It was exactly a week ago to date that I suggested you not wait for the new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft if you are in Australia as I didn’t think Amazon would release it until July. Well, I’m eating my words now that all three new 2025 Kindle Scribes, first announced last October, are now available for pre-order.
These are the 2025 Kindle Scribe without front light at AU$699, the new Kindle Scribe with front light from AU$849 (32GB) and the highly anticipated Kindle Scribe Colorsoft starting at AU$999 (32GB). All three will start airing from June 10.
Worth the upgrade?
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the launch of the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft myself, but its starting price of AU$999 for 32GB of storage has me buzzing! The ReMarkable Paper Pro starts at AU$929 with the basic pen and 64GB of storage, plus it uses a display technology that no other brand has adopted yet (it’s a custom version of E Ink’s Gallery 3 display).
But with 11 inches of screen real estate as well as support for Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is arguably more versatile.
Then again, the Boox Note Air5 C costs AU$919 in Australia, and its Android-based operating system makes this color digital notebook far more versatile than its Kindle or reMarkable counterparts. However, it is heavy.
So you might see my conundrum – I can (sort of) justify Colorsoft’s price tag, but I’d be hard-pressed to recommend it at full price. But given that my colleague Lance has been using it since launch and loves sketching on it, I’d be very tempted to upgrade from my 2024 edition if it gets its first discount come Prime Day 2026.
Then again, I have a hard time recommending a color digital notebook at the best of times and would still say that a monochrome version is far more economical for most users. After all, E Ink display technology just isn’t there yet, and most of us read and write in grayscale and wouldn’t get the most out of the color display.
But the higher prices of the two new monochrome Kindle Scribes are certainly hard to justify, RAM crisis and inflation notwithstanding. Given that Amazon previously rolled out new features to the original 2022 Kindle Scribe after the launch of the 2024 model, I suggest you grab the 2024 Kindle Scribe now while it’s discounted back to its lowest price – honestly, it’s worth it even without the new features, but Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive support would be very welcome.
