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tovare · 04-18-2016, 07:10 PM

I hold my PW2 with cover with one hand all the time, and the Kindle Oasis is 127 grams lighter with the cover on and smaller as well. The total unit with cover is only 238 grams.

I seem to recall a video where they said that the aim is 30 % reduction in each generation. Who knows, the next kindle might not have battery at all, just energy beams sent directly from Amazon Web Services satellites in space :-)

The weight distribution makes a lot of sense while holding it, but it´s very nice that the cover turnes it into a neat solid rectangle.

04-18-2016, 07:10 PM	#4
tovare Addict Posts: 221 Karma: 1133312 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oslo/Norway Device: PRS-600, Kindle kb Wifi, new Kindle NT, PW2, Kindle Oasis	I hold my PW2 with cover with one hand all the time, and the Kindle Oasis is 127 grams lighter with the cover on and smaller as well. The total unit with cover is only 238 grams. I seem to recall a video where they said that the aim is 30 % reduction in each generation. Who knows, the next kindle might not have battery at all, just energy beams sent directly from Amazon Web Services satellites in space :-) The weight distribution makes a lot of sense while holding it, but it´s very nice that the cover turnes it into a neat solid rectangle. Last edited by tovare; 04-18-2016 at 07:13 PM.