On the outside, the two e-readers are identical. There are also 25 embedded LEDs lighting up the screen rather than 12. Then I sold it on eBay and upgraded to the tenth generation Oasis (2019), which now has the option to have a warm sepia tone to the screen, rather than plain white. So for my eighteenth birthday, I got a ninth generation Kindle Oasis 2017. I was happy with it, but its existence was abruptly terminated when I dropped it into the bath in 2017. There was no built-in light in the touchscreen (Amazon does now offer this feature even in its entry-level models). It was literally just a flat plastic tablet with no buttons and a touchscreen. Next in my lineup was the super-basic Kindle 8 I bought in 2016. It actually still works, which just goes to show that these things are built to last. It wouldn’t have won any prizes for beauty, but it got the job done. I’ve been using various Kindle devices for about a decade, dating back to when my dad first bought the Kindle Keyboard in 2010. After all, there tons of cheaper e-readers out there, like the Paperwhite, also sold by Amazon. But what my review will be examining today is whether or not it’s actually worth it. In fact, it’s one of the most expensive e-readers around.

Kindle paperwhite v oasis