[samosa]

I said maybe because I am crazy about Kindles. But I have yet to find any new feature on Oasis that appeal to me, over and above the existing models. I find the lights on the Paperwhite and Voyage to be very satisfactory, the lightness does not appeal to me either as the difference between 180g (Voyage) and 130g (Oasis) is less than a pack of crisps. I have happily held various 180g devices (Aura for example) for years. I usually read at my desk and use a stand anyway. Then I look again and found that the Oasis with cover weights 238g, and iirc the Voyage with cover also weights ~240g, so out it goes with the lightness argument entirely.

If holding things over >=130g is tiring for whoever is going to buy it, then for these people it is very wrong of Amazon to force them to buy the Kindle+cover as a bundle, as they won't be needing the covers unless they are going to be unable to recharge from the wall for long periods. But these occassions are getting rare, e.g. USB sockets can be found in the seats of many flights.