Kindle Oasis – With 7” display and page turn buttons - Without Lockscreen Ads

I bought my Oasis 2 years ago. The 10th Generation 32 GB with Wifi one and ad-free. (I decided to get the one without 4G LTE support, as that’s a whopping $70 difference! If I’m out and about and need to connect my Kindle THAT FRIGGIN’ BAD, I’ll just connect it briefly to my smartphone hotspot, which I’ve never felt the need to do. $70 is $70, yo. No regrets!)People in the reviews are making a big stink about this device being only micro-USB instead of the USB-C which has taken over. Today in 2022, I can KIND OF see where they’re coming from, but they’re being overly-dramatic about it. Especially when you can just get an inexpensive Micro-USB to USB-C adapter. But yeah, Micro USB cables used to be every friggin’ where two years ago, but now have been overtaken by the new standard that is USB-C. Just recently I had to go out of my way to get a new Micro-USB cable when they used to be piled up to my eyeballs.The next thing some folks seem to complain about a lot is the battery life. I could never understand why. Sure, maybe it’s not as good as other models in the Kindle family, but it’s nowhere near being BAD. The only time the power goes down a bit faster is if you have it connected to wifi 24/7. But why on earth would you need to do that? It’s an e-reader, not a communications device. Just turn on the Wifi when you want to actually use it, then put it back on airplane mode. “Problem” solved. The battery life is a huge upgrade from my previous Kindle Fire HD 7. Now that was a juice hog.I love my Oasis and it got me back into reading. I decided to go for it instead of upgrade to then-latest Kindle Fire HD model because my smartphone can do everything a Kindle Fire can do but better. The Oasis doesn’t have all that extra multi-media stuff and is purely focused on reading. There’s beauty in simplicity.The screen is a beauty to behold! I absolutely love how the screen looks and you can tweak the settings to make it look soft like a book. The warm light feature is amazing and takes a whole new meaning to “easy on the eyes.” It literally makes your eyes feel at comfort and there’s no blue light. Feels very nice to read at night in the dark with how low and soft you can make it!The device itself is lightweight and feels good to hold with on hand. The the placement of the turning buttons are a godsend and a stroke of genius.I only have two minor gripes about my Kindle Oasis, and I don’t even think they’re issues isolated to the Oasis family, just a Kindle thing in general.The first is the whispersync doesn’t work as well as I would like after syncing. After hitting sync, it takes a while to sync with the Kindle App on my phone. This is a tad annoying because there are some times where I want to read on my smartphone instead and it won’t sync the pages instantaneously. Instead I have to wait a while or just flip the pages myself to find where I left off. This is also annoying trying to get my Reading Insights to update on the Kindle app to make sure I got my daily reading in or earned an achievement. Ditto for syncing on my Kindle app on my phone and wanting to immediately pick up where I left off on my Kindle Oasis.My second minor gripe is that it doesn’t have Reading Insights on it like my Kindle app on my smartphone does. This is a bummer because I love keep track of my reading and seeing what achievements I’ve earned and am currently working towards. I understand that Reading Insights is exclusive to the Kindle app and not on any of the Kindle devices (including the newer models as of writing this in October 2022), but c’mon. It shouldn’t be too hard to patch in! It connects to Goodreads just fine…All in all, this is a fantastic little device and I’m glad I bought it!

I've had a kindle before, years ago. But it was too heavy and clunky to be enjoyable. At least for me. But I wanted to try again and researched the Oasis. It's perfect. It isn't heavy, it's easy to hold, it charges easily, the variety of settings available to customize it is outstanding, and I can also listen to audiobooks on it as well (through a blue tooth device). Oh! And, yes, it has both blue tooth and wi-fi enabled. Any issues I've had with it were software related, not really an issue, and it seems the developers were aware of the issues as they didn't take long to resolve them. I bought the top line version of the Oasis - no ads, largest storage, and whatever else was possible. Because I was convinced that my entire library needed that storage size. But no. They have developed the software in such a way as to make it so that ebooks and audiobooks don't just suck up a ton of storage for each one. It's amazing! After using this for a few years, and downloading literally thousands of books onto it (because I love to always have options), I still have over 20 GB available! I could go on and on about it but look through all of its specifications. Though I don't think even those do it justice! If you are going to buy a kindle, get this one. I mean, seriously, it is waterproof on top of that! Take it into the bathtub!! The text is easier on my eyes than any other electronic device I own. And you can set it to switch to a warm color (no blue light) when it gets darker. Somehow it knows the current sunset time and continues to adjust accordingly. (If you choose this option.) On top of that, you can control just how warm it will look. And so much more. This Kindle has helped me dive deep back into my love of reading, something I've missed. I love my physical books but they can be awkward to hold open for hours on end to read. I can't believe that I am saying that but it is true. The Oasis makes reading just about the reading and nothing else. You don't have to set up enough light to read and so much more. Can you tell I really love this thing? : )