The Amazon Kindle Oasis remains one of the most popular e-readers in the world. This is primarily because the only e-reader in Amazon’s portfolio had manual page-turn buttons. The device was officially discontinued earlier in the year, but sometimes it popped up on the Amazon website for a couple of hours. However, Amazon stated at the new Kindle e-reader event that no more units will be made once the remaining stock sells out.
In a comment to the Verge Amazon said, “Once current inventory of Kindle Oasis sells out online and in stores, we will not restock the device,” Amazon’s Devon Corvasce says in a statement. “Today, all of our devices are touch-forward, which is what our customers are comfortable with.”
The third-generation Oasis came out in 2019. It had an identical design as the second-iteration Oasis, with a similar 7-inch, 300 PPI screen. There were a couple of differences: the Oasis 3 has a front-lit display and amber LED lights for a warm effect, with 25 LED lights. It also came in two different colours: graphite and champagne gold. It also has an all-aluminum body, page turn buttons, Bluetooth support, and a micro USB for charging.
Sadly, there are no Kindles with page-turn buttons; instead, many users rely on Bluetooth page-turners from 3rd party sellers. For those of you who can’t live without page-turn buttons, some companies still have many different models with buttons. Kobo is one of the best-known examples; they have colour and black and white variants. Most Pocketbook e-readers also have physical buttons, but their bookstore pales compared to Kobo.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.