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View Poll Results: Will you be getting the new Kindle Oasis? | |||
Definitely yes |
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63 | 18.16% |
Probably yes |
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21 | 6.05% |
Maybe |
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59 | 17.00% |
No, nada, never |
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204 | 58.79% |
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Device: Kindle Paperwhite II
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I originally voted maybe, but I would say No now. Moving most of the batteries into the cover turns me off.
With the Oasis I can either have a superlight reader with tiny battery or a heavy one with above average runtime. Neither of these is a real upgrade from a reasonably light reader with reasonable battery. I am also doubtful how well the automatic screen rotation is going to work when reading while lying on the side or the back. |
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I voted no.
It lacks waterproofing and a flexible substrate. Deal breakers for a premium device. |
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Peru
Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One
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Device: Kindle Voyage
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This will be first Kindle e-reader I won't be upgrading to since I bought the original Paperwhite. I love my Voyage and origami cover. I don't particularly like the physical buttons on the front of the Oasis.
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Device: Kindle Oasis 2 and 3, Scribe
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Unfortunately yes. But they have "reduced" the price for this product and it will be 1399,00R$ -> 400US$ on today conversion(3,47R$ per dollar) at Amazon Brasil.
https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B010EK1GOE |
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Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Oasis, Xiaomi Inkpad X, Xiaomi Inkpalm 5
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Voyage with a leather 1st party cover is $260 (or even $285 depending which 1st party leather cover you get!). The 20% lighter, 30% thinner, latest-and-greatest Oasis model with updated lighting comes with a leather 1st party cover that also contains a battery and goes for $290... so a $5 or $30 premium, depending which leather 1st party voyage cover you compare this to.
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Location: Minneapolis
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I can't afford it now, but I'm not joining the "it's not worth it" chorus. If I could afford it, I'd be sorely tempted. Ergonomics is one of the reasons I read on a smartphone so much more than on my kindle. The redistribution of weight here towards the reading hand seems like it could make a real difference, and easily detachable/re-attachable case reduces the cost of battery management that might otherwise entail.
The one thing that would make this price an outright slam dunk would be the ability to tune the LED color. I have an AMOLED smartphone and can choose, with great precision, actually, the color of the foreground or background while reading in any app, even those with no support for such changes. At night I mostly read with red and black, though sometimes green and black. I avoid blue/white light, and it seems to be luck of the draw just how harsh/cool a Kindle's lighting will be. As to the poll and Jason's over-excitement about it, the results would look pretty good for Amazon if they were representative of all kindle users. It's not like Amazon has stopped selling their other models. This is a Lexus, not a Corolla. |
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