In its care instructions here (opens in new tab), Amazon says that the Oasis can "withstand exposure to water" if you remove the device from the water quickly and dry it completely. The Aura One's screen just flickered and showed random gibberish during its dunking. I hadn't originally planned to use the tablet inside the tank during the test, but when I saw that its screen stayed on the same page it was on before I dunked it I had to see if the Oasis was still working, and I was seriously impressed by how well it held up. Unlike the similarly water-resistant Kobo Aura One (which survived 60 minutes in 6-inch waters), the Oasis stayed functional throughout its swim, and its screen and buttons responded to taps and clicks throughout the test as if nothing unusual were taking place.
We dunked the tablet, repeatedly, in an 8-inch deep bath of NYC tap water inside a plexiglass tank, where the Oasis sat for an hour.
Or rather, the device can endure up to 2 meters of freshwater for up to 60 minutes, thanks to the tablet's IPX8 certification. This way, there's no wrong way to hold the device, especially since there's a landscape-view option in the settings.įinally, you can drop the Oasis in an actual oasis. The accelerometers in the Oasis make it so you can hold it by the bump side in whichever hand you prefer, and its screen will rotate to be right-side-up. The Oasis's power button and micro USB 2.0 port sit on its top and bottom sides, depending on how you hold it. This means you no longer see a power port on the back for the flap to attach to, and the new, noncharging cases from Amazon, simply attach to the back of the device, and fill in the space on the thinner side, so it lays flat. The other major adjustment in this year's Oasis is that Amazon's decided to ditch the charging power case it once sold with the tablet, increasing the device's internal battery life instead. The Kindle Voyage (0.3 inches, 6.3 ounces) is lighter, while the Paperwhite (0.4 inches, 7.3 ounces) is heavier and the $59.99 Kindle (0.4 inches, 6.7 ounces) is similar in heft and thickness. Still measuring 0.13 inches thick on its thinnest side and 0.33 inches on the side with the hump, the Oasis has cut weight, down to 6.7 ounces, from the previous 8.4 ounce design.
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