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Old 02-13-2018, 09:22 AM   #73
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Originally Posted by Atunah View Post
There are no 3rd party covers that function as the official one. So even if one didn't need to have an Amazon branded one, there are no options at all. All the 3rd party covers have to be snapped in, are hard to remove quickly and cover the full back.
Perhaps the other cover manufacturers learned from Amazon's failure and deliberately didn't release covers that came off so exceedingly readily? There was a reason they were withdrawn from sale: they had shocking reviews.

I should add that I have one and quite like it, but I seem to be in a small minority in doing so. Unless I press the back of the cover to the device as I'm opening it, it falls off when I open it, which is a little annoying!

Amazon actually said explicitly that their covers provided no protection for the Oasis, for which they got a lot of flak here. Most people want a cover that does provide protection, hence the snap-in covers that the other manufacturers are making, which people seem to be a lot happier with, judging from the reviews and comments here.

So yes, you can't buy one because they were slated when they were available: people didn't want a cover that fell off if you gave it a harsh look. But there's a lot of other covers which provide far better protection for the device, which people seem to like a lot more.

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