It’s there for keeping your heavy audiobooks. All of this means you can finally enjoy your ebook and audiobooks on a single ereader! You can control the playback of Audible audiobooks right on your Bluetooth device. Unlike many other ereaders on the market, the New Oasis supports audio streaming to a Bluetooth speaker or headphones.

Why does an ereader need such a big memory capacity, you ask? The New Oasis comes with an on-board storage that can be upgraded to 32GB. Bluetooth Streaming and Huge Storage for Audiobooks However, it is still slightly heavier at 6.8 oz (194 g) – about the same as the iPhone 8 Plus. While being larger, the New Oasis is not that much thicker than the original version. To many people, this is a much appreciated upgrade, as the bigger size can significantly decrease the number of times you have to turn page. Old 6” Screen: Breaking the Old MoldĪnother special feature on the Oasis 2017: it’s the only Kindle to have a 7 inches screen.Īccording to Amazon, this allows it to show 30% more text on the screen compared to all other Kindles. This has been much anticipated by Kindle fans, and alas, Amazon has finally made it this year. Even the less fancy New Kobo H2O is IPX8-certified. This is because while it’s totally new on Kindle, this has been a feature on its Kobo friend, the Kobo Aura One, for years. Looking around for articles about the new Oasis, you will see a lot of “ finallies” when they discuss the device’s waterproofness. No worries about sand getting into the device if you’re reading at a beach either – having an IPX8 also means your Oasis is dustproof. I don’t suggest reading under water or dropping it into a washing machine, but if some milk or coffee spills on it, it’s totally safe to rinse it under a running tap. According to Amazon, the device can be safely emerged into water of 2m in depth for 60 minutes.

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