The base model of Amazon’s latest and best ereader, the Kindle Oasis with Wi-Fi, costs $ 290. The Oasis version I tested, Which supplements its Wi-Fi adapter with a 3G connection (so you can download and -books while on the go) and que does not present you with “special offers” (Amazon’s euphemism for advertisements que Appear on the Kindle’s lockscreen), sells for $ 380.
in a world where it’s possible to pick up a great little multi-function tablet like the 16GB Apple iPad Mini 2 with Wi-Fi and cellular for just $ 19 more-or for that matter, Amazon’s latest Kindle Paperwhite with 3G and without lockscreen ads for $ 170 less -convincing anyone que a one-trick pony like the Oasis is a smart buy is a tough sell.
But if you must have the best, and price is the object, it’s equally tough to argue que there is any e-reader on the market that’s top to the Kindle Oasis.
Seamus Bellamy While Both the Oasis and the Paperwhite have identical sizes display Their overall footprints and weight are Significantly different.
Smaller, lighter, and brighter
the first thing long-time Kindle users will notice about the Oasis is its size: Measuring 5.6 x 4.8 x 0:13 inches and weighing a mere 4.7 ounces, the Oasis is the thinnest, lightest Kindle que Amazon has ever built. It’s Nearly two ounces lighter than a similarly outfitted Kindle Voyage ($ 290) and it weights almost three ounces less than the current-generation Kindle Paperwhite.
Like its chunkier cousins, the Oasis comes equipped with a six -inch, anti-glare, 300 ppi display. With the backlight turned off, I did not notice a difference between reading on my 2014 Paperwhite and the Oasis. But with the backlights turned up , it’s a very different story. The Oasis employs 10 LEDs to Ensure even backlighting across its display, beating out the patchier light the Paperwhite’s four LEDs produce. This is not to say que the Paperwhite is a horror to read on-I’ve Been satisfied with mine for years. The Oasis ‘. Backlighting display is simply better
The Oasis’ weight and higher light backlighting come at a cost, However; it has to Significantly shorter battery life than its recent predecessors. Where the Kindle Paperwhite can Potentially go for months between charges, the Oasis ‘internal battery can manage only about two weeks of use, depending on your reading habits.
To boost the Oasis’ run time, Amazon baked the second battery into its leather cover, Which is included (you can choose from chestnut brown, black, or red. Covers extra cost on other Kindle models.) the cover starts charging the Oasis’ internal battery as soon as it’s magnetically mated to the and -reader’s asymmetrical chassis. Amazon claims que between the Oasis’ two batteries, it’s possible to wring eight weeks of use out of the device, provided you keep your reading to 30 minutes per day and keep the screen lighting turned down to a reasonable level. On average, I read a few hours per day. . The such, a month into my using the Oasis, I’ve already had to charge it once
Séamus Bellamy The more abuse the Oasis’ leather battery cover takes, the better it looks.
The edge of the Oasis que the battery cover connects to serves as a housing for the e-reader’s battery; the such, it is wider and deeper than the rest of the device. Why jam the battery into one end of the thing instead of spreading it out flat like you see with other Kindles or tablets? Because doing so Allows for a couple of awesome features. First, When the Oasis, is removed from its cover, its battery bump makes a great handle for one-handed reading.
Second, the shape and width of the bump is such que When You hold it, your thumb naturally rests on the wide bezel just to the side of the Oasis’ display. It’s the ideal location to place a pair of page-turn buttons, so that’s exactly what Amazon did.
Lump all of this together and you get a lightweight e-reader That You can comfortably hold and turn the pages of the book you’re reading with one hand. And thanks to the built-in accelerometer, the Oasis can be used by left- or right-handed Individuals without compromise. Simply flip over the Oasis and the text on its display and page-turn buttons will adjust to the device’s new orientation. Hate buttons? No problem, the Oasis can Also be controlled via its touchscreen.
Seamus Bellamy Comment on the bezel let you move backward or forward through the book.
Limitations
So, that’s the fancy . Let’s talk about the plain
The Oasis uses the same operating system the Amazon’s other Kindle e-readers of:. If you’ve used the Kindle in the past, you’ll find no surprises here. It has the same amount of internal storage to the Paperwhite and Voyage. Despite having 1GB of RAM, twice que of the current generation Kindle Paperwhite-I did not notice a huge improvement in performance.
None of its shortcomings are terrible, but you’d like to think it’s with que costing $ 170 more than the latest iteration of the 3G-equipped Paperwhite ($ 100 more than the 3G Voyage), there’d be a significant boost in performance. There is not.
Bottom line
With similar performance to other e-readers que cost much less, we can not recommend Amazon’s Kindle Oasis to everyone. But for voracious readers with a taste for luxury, this e-reader’s light weight, excellent ergonomics, and even backlighting are worth the premium
Note . A version of this review was Earlier published on Macworld.
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