International Version – Kindle Oasis – Now with adjustable warm light - 8 GB, Graphite

The Kindle Oasis is an excellent device for reading PDF files, and e-books! The design is very convenient and looks great at the same time! Highly recommend!

I had an old kindle basic before I decided to get this one, and I love the shape, the brightness and temperature features, however, the battery life doesnt even compare. While the basic lasted for weeks, I have to charge this one every 2-3 days even when the brightness is completely down to 0. It is overall a great product if you enjoy reading anywhere, just be aware you probably need to carry a charger.

Excelente producto, la mejor compra que en años haya hecho.

It is a great pleasure to read in this device, the ergonomics are perfect and the screen quality is amazing. Only drawback is battery life, Im sure this could be better (specially if you think about the price and the form factor of the device), the thing is that is not too bad but is not outstanding, more in the mehh tier but well, it is what it is. It also has a lot of versatility with file formats, but pdf are terrible, specially if you keep in mind that you have to zoom the pages with the pinch-out gesture, the screen responds but flickers a lot and is not great really. Finally dot forget to buy a good cover, the device is in aluminum and can easily fall off

I think that the device is expensive for the features it come with, but its really comfortable to read for hours. Would be nice if you could use it horizontally and for read manga a maybe a bigger screen with a lower delay between pages(its actually about a second with images).

Ive had several paperwhites so Im experienced with ereaders. The Oasis has terrible battery life. When I returned it the customer service person neglected to inform me my new $250 Oasis would be replaced with a used/refurbished one. The refurbished one has the same terrible battery life. This is a common problem with this ereader. I wish I had never spent the money on this as Im now stuck with a defective device. The battery life loses power quickly and doesnt last more than a day. My 5 year old iPad Air lasts longer than this does. In addition its impossible to hold in one hand and uncomfortable to read at night while going to sleep.

Love my new Kindle, the buttons are the best feature, the resolution is good and has helped get back on reading

Well, Ive let the cat out of the bag -- the Oasis often flips the page when I dont want it to do so. Just shifting my finger a little on the bezel will often flip the page. This is a nuissance. I have not found a setting to reduce the sensitivity of the screen or turn the touch screen off ... because, well, you dont really need the touch screen because the two forward and back buttons work beautifully. I have increased text size a little and its a joy to read. It feels lighter than my old kindle touch thats not holding a charge very well any more. Actually, the Oasis runs the battery down pretty fast, too, I have just disabled the bluetooth and hopefully that will improve things. I have a wooden stand for my kindle(s) and the design of the Oasis with one fat edge and one thin edge makes it lop-sided when I have it on the stand to read while having breakfast. Questionable design choice. Ive had the Kindle Oasis for some months now, and I must report that the battery life is truly dreadful, even with the backlight turned off and the kindle not in use for a few days the battery low warning comes up if I forgot to turn airplane mode on - in other words the wifi sucks it dry very very quickly. I have struck other problems lately. Sometimes it just gets stuck on a page. Buttons dont work, touch screen doesnt work. Fortunately powering it down and back up resolves this, for the time being, otherwise Id have a very expensive piece of technologic trash on my hands - but it truly isnt a good look. I have revised my rating from 4 stars to 2 stars.

It certainly is not cheap but it does exactly what it says it will, no fuss no bother. The automatic adjustment for the available light is good. But is it SO MUCH better than a paperwhite for the price, I am not so sure on.

Pros:__________ • It’s small, provides basically two simple physical controls, and a sleek premium aluminum design that makes it beautiful to look at without showing off. • The screens warm temperature display works like a charm. You can either adjust it manually in the setting section or just set it to automatically active with sunrise and sunset. I just put in an automatic timer and overall found it a pleasure to use this feature at night. The warm effect doesn’t bring in any eye irritation to me, at night or day, which a computer screen does. • Surprisingly for me, I found the need to apply the warm temperature display on all day. The reason why is because the effect creates the illusion of flipping through old pages in a book. I’m always a physical book person, so this feature brings in the comfort of that feeling. It makes it look like real paper! Still, I only use the cool display when it’s super bright out, but other than that the warm display is perfect regardless of day or night. • You have many intensity levels of cool brightness to ranges of the warm temperature effect that can match your need. From mild yellow to full-on amber color, Amazon finally put in the right software for this display because I’m getting a clear display and no glare regardless of any ambient lighting. • The E-ink display is very fast and efficient. I mean you’re just reading so the processing power isn’t that much as I didn’t notice any ghosting while reading. • This is one of the only times that I’m glad for a bezel border because I can always place my hand at the perfect spot on the device, right underneath the page buttons. • The page buttons themselves provide great feedback when I press them. They’re not loud but it does give you that little click, which I love. You can use the touch screen to turn pages, but I felt the buttons provide a better experience. • Regardless if youre left or right-handed, the device is ambidextrous! I flip the screen to my left the display adapts to it, just as if I flipped it to the right. The experience is the same for all. • I took it out in a clear sunny day and the anti-glare matte display screen provided perfect viewing angles even when the sun was hitting at it the most. • The touch screen is responsive as I like that it has a soft-touch texture on it. It creates a pleasurable experience and kills the creations of my fingerprint. • IPX8 waterproof means it can be washed off and taken almost anywhere. I didn’t submerge it in a pool of water but an IPX8 will stand almost all forms of water issues (just don’t use it under the water.) • Bluetooth is super-fast. Connecting my Airpods took less than 20 seconds, and the feedback is spot on. • Battery life is in no way going to be an issue. From my one battery test, I got around 21 hours of use! The average person will probably read 30-40 minutes a day with this. Having Wi-Fi on will eat a lot more but, in the end, the math doesn’t lie. • The software of highlighting text, placing bookmarks, getting extra info about your book, and adding notes is very straight forward and doesn’t require digging around the system to use them. For me, one feature I use a lot is tapping a word and get the dictionary pulled up for the word (you need Wi-Fi). • You can input MOBI, PDF, and TXT files on this device (I’ll go into more details later on). • One cool feature I like is that if you use your kindle email address, you can upload files to your Oasis. I found this 10x quicker as I used this format when transferring my Steve Jobs autobiography book from my IPad to the Oasis (via email). • At the time pf my review, I found 10 different fonts, 14 sizes, and numerous alignment choices. I can save numerous themes and have the option to switch back and forth if I wanted to. I found this feature helpful if more than one person uses this device. • The books themselves are pretty cheap to buy on Amazon. It’s even better if you’re a Prime member because you can “borrow” books from the Prime Reading catalog. There is also Amazon First Reads that I like but overall, if you get this device, Amazon is the way to go in getting your books/magazines. • Unlike a smartphone, I know that if you treat your Oasis right, you’ll get a pretty good shelve life with it. Cons and Oks:__________ • Just like Amazon’s previous models, no USB-C connector. Micro-USB brings slow for charging and importing files. With Micro-USB, I’m getting around 3 hours, 0-100%, for a complete charge. • No headphone jack! No idea why this isn’t built-in because they even have the room for it on the device. • Getting used in finding your brightness and temperature setting will take some time. Amazon gives a lot of options on the display, as I spent a decent amount of time just figuring out which type of lighting I wanted. • The keyboard is a touchscreen keyboard. So expect a slow typing rate. Sadly I can’t apply the tracing effect that many androids and google phones provide on their keyboards. • The aluminum design does make this slippery to hold, and it’s able to slide off my lap pretty easily. • Also, with aluminum, it takes in the heat or the cold a lot quicker if you leave it outdoors or in a hot car. • Without a decent cover, it feels like I’m holding a piece of metal than the feeling of holding a book. • Can’t connect to 5GhZ Wi-Fi network. • Even if this Oasis looks the same as its previous models, I found out that you can’t really use the same covers. My colleague has the older model and issue we found is that the magnet covers of the last case model don’t stick with the new Oasis. Almost the same size and weight, you expect that older covers to work, but nope. I’ll have to pay for a new case cover. • At the time of my review, I get ads on the lock screen of the device. You can remove them, but you have to pay around $20 to make it ad-free. I found this ridiculous given what you’re already paying for it. • As I mentioned before, you can upload MOBI, PDF, and TXT files on this device. This is cool, but when I put in a simple pdf file (composed of a small story) the formatting gets lost in the process. The paragraphs were mashed together, there was a delay when you wanted to turn to the next page, and overall it looks like a big mess. Now, this could be just a one-time event, but I have to assume any third party software that goes into the Oasis will face some issues (Importing audiobooks did work flawlessly though). • No microSD. That means the storage you have is what you’re going to have forever. This is buzz kill because I know for only 8 GB (Minus 1 GB for the initial software) you’re going to only have maybe 20 audiobooks go have on storage. It seems more appropriate, given the shelf life of this device, to just invest in the 32 GB since there is no way to upgrade the 8 GB. • It’s small, but not small enough to fit your pocket. Be careful where you put it because I feel like I can bend this without any issue if I wanted to. • The browser feature, I believe, is very experimental. Because of the display, many webpages are shown up broken or just unreadable. Obliviously this isn’t for web browsing, but it’s a feature they provide that I just ignore. • It’s almost the same in software and design as its previous model. With the price, I was expecting Amazon to a least redesign it into something different (maybe less in the bezels). It’s still a beautiful design but, given the identical looks as its previous model, as the only main difference is the warm color effect. I know this is what Amazon is advertising but they had 2 years to redesign it. I guess the saying goes “if it aint broke, dont fix it.” Bottom Line:__________ As not having a Kindle before this, I would say that I’m having a pleasant time reading with this. I always prefer a “real” book to read, but having thousands of books at my fingertips, it does reduce that need. To be honest, it’s kind of scary to see the possibility that kids can use this more than a physical book. It reminds me of a scene from the 1960’s film “The Time Machine,” where George goes into to future to find out that all the books he touches turn into a fine powder because no one has used them in centuries. But ignoring that thought, there really isn’t any competition for devices like these, and Amazon does know how to build them. Its sleek, fast, and most importantly, the screen is superb in reading. The warm light effect does make me feel that I’m still reading an old book, while the battery life is holding its ground. Note, if anyone has the previous model of the Oasis, don’t bother buying this. It’s the same thing, except without the warm display and some small software upgrades. For new people, I recommend that you invest in the 32 GB because 8 GB is not nearly enough (given that you can’t even install a MicroSD to it). There are some smaller issues with the design of the device that make me feel like I’m holding a machine instead of a book, but for those who want to take a leap in digital reading, this is the way to go. Overall: An above-average device for book readers of all ages, and a small step forward in the extinction of physical books. Hope I was a help to you. Love, Honest Reviewer.