了可调节的暖色阅读灯。与以往一样，屏幕具有更高的像素密度，使文字显示更加清晰。

Amazon says the new Kindles are also compliant with the European Union’s new battery regulations, meaning the batteries should be easier to remove and replace. 亚马逊表示，新款 Kindle 也符合欧盟新的电池法规，这意味着电池应该更容易拆卸和更换。

Upgrading to the Signature Edition for the Colorsoft and Paperwhite nets you the aluminum build, an ambient light sensor that adjusts brightness automatically, and an accelerometer that lets you turn the screen to landscape orientation and have the pages adjust accordingly. The upgrade also adds the ability to use a double-tap gesture to turn pages. 升级到 Colorsoft 和 Paperwhite 的签名版，你将获得铝制机身、可自动调节亮度的环境光传感器，以及允许屏幕切换至横屏模式并自动调整页面布局的加速度计。此次升级还增加了双击手势翻页功能。

Uniquely, the Signature Editions feature pogo pins that let you charge via Amazon’s new $60 dock, which props the device up as it charges. There’s also a new Page-Turn Cover ($80)—a case with physical page-turn buttons that magnetically attaches to the back of the devices and pairs via the pogo pins, which Amazon says offers page-turn buttons to the vocal minority that still loves them (around 5 percent of Kindle users) without adding unnecessary bulk to the device. 独特之处在于，签名版配备了 Pogo Pin 触点，可以通过亚马逊售价 60 美元的新底座进行充电，底座可在充电时支撑设备。此外还有一款新的翻页保护套（80 美元），这是一款带有物理翻页键的保护壳，通过磁吸附在设备背面，并利用 Pogo Pin 配对。亚马逊表示，这为仍喜爱物理按键的少数用户（约占 Kindle 用户的 5%）提供了翻页键，且不会增加设备不必要的体积。

Don’t worry, you don’t need the case, the Signature Edition, or even a new Kindle if you just want page-turn buttons. Amazon is debuting its own Kindle Click, a $35 page-turn accessory that pairs over Bluetooth for the non-Signature (and older) Kindle models. 别担心，如果你只是想要翻页键，并不一定非要购买保护套、签名版甚至新款 Kindle。亚马逊推出了自家的 Kindle Click，这是一款售价 35 美元的翻页配件，可通过蓝牙与非签名版（及旧款）Kindle 机型配对。

Kindle Ablaze

Kindle 热潮

The Kindle business is booming. Amazon’s Kevin Keith, vice president of devices, says Kindles have seen double-digit growth over the last three years, with 2025 being the highest sales year in more than a decade. He says 60 to 65 percent of people buying new devices have never had a Kindle before, with Gen Z, millennials, and even Gen Alpha driving the lion’s share. This past January saw the highest single-month Kindle reading volume in history. Kindle 业务正在蓬勃发展。亚马逊设备副总裁 Kevin Keith 表示，Kindle 在过去三年中实现了两位数的增长，2025 年是十多年来销量最高的一年。他说，60% 到 65% 的新设备购买者此前从未拥有过 Kindle，其中 Z 世代、千禧一代甚至 Alpha 世代贡献了绝大部分销量。今年 1 月，Kindle 的单月阅读量创下了历史新高。

At the same time, Kindles are more expensive than ever. “Memory pricing is a little bit crazy,” Keith says, referring to the memory shortage behind the general price bump on all electronics. Amazon upped prices of existing Kindles earlier this year; the new devices match those prices. 与此同时，Kindle 的价格也比以往任何时候都高。“内存定价有点疯狂，”Keith 说道，他指的是导致所有电子产品普遍涨价的内存短缺问题。亚马逊在今年早些时候提高了现有 Kindle 的价格；新款设备的价格与此保持一致。

Part of the redesign aims to lower overall manufacturing costs and standardize the hardware. Take the refreshed display on the base Kindle—Keith says many of the improvements trickle down from the development of the Kindle Scribe. For the first time, the base Kindle has a display that sits flush with the body, just like its pricier counterparts. (It previously had a raised plastic bezel around the screen.) That whole front panel is also available in a new color: Ube (purple). 此次重新设计的部分目的是降低整体制造成本并实现硬件标准化。以基础版 Kindle 的更新屏幕为例，Keith 表示，许多改进都源自 Kindle Scribe 的开发。基础版 Kindle 首次采用了与机身齐平的屏幕，就像其更昂贵的机型一样。（此前屏幕周围有凸起的塑料边框。）整个前面板还提供了一种新颜色：香芋紫（Ube）。

While Amazon has made Kindles with colorful fronts (like the matcha green Kindle from 2024), it hasn’t done this with flush displays. That’s because simply coloring the front would make the Ube color, for example, scatter around the screen as the frontlight reflects it, casting a purple hue on the display. To counter this, Keith says Amazon developed a new “edge-to-edge” color technology that prints two different colors under the cover lens: the Ube color backed by a layer of black. The black absorbs the light, which solves the problem. Amazon says it perfected this tech in the Scribe and ported it down here. 虽然亚马逊此前曾推出过彩色前面板的 Kindle（如 2024 年的抹茶绿 Kindle），但从未在齐平屏幕上这样做过。这是因为简单地给前面板上色，会导致颜色（例如香芋紫）在背光反射时在屏幕周围散射，从而在显示屏上投射出紫色色调。为了解决这个问题，Keith 表示亚马逊开发了一种新的“边缘到边缘”色彩技术，在盖板玻璃下印刷两种不同的颜色：香芋紫颜色背后衬有一层黑色。黑色吸收了光线，从而解决了这个问题。亚马逊表示，他们已在 Scribe 上完善了这项技术，并将其移植到了这里。

Color is important. Keith says alternative colors typically make up just 15 to 20 percent of sales—the rest being classic options like black or white—but the matcha green model captured a surprising 55 percent. Amazon also chose that color because, at the time, it noticed a general increase in the popularity of matcha in drinks and sweets (it also noted that folks on #BookTok are reading in coffee shops). Hence the new ube color, which is based on the popular purple yam of the same name. 颜色很重要。Keith 表示，其他颜色通常仅占销量的 15% 到 20%（其余为黑白等经典选项），但抹茶绿机型却出人意料地占据了 55% 的份额。亚马逊选择该颜色也是因为当时注意到抹茶在饮料和甜点中的流行度普遍上升（他们还注意到 #BookTok 上的用户经常在咖啡馆阅读）。因此，他们推出了新的香芋紫，其灵感来源于同名的流行紫色山药。

“We’ve been tracking food trends, and two years ago, ube just exploded—ube was growing 200 percent year over year,” says Chris Green, Amazon’s vice president of design. “We expect it to do far better than the matcha.” “我们一直在追踪食品趋势，两年前，香芋（Ube）突然爆火——香芋的年增长率达到了 200%，”亚马逊设计副总裁 Chris Green 说。“我们预计它的表现会远超抹茶色。”

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