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Old 07-22-2016, 07:17 PM   #11
barryem
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I have a Voyage and I took too long deciding if I wanted an Oasis and they were sold out and now I consider that a lucky break. The problem I see with the Oasis, after considering it a while, is the tiny battery in the device itself. From everything I've been able to find the cover only charges that battery and the device runs off that battery. Since it's 1/5th the size (I think I remember that fraction correctly) and since a battery is typically good for 500 to 1000 charges, that means the Oasis battery is likely to last 1/5th as long as the Voyage battery. And I'm talking about it's overall lifetime, not it's time between charges.

I like the idea of the Oasis but I'm afraid to spend that much money on something that might have such a short lifespan.

I'm not sure I'm right about this but I haven't been able to think of any way it's not true. I don't claim to know all the facts but I know enough to be afraid to spend that much on it.

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