Hands-on review: Amazon Kindle Oasis

Hands-on review: Amazon Kindle Oasis

By James Peckham

Hands-on review: Amazon Kindle Oasis

Ever since the original Amazon Kindle hit the virtual shelves back in November 2007, the company has managed to refine the design with each passing generation chipping off bits here and there to make it one of the best looking ereaders on the planet.

What the new Kindle Oasis proves is Amazon has struggled to refine it any further in its current form. The Kindle Oasis is a time for change.

The new ereader sits at the top of the Kindle hierarchy as the highest priced ereader so far making it even more expensive than the Kindle Voyage. Amazon launched that back in 2014 to various criticisms of it being too pricey.

Amazon Kindle Oasis

The Kindle Oasis, however, costs a whopping US$289.99 (£269.99, AU$449) which upon first look seems like too much money to spend on a device you can only read ebooks on.

But don’t throw your arms up in disgust too soon – if you’re an avid reader surely it’s worth getting the best possible experience while using ebooks? Amazon is trying to offer that in the Kindle Oasis and make it as close to reading real books as possible.

Picking up the Kindle Oasis, this does really feel like …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac

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