After asking a friend or random people he met on the street
of the first association of ebooks and e-readers, the answer may be
Only one: the Kindle. This name for many people is synonymous
reader, as well as producer iPad has become synonymous with long
tablet. Amazon introduces just to sell the latest version
your reader – Kindle Oasis. It is simply brilliant, but the price
disappointing.
Series readers, the Kindle is by far the most
recognizable on the market and it is difficult to meet fan e-paper and e-books,
who has not heard about the Kindle or did not take it into consideration when
purchase this type of equipment. Do not get us wrong, there are many
other readers, but it is the Kindle has always been seen
as the perfect and most interesting. Established today
Kindle Oasis proves that it is absolutely
the best and leaves the competition behind, although associated with the
also terribly high price – 1300 zł (290
euro) . And it is for the version equipped with Wi-Fi. If
you desire to have 3G yet to come
pay 1550 zł (350 euro) .
Less, but not the screen
the question of whether the Kindle Oasis is worth so gargantuan
the amount back at the end of the text, but first let’s look at this,
fun used in the reader and how it differs from its predecessor
- Kindle Voyage priced at 850 zł, ie 190
euro (check lowest price ).
the first contact with the new Kindle can only call one
reaction: wow! But he’s small and light! Kindle Oasis
true master when it comes to ergonomics and comfort.
In fact – it is very small – dimensions 143 mm to 122
mm (at 3.4 mm thick at its thinnest point) make
the screen appears to be smaller than, for example, the popular model Paperwhite (check
lowest price ) with dimensions of 169 mm x
117 mm x 9.1 mm. A glance at the specifications or statement
devices together shows that the size of the screen do not change and the
display books we still have 6-inch e-paper
but now the screen has a resolution of 300 ppi (identical model
Voyage), which makes fonts are sharp
razor .
By far narrower frame and lack of cavities on the screen (front
of the flat pane) connected to the center of gravity transferred
to the right side, where there were two mechanical buttons
change pages, effectively deceiving our perception and dictate
that the new Kindle has received a smaller screen.
Mechanical buttons and ease of use
impression of smaller dimensions Kindle is even stronger after
taking the reader to the hand. The device weighs only 133 g
(233 g with cover) , and the rear housing is clearly
shaped and roughly right. It was at this point
They are the battery and components, thus keeping
reader with one hand is extremely comfortable, and also the thumb alone
goes to the outstanding mechanical buttons on the
edge, so the change of sides is even more comfortable.
It is true that, in the model Voyage returned to the idea of buttons on
side frames (as in the old models without Classic
backlight and touch screen, called by the Amazon
Just Kindle), but they were not mechanical, and many users
just it ached for them. Amazon apparently listened to these
requests and issued a bill is not high enough. Company
do not forget also about the left-handed users and the
the reader turning 180 degrees to display text does the same for
the built-in accelerometer. It is definitely more convenient
than manually change the orientation settings as
predecessors.
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Two batteries
The specific shaping of the rear of the casing is still
one function. Included with the reader get the cover that
as well as having obvious protective function is equipped with a …
additional battery. At first it may seem that
we should expect a longer time than predecessors
actions – in the end we have two batteries. The manufacturer tries to
impression maintain in promotional materials, which mentions
several months of life on a single charge. More accurate
look at the case (and specifications) tells us, however, that
Kindle Oasis of the cover is able to work up to 8
weeks , which is exactly how Paperwhite. For
comparison of direct predecessor – Kindle Voyage – by hand
producer withstand only 6 weeks.
this does not mean that the cover is useless or
non-functional. You should just be aware that 3.4 mm
thinnest Kindle Oasis is caused by the removal of parts
battery capacity of the reader and transfer it to the cover.
In our view, it is convenient because the device without cover
It is incredibly lightweight (133 g), and the recharging of
additional battery will happen somehow at
the way when you’ve finished reading and assume cover. Since de
facto cover acts powerbanku , is
superwygodne and better solve this is simply not possible.
Of course, if we read the established cover, the battery also
would be charged.
it is worth noting that closing cover causes
blanking the screen (that is, like a gesture of closing
book) and after prolonged rest the device goes into
kind of deeper sleep mode, which is aimed at saving
energy. Then, after opening the cover the time required for the appearance of
the text is about 2-3 seconds longer and did not find in the options
the possibility of deactivating this solution. The software
there are also two percentages, which indicate the
the level of charge of each battery.
backlit e-Ink
A moment of attention should be paid to the screen. as is well
you know, the main advantage of readers is the use of e-paper,
whose principle is radically different from the ubiquitous
LCD screens. First of all, the energy drawn only
if it takes to reload the page (of course at
backlight off), and the screen is made up of particles of ink,
which correspond to the pixels of the known LCD screens. Until recently
e-paper appeared only in monochrome and without
backlight, but the Kindle reader for several years offer
backlight and changing it in the comfort of reading really
a lot.
First of all increased maximum brightness
Screen , now amounts to 169 cd / m 2 , and for
comparison of the Kindle Paperwhite 2 was 121 cd / m 2 . Is
it’s a big difference. It is better to have a supply of the backlight, the main
task will be to improve the contrast of the artificial light,
because the font simply look better and then the clutch shows
300 ppi screen resolution. The really strong sun
any backlighting is unnecessary (at the end of this e-paper), but
Public additional LEDs certainly be useful (by
the manufacturer is about 60% more, but it is not known relative to the
the model).
is the screen Kindle Oasis is better than their predecessors?
Looking at the specification falls Voyage as, but not
we had it in the editor to directly compare them. Measurement
spectrophotometer and comparison with the Kindle Paperwhite show that
with the backlight off the image on the Oasis is slightly worse.
However, when you turn on the backlight that’s what puts Kindle Oasis
to maintain and even does better than plain paper. At
the assumption that the card with several years of the book is the point
a reference to the screen Oasis provides 130.1% brightness
White and black reproduction 121.4% (for comparison in
Paperwhite these values are respectively 108.9% for white and
79.9% for black).
left
Kindle Paperwhite II, on the right Kindle Oasis
In other words – text on the screen Kindle Oasis looks
even better than the traditional paper , but the
the assumption that turn on the backlight (to the tests we set the
the maximum value – 24/24). It’s a shame that there was no sensor
lighting, which was introduced in the model Voyage, so now
There remains only to manual control.
Summary
Kindle Oasis won our hearts. It is light, handy, with
great-screen TV and a functional cover, but before you run to
Store ostudzimy your enthusiasm one minor drawback: the price.
Basic version equipped with Wi-Fi costs 1300 zł, and
when desires have 3G connectivity to the reader will come
pay as much as 1,550 zł . It is horrendously much and not even
We are trying to convince anyone that in the context of the benefits amount falls
attractive. We understand that new and interesting solutions have their
price, but in this Kindle Oasis is so high that it does not tell fortunes
reader of great popularity. A pity, because we can
safely be called the best on the market, but only users
with respectively a fat wallet will be able to appreciate it.
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