[enro99]

Hi everyone, first post here, looks like a great ebook community!

I received the Oasis 2 (2017 version) a couple weeks ago and have been very impressed with some things and disappointed in others.

Here's a list of my suggestions I hope Amazon will implement for their next upgrade of the Oasis, if that happens. Feel free to chime in with more ideas.

What I like about the Oasis 2:

- The bigger screen. I love this feature. It's more like a tall paperback and gets more words per page so I'm not turning pages as often. If anything, I'd like Amazon to make the shape even more tall paperback like.

- Night mode / accessibility feature. The option to have white on black text is great for night reading. I hope this feature gets ported over to all Kindles and e-readers.

What I don't like:

- the aluminum case. As others have noted, it's hard to get a grip on, it's sharp and digs into your hands, and gets cold! (the original Oasis had a much more comfortable grip.)

- battery life. It seems to be shorter than you'd expect.


If there was any way they could upgrade the next Oasis by making the material more like the rubber/plastic of the first Oasis for easier handling, add the night mode, and keep the screen size or even add an inch to match the Kobo Aura One, it would be a perfect e-reading device.