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Originally Posted by lkmiller
Yup, me too. 
To me, all of the features being touted are just marketing spin on the consequences of making it lighter at all costs. And I find the Paperwhite thin and light enough already. (I think designers place too much importance on this because I have a Samsung tablet that feels a little too thin and flimsy.)
Again for me, the "features" of this design are things I'm indifferent to at best (the lighting) or find inconvenient (flipping to switch hands) or actually dislike (the book-style cover).
The longer battery life claim is really annoying to me because I have a Paperwhite 2 which Amazon also said had the same 8 weeks of battery life. "Months" as in exactly two. Under conditions that never apply to me. If I only read for a 1/2 hour, it's a day I was crazy busy. And I usually only use airplane mode when I'm on an airplane.
Obviously, battery life isn't that critical to me. I have other things I don't mind charging more often. But the marketing spin bugs me. Of course, they are going to play everything up. But if I had a day when I did nothing but read for most of it, I might need to stop and put the cover on negating the weight advantage (or sit tethered to an outlet). Whereas, I think my Paperwhite would outlast me every time even in my longest reading session. And it's 32g lighter than Oasis with cover.
I'm fine with others who think the features and the price are worth it, but I'm personally disappointed. It's like they used a focus group of people that are my absolute polar opposites. Hopefully, Kobo's next reader will be much more appealing to me. |
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Originally Posted by Yolina
^^^ that ^^^
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The exact same. I have been told here somewhere (there are so many pages back of this thread...) that I am not the focus group (fine, I have no problem with that). In an article about the launch, Bezos was quoted as having said something like "Oasis is for devoted readers" (I am not quoting as I don't remember nor can I find the exact wording).
Devoted readers do not read 30 minutes a day. I do get the lightness point, but the battery thing just baffles me.
I think they wanted a super light device for passionate readers, that could be hold easily for hours one handed so one could immerse herself (yep, the devoted reader is a female. just accept that and let's move on
) in the book and forget all about the device. Up till here, I think the story makes sense. But then, of course, the battery cannot be lodged in the reader because it makes everything heavier
. So amazon had to find a solution. There comes the cover and in my opinion, this is the damn little stone in the shoe.
And they know it.
Even if I put aside the non-existing waterproof and the design (which both do not appeal to me but let's say I am not the target), the story is not round and just not working.
The more information I get on the Oasis, the more I like my Voyage and my H2O.