Thread: How much is Amazon missing by not having a waterproof Kindle?
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Old 11-19-2016, 11:17 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
But my anecdotal evidence is stronger than yours!

I do wonder if maybe a waterproof Oasis or Voyage will be their next big thing (I would assume that it would start with the high-end models).
I'm honestly not sure that a waterproof device is a big thing in many people's minds. The waterproof Kobo H2O has been out for over two years now. Amazon spend an awful lot of money on market research; I'm sure that if a significant number of people had said "I would buy a Kindle if only there were a waterproof one available", there would have been one by now.

To be honest, when I owned an H2O, I found the rubber flap that goes over the ports to make them waterproof a real pain whenever I wanted to connect the device to my PC, or recharge it.
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