76 PCWorld NOVEMBER 2019REVIEWS KINDLE OASIS
depends largely on whether your reading
habits lean more toward e-books or storage-
sucking audiobooks. The latter will also
deplete the Oasis’ battery faster, which
Amazon says can last up to six weeks on a
single charge under the most austere
circumstances: reading only a half-hour
per day with wireless and Bluetooth turned
off and the light setting at 13 (out of 24).
Your mileage will vary.USAGE
While Amazon has diligently made regular
updates to its Kindle devices, the evolution ofthe e-reader’s software has been much
slower. That means if you’ve owned any
Kindle in the last few years you won’t have any
particular problem using the new Oasis right
out of the box. Devices settings, Goodreads,
and the book store are all parked where you’d
expect them, in the top toolbar along with the
Home and Back buttons.
Text on the 300ppi display of the All-new
Kindle Oasis is noticeably crisper than on
either my 8th-generation or All-new Kindle,
both of which top out at 167 ppi. It’s the
closest I’ve seen an e-reader come to the
experience of reading a printed text on paper.The waterproof Oasis can be safely read in the bathtub and will even survive if you drop it in the water.