Amazon has a new Kindle Colorsoft without wireless charging or auto-brightness, plus half the storage. It costs less, but is the discount worth it?

Amazon’s newest Colorsoft e-reader is downgrading storage so it can upgrade your bank account. A new version of the Colorsoft Kindle —Amazon’s first-ever color e-reader—will come in a 16GB version that cuts the e-reader’s storage in half compared to the first generation but also debuts at a slightly cheaper $250 compared to the first-gen’s $280.

On account of being the only colour Kindle, the Colorsoft is already one of the best Kindles to buy, now available from Amazon AU for AU$399. It will ship across the ditch to New Zealand as well – Amazon has confirmed a retail price of NZ$449 for the standard edition (there is a Signature Edition with 32GB storage and wireless charging for NZ$499).