Contemporary on the heels of the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Version announcement, Amazon confirmed that it’s retiring its final Kindle e-reader to function bodily buttons, the Kindle Oasis.
The knowledge doesn’t actually come as a shock contemplating the e-reader made its debut in the marketplace greater than eight years in the past. What’s stunning is that lots of those that purchased the e-reader when it was launched are nonetheless utilizing it. There’s an whole thread on reddit the place Kindle Oasis customers specific their love for Amazon’s e-reader.
Sadly, Amazon’s rep Devon Corvasce instructed The Verge that “as soon as present stock of Kindle Oasis sells out on-line and in shops, we is not going to restock the machine. In the present day, all of our gadgets are touch-forward which is what our prospects are comfy with.”
The Kindle Oasis can now not be purchased from Amazon, because the e-reader’s web page mentions the product is “at present unavailable,” and that’s most likely the way it will keep till all inventory is depleted. The Oasis will most likely be utterly faraway from Amazon’s web site in simply a few months.
After its unique launch again in 2016, the Kindle Oasis acquired some updates within the type of two new variations, which landed in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Since then, Amazon targeted utterly on releasing touch-only Kindle fashions, which made the Oasis moderately out of date.
Nonetheless, it could have been good for Amazon to have at the least one Kindle mannequin that options bodily buttons in its portfolio, as many shoppers favor the Oasis over the newer fashions.
Fortunately, in case you’re extra of a standard one who prefers their e-readers have bodily buttons, there are many options from the competitors just like the Kobo Libra, Kobo Sage, Pocketbook Verse Professional, Onyx Boox Web page or the Hello Reader Professional.
A few of these are higher than others, however what’s necessary is that e-readers with bodily buttons are nonetheless a factor, regardless of Amazon’s resolution to discontinue its solely mannequin with this particular perk.
