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The Kindle Oasis is Out of Stock – New Model Incoming?

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Amazon will be announcing new Kindle e-readers soon and they are quietly discontinuing other models. The Kindle Oasis Merlot and Walnut colors are out of stock and there is only a limited number of black ones available. Amazon normally has some sort of date when a product will be back in stock, but it looks like Amazon might be developing a second generation Oasis. This model will likely have an improved internal battery and will not be so difficult to hold if you are not using the accompanied case.

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  • JV

    They should use this opportunity to make their high end model larger…in order to give more wiggle room to improve the other models.

  • Heidi Steindel

    Goof grief. I should have waited before buying my Oasis a month ago. LOL

  • X Ray

    Amazon is ruthless about cutting products that don’t perform in the market. Kindle DX, Fire HDX and FirePhone all met with untimely deaths unmarked by a death notice; they just disappeared.

    Oasis will probably be added to that list and, with it, high-priced e-readers from Amazon. Maybe not but this device and its price-point fits the pattern.

    So, can we expect some whiz-bang new product loaded with cool new tech features from Amazon? Uh, no. Take a look at their tablet offerings: Cheap, derivative tech with no innovation whatsoever … *despite* having previously offered top-of-the-line features. Again, who knows but Amazon is all about making money NOT making advanced tech and if the market doesn’t buy the (sometimes questionable, like the Oasis) advances that they *do* offer, it’s off to the graveyard for that tech and back to basics.

  • Heidi Steindel

    even tho I just got an Oasis if they offered one with a larger screen, be able to do audible with it I would buy it

  • Darryl Lee

    Ooooh, so do we anticipate a fire sale, a la the Fire Phone? I’d love to get this for < $150.

  • me too! i still remember the HP Touchpad fire sale.

  • it boggles my mind Amazon refuses to integrate audible into their e-readers.

  • jp

    as iffffff

  • vrf

    Make an Oasis with a couple inches larger screen, Amazon, for my aging eyes.

  • Deniz

    I just wanted an Kindle and voila 😀 Hope they release the new version pretty soon because I need a one !

  • Deniz

    By the way,do you approximately know when it will be released ? I am just stuck between getting this Kindle or waiting more to get the new one.

  • D Jordan

    Must haves for s new version of the Oasis: 4G connectivity, support for audio books including Bluetooth, and expanded memory.

  • David T

    Hi! Michael Kozlowski. You wrote in definitive words “Amazon will be announcing new Kindle e-readers soon …. there is only a limited number of black ones available.”
    Yet no evidence was provided to support your claim aside from the fact that, depending on perspective, soon could be in 12 years and limited number could be 42 billion units.
    Come on, you only showed us the Kingle Configurator page and you are telling us that Configurator page showed “limited number”?

  • I think Amazon will announce new e-readers in September.