Advice on making the Oasis 3 less horribly cold to hold?

[NullNix]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

amazon could have made it from not metal.

Yeah. Like every previous Kindle ever.

[Skydog]

Personally, I prefer the higher-quality metal of the Oasis and am glad Amazon did not cheapen it with plastic.

[azt33]

For me, it depends. It is nice to have this solid feeling with the metal, it feels premium and sturdy. My Voyage is also very nice, and I do like the back of it as it is not slippery and not temperature-dependent - I have no problem putting it in my backpack (in the frontpocket) or in my big winterjacket's pocket, without a case.

That said, I did cave and got the Amazon Kindle Waterproof case for the Oasis 3, as I don't like sleeves that much and I prefer to just have a case around it when I read.

[NullNix]

Originally Posted by Skydog

Personally, I prefer the higher-quality metal of the Oasis and am glad Amazon did not cheapen it with plastic.

I don't really understand what "higher-quality metal" means. Why is metal seen as higher-quality than plastic these days? To me, metal has always had a connotation of cheapness... probably due to exposure to cheap metal kettles etc when young and poor. (We couldn't afford expensive stuff sheathed in *plastic*, oh no...)

(But my objection to the metal back is not that it seems cheap -- it doesn't. It's the thermal conductivity. I mean, yes, it's mostly fixed with a Fintie skin, but while the result is no longer actually painful, it still doesn't feel as nice as the plastic-and-rubber combo of the original Oasis -- mostly because of the rubber backing on the thicker wedge.)

[SusanReads]

Originally Posted by NullNix

I don't really understand what "higher-quality metal" means. Why is metal seen as higher-quality than plastic these days? To me, metal has always had a connotation of cheapness... probably due to exposure to cheap metal kettles etc when young and poor. (We couldn't afford expensive stuff sheathed in *plastic*, oh no...)

(But my objection to the metal back is not that it seems cheap -- it doesn't. It's the thermal conductivity. I mean, yes, it's mostly fixed with a Fintie skin, but while the result is no longer actually painful, it still doesn't feel as nice as the plastic-and-rubber combo of the original Oasis -- mostly because of the rubber backing on the thicker wedge.)

I totally agree. Metal/aluminum doesn't look fancier to me. And I really dislike how cold it feels on a device I have in my hand for hours at a time.

My problem with the cold back has been solved with my back cover, but I still think a plastic back would have been better (comfort over sleekness). But I do know lots of people like the Oasis as it is.

[NullNix]

Originally Posted by SusanReads

My problem with the cold back has been solved with my back cover, but I still think a plastic back would have been better (comfort over sleekness). But I do know lots of people like the Oasis as it is.

Obviously Amazon should fix this with a runtime configuration option! Just flip the right option and the back flips to metal or rubber/plastic. Easy, right? (... actually, this *is* in theory doable, using quantum-dot-based trickery which can basically produce the electron shells of whatever chemical elements you like without actually needing to bother to drag around the elements themselves, and since these are only electrons floating atop semiconductors it's quite easy to software-control. Downside: right now you need near-absolute-zero conditions and really rather significant amounts of power, and it is really not yet ready for large-scale use.)

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by NullNix

Downside: right now you need near-absolute-zero conditions...

That does not seem to be the best solution for the original question of this thread: "Advice on making the Oasis 3 less horribly cold to hold?"

[NullNix]

Originally Posted by jhowell

That does not seem to be the best solution for the original question of this thread: "Advice on making the Oasis 3 less horribly cold to hold?"

OK, that caused a *literal*