Even if you don’t plan on reading it in the shower or while relaxing in a pool, the protection against spillage entails some peace of mind. After a week of mild resistance, we could appreciate the decisions Amazon has taken for the course ahead.Īnd the Kindle Oasis is now waterproof which is something we have wanted on the Kindle for a long time. The increased weight was much easier getting used to. Holding it while lying down in the bed at night is still a problem, though.Īlso, we don’t find the feel of the metal as agreeable as the matte polycarbonate (especially in this cold weather), but since we use a cover on our kindle this isn’t much of a botheration. After about to two weeks of usage, we can comfortably hold it for hours.

These, however, proved to be initial hiccups, things that we learned to deal with overtime.

There were numerous inadvertent touches and the page turn buttons didn’t seem very accessible. The ridge on the back helps guide your fingers hit the right spot, but your hands will slip if you try and grip it firmly. When we unboxed the Kindle Oasis 2, it didn’t look like a BIG change, but when we started using it, it was hard finding the right grip. The 6-inch Kindle display was a uniformity that we were quite comfortable with over the years, and the jump to 7-inch screen felt radical (6.5 would have been perfect maybe?). But the big question is, has it been able to maintain the same level of comfort and ergonomics while scaling the display size to 7-inch and using a heavier metal casing? This complication surely seems to call for some sort of trade-off being involved. With the new model, Amazon sticks with the familiar oasis design from last year.

Not as ergonomic as last generation modelĬomfortable handling has always been given prime consideration for flagship Kindle devices.

New kindle oasis