![]() Plus, the Signature Edition features a USB-C port for charging, while the older Oasis offers an outdated micro-USB port. Furthermore, the Paperwhite Signature Edition supports wireless charging with a compatible Qi charger. ![]() What are your thoughts on the Kindle Oasis? Let us know in the comments below.While both Kindles offer weeks of battery life, the Paperwhite Signature Edition offers 10 weeks of usage before needing to be recharged, whereas the Oasis only offers six. With the Kindle Paperwhite still a perfectly decent ebook reader at just £110 – not to mention the £180 Kindle Voyage – do we really need to spend the best part of £300 to read digital books?Īll will be answered over the coming months, no doubt. We’ll need to spend some decent hands-on time with it to see if the unorthodox design is a success, but as of now our one real concern is the price tag. Improvements to the screen and battery life will also make it appealing to the hardcore readers out there. Its lop-sided, thick-bezelled body makes it the first truly one-handed Kindle. Kindle Oasis vs Paperwhite: Early verdictĪmazon has taken arguably its boldest step yet with its ebook reader range in the design of the Kindle Oasis. We suspect your answer to that question will depend on the amount of reading you do, as well as the healthiness of your bank balance. But just how advanced do you need an ebook reader to be? After all, you won’t be using it to surf the web, play games, email, or do work like you would with your phone or tablet. Is the Oasis more than twice the quality? Maybe. The Kindle Oasis costs a rather meaty £269.99, which is considerably more than twice the price of the £109.99 Kindle Paperwhite.īuy Now: Kindle Oasis at from $289 And that one exception could be a deal breaker for a lot of people.īuy Now: Kindle Paperwhite at from $119 Kindle Oasis vs Paperwhite: Much pricierįrom what we can see, the Kindle Oasis trumps the Kindle Paperwhite in virtually every way except one. In addition, Amazon has fitted its new ebook reader’s display out with new cylindrical diffractive patterns, which serve to increase the consistency and range of the screen brightness. It can’t match the Kindle Oasis, though.Īmazon says that the Kindle Oasis has a new generation of Paperwhite display – it’s the same resolution, but it features a redesigned front light with 60 percent more LEDs, making it the brightest Kindle display yet. The current Paperwhite’s display was a big improvement over the original, courtesy of a super-crisp 300ppi resolution and a built-in light. Kindle Oasis vs Paperwhite: Brighter display You can also charge both simultaneously while fitted together in this way. Just connect the cover to the Kindle Oasis, and the battery in the cover will begin recharging Kindle Oasis automatically. It comes with a removable leather cover that doubles as a portable charger, and this lets you read for months without plugging in. Thanks to a dual-battery charging system, the Oasis boasts the longest battery life of any Kindle. Amazon appears to have stretched things even further with the Kindle Oasis, though. The Kindle Paperwhite could last around eight weeks, by way of an example. The longer you can go in between charges the better when it comes to polishing off that holiday book by the pool, or filling the travel time on a lengthy business trip. However, it remains an important element given the extensive periods people tend to spend reading. Related: Kindle Paperwhite vs Kindle Voyage You don’t tend to hear many complaints concerning the battery life on Kindles, because they generally last a lot longer than tablets or smartphones. Kindle Oasis vs Paperwhite: Longer lasting The Kindle Oasis should also feel like a classier bit of kit, thanks to a polymer frame that’s plated with metal, making it both light and strong. The Kindle Paperwhite is 205 grams, by way of a comparison, so it’s a good deal heftier. You can also flip it over depending on whether you’re a lefty or a righty, and the thick bezel and physical buttons mean you can comfortably flip pages single-handed.ĭespite this, the Oasis is 30 percent thinner on average than any other Kindle, and it’s also more than 20 percent lighter at 131 grams. This serves to make the Oasis better for one-handed usage, as the bulk of the device’s mass is sat in the palm of your hand. Amazon has given its latest ebook reader a radical facelift, with an asymmetrical design that’s heavily weighted and thicker on one side. You couldn’t level the same accusation at the Kindle Oasis. It looks much like the Kindles that went before it – a flat, largely symmetrical slab of a device. The latest Kindle Paperwhite brought a lot of things to the table when it launched in 2013, but a bold new design wasn’t one of them. Kindle Oasis vs Paperwhite: All-new asymmetrical design
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