Open up a world of colour The 7" Colorsoft display is easy on the eyes and brings colourful book covers and content to life. The adjustable warm light, glare-free display, and weeks of battery life let you read from anywhere. - Browse a library of colourful book covers on your Kindle.- Discover new reads like travel guides and graphic novels.- Highlight in multiple colours to revisit your favourite scenes.
Colour you can't put down The glare-free colour display adds depth to your pages and looks beautiful in any light.
Lose yourself in a book Stay focused on the story with long-lasting battery life. A single full charge via USB-C lasts up to 8 weeks.
Better views anytime, anywhere Easily adjust your screen's brightness and warmth to read comfortably in direct sunlight or late into the night.
Highlight in multiple colours and change the size and boldness of the text to whatever suits you best.
Waterproof and worry-free The thin, light design goes wherever you do. Read by the pool, in the bath, or anywhere in between.
Massive selection Finding new stories has never been easier. The Kindle Store offers easy access to an unmatched library of content with bestsellers, more than 15 million titles, and Kindle Exclusives you won't find anywhere else.
Prime members can read from a selection of eBooks, comics and graphic novels included with their Prime membership.
Access over 4 million titles and more with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.
Better together Our thin and lightweight covers allow for hours of comfortable reading. They put your Kindle to sleep when closed and wake it upon opening, so you can resume reading where you left off.
Technical details
- Display
- Amazon's 7" Colorsoft display technology with built-in light, 300 ppi B&W, 150 ppi colour, optimised font technology, 16-level gray scale. Due to the addition of a colour filter layer that creates the easy on the eyes colour reading experience, you may notice that the texture or brightness of the Kindle Colorsoft display looks different to the Kindle Paperwhite display.
- Size
- 127.6 x 176.7 x 7.8 mm
- Weight
- 215g. Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process.
- System Requirements
- None; fully wireless and doesn't require a computer to download content.
- On-Device Storage
- 16 GB; holds thousands of books.
- Cloud Storage
- Free cloud storage for all Amazon content.
- Battery Life
- A single full charge lasts up to eight (8) weeks, based on a half hour of reading per day with wireless off and the light setting at 13. Battery life may vary depending on use.
- Charge Time
- Fully charges in approximately 2.5 hours with a 9 W USB-C power adaptor.
- Wi-Fi Connectivity
- Supports 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz networks with support for WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA3 and OWE security using password authentication or Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS). Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.
- Accessibility Features
- VoiceView screen reader, available over Bluetooth audio, provides spoken feedback allowing you to navigate your device and read books with text-to-speech (available in English only).
- Content Formats Supported
- Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, PRC natively; PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion.
- Included in the Box
- Kindle Colorsoft, USB-C charging cable and Quick Start Guide.
- Waterproofing
- Waterproof (IPX8), tested to withstand immersion in 2 meters of fresh water for 60 minutes.
- Available Colours
- Black
- Generation
- Kindle Colorsoft (1st Generation) - 2025 release
As an international traveller you are entitled to bring a certain amount/value of goods that are free of Customs duty and exempt Goods and Services tax (GST) into New Zealand. This is called your duty free allowance and personal goods concession. It is important to review these for any purchases you make on The Mall.
Your duty free allowance entitles you to bring into New Zealand the following quantities of alcohol products free of customs duty and GST provided you are over 17 years of age. You do need to be 18 years or over to purchase.
- Up to six bottles (4.5 litres) of wine, champagne, port or sherry or
- Up to twelve cans (4.5 litres) of beer
- And three bottles (or other containers) each containing not more than 1125ml of spirits, liqueur, or other spirituous beverages
Goods other than alcohol and tobacco, whether purchased overseas or purchased duty free in New Zealand, that have a combined total value not exceeding NZ$700 may also be brought as part of your personal goods concession.
When travelling overseas there are legal limits on the amount of duty free alcohol and other goods you can take with you. These amounts will vary depending on the country you are flying into. We always recommend you check the latest limits and exemptions.
Your order can be picked up at an Auckland Airport Collection Point. There is one in departures and one at arrivals in the international terminal. Alternatively, if you are arriving between 11pm and 6am you will be able to collect your order from our lockers. See map
Please bring your order confirmation email and your passport. If you are collecting from lockers you will have been sent an email with your access code, be sure to have this on you in order to collect your order.
If you’re departing Auckland Airport, we recommend that you come to the Auckland Airport Collection Point at least 60 minutes before your flight. If you miss your pickup time or your flight details have changed please let us know as soon as possible.
When you collect your order you will have the opportunity to inspect the items and sign for them.
If you need to return an item, our Collection Point team are there to help you. If you are collecting after hours please return the item to your locker and our team will be in touch as soon as possible. You may also like to view our Returns & refunds which provides information on how this works and outlines the individual retailer's returns and refunds policies.
After Hours Collections
If your order needs to be collected after the Auckland Airport Collection Point desk is closed, your order will be placed in the lockers next to the desk. All the details you will need to collect your order will be provided in your Order Confirmation and Ready to Collect Email.