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Old 04-26-2016, 09:05 AM   #121
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Here's a review of the Oasis from the Guardian website. Much of this is a general review of the kindle software, but never mind. And they compare it to the Paperwhite rather than the Voyage.

Anyway, they love it.

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...uxury-e-reader
He read only 6 hours before the battery gave out...
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Old 04-26-2016, 09:11 AM   #122
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He read only 6 hours before the battery gave out...
...On the naked device, with wi-fi on and the light at 15. That's better than I thought it would be. According to the specs, it's 2 weeks at 1/2 hour per day (7 hours) with wi-fi off and light at 10.

This is great news

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During my testing, with data connectivity on and the brightness set to level 15 I managed to read 200 pages or around 6 hours without the battery case before getting a warning that only 10% battery was left. With the battery case attached I could easily have read two, maybe three books under the same conditions.
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Old 04-26-2016, 09:18 AM   #123
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The battery life is disappointing, even allowing for the fact that it was always going to be disappointing. - I was just going to say about the 200 pages the reviewer read before getting a battery warning. So - that's about one skim through of the daily newspaper before it expires???

I am quite interested in the ergonomics, now that I've got used to how it looks, but not with that battery life..
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Old 04-26-2016, 09:19 AM   #124
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During my testing, with data connectivity on and the brightness set to level 15 I managed to read 200 pages or around 6 hours without the battery case before getting a warning that only 10% battery was left
6 hours to read 200 pages?! If it gets down to 10% after only 200-odd page turns, that's considerably less than 6 hours for many people on here
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Old 04-26-2016, 09:21 AM   #125
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6 hours to read 200 pages?! If it gets down to 10% after only 200-odd page presses, that's considerably less than 6 hours for many people on here
Note that he had WiFi turned on. That's a major battery hog. You can generally expect to double the battery life of a reader by turning off WiFi.
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Old 04-26-2016, 10:09 AM   #126
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Old 04-26-2016, 10:19 AM   #127
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My amazon US order shipped last night and will be delivered tomorrow. Exciting to see reviews coming in this morning, all I've seen are very positive!
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Old 04-26-2016, 10:23 AM   #128
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6 hours to read 200 pages?! If it gets down to 10% after only 200-odd page turns, that's considerably less than 6 hours for many people on here
Well if we are talking about 200 paperback pages (1900-2000 characters per page) and not 200 "screens" (expecially with font size 5+) , and about reading fiction is 6 hours that slow?

I would guess my average when reading english (which is not my native language) fiction would be something around 35 pages per hour, so 200 pages is 5.71 hours.
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Old 04-26-2016, 10:58 AM   #129
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I'm waffling over the brown and merlot covers. I pre-ordered both (3G). Need to decide which one to cancel, as they will probably be preparing for shipment over the weekend.
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Old 04-26-2016, 11:00 AM   #130
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Hasn't the merlot had worse projected shipping dates?
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Old 04-26-2016, 11:03 AM   #131
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I think that was for the WiFi only.

The release date for the 3G models in the US is May 4th. My delivery date is the same. I ordered the day it was announced.
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For anyone in the UK John Lewis has the wi-fi oasis in stock for delivery tomorrow, all colors as well.
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Old 04-26-2016, 12:23 PM   #133
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Here's a reviewer that doesn't get it...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0f309baee4523
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Old 04-26-2016, 12:29 PM   #134
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Here's a reviewer that doesn't get it...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0f309baee4523
"eReaders are a weird, singular category of consumer technology that exist almost entirely as luxury. They are not inherently better than the printed books they replace, and they are quickly becoming eclipsed in function by the smartphones most of us carry around. There are a couple of times when any Kindle device — not just the Oasis — will outshine Amazon’s Kindle app on your phone: When you are reading in direct sunlight and when you are reading before bed."

Umm - yeah. That's when I normally read. Relaxing on my deck and before I go to bed.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0f309baee4523
Yeah...

"That audience is affluent, book-obsessed and traveling near constantly."

What a statement.
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