Reading on the Oasis is sublime. Simply tap the right or left side of the screen to turn pages, as you would on any other touch-screen Kindle. You can also use the physical Page Turn buttons on the side, which I found to be perfectly situated beneath my thumb.

Sharp, bright screen; Long battery life extended by leather charging cover; Ergonomic design; Built-in accelerometer; Vast ebook store

Expensive; Not waterproof; Cover doesn't protect entire reader

My favorite way to test any e-reader is to see if I still like using it when my reading material isn't exactly thrilling. For the past week, I've been using Amazon's newest Kindle to get through a book called Oh Crap! Potty Training and I still like reading on it more than any Kindle I've tried.

Thin; Weighs next to nothing without the cover; Feels great reading with one hand

Expensive; No adaptive backlight; Not waterproof

This is the last Kindle review you'll ever need to read. It's not that Amazon's going to stop making Kindles. Just the opposite-even as the company has turned its product into a synonym for its category, the way every MP3 player was an iPod, Amazon keeps steaming ahead, making new devices.

Smaller is better, and the Oasis is tiny; Included case means long battery and unbroken Kindle; Page-turn buttons are back

It's expensive, and there are cheaper versions that do all the same things; Dear Amazon, MAKE THE KINDLE WATERPROOF; Love, everyone

The Kindle Oasis is the best, and sexiest, ebook reader that money can buy – Period.

Super slim and beautiful screen; Wide selection of books; Includes leather battery cover; Excellent page-turn buttons; 2-month battery life

Expensive for an ebook reader; You must buy your books from Amazon; It's still not waterproof

While it's a solid e-reader, as all Kindles are, the $289 price for the Oasis left me feeling a bit underwhelmed. It does offer a super-bright backlight on an anti-glare screen, which complements the company's best-in-class content and great parental controls.

Even and bright light; Best-in-class content selection; Unique design with physical buttons; Intuitive interface

Expensive; Browser still awful

Amazon's Kindle has gone through roughly two different design phases. The first began with the original Kindle in 2007 and ended, roughly, with the Kindle DX and Kindle Keyboard in 2010 and 2011.

Slimmer; sleeker; and altogether more usable design pushes the Kindle lineup forward; Redesigned body and physical buttons make it incredibly comfortable for one-handed use; Ten-LED frontlight is nice and even; Included battery case looks nice and extends the runtime to eight weeks; Amazon's e-book...

Shorter battery life when separated from its case; No ambient light sensor; which is strange since this is a feature on the cheaper Kindle Voyage; The asking price is steep; and the Paperwhite is going to make the most sense for most buyers

With its sublime design, bright screen, and innovative battery cover, the Oasis is the best e-book reader we've used to date, but the price is awfully high for incremental improvements-and Special Offers still lurk.

Comfortable form factor; with excellent physical page-turn buttons; Bright; sharp display; Mature software and excellent ecosystem; between Amazon's store and other supported formats

Flat-out expensive; Still saddled with Kindle Special Offers; which cost $20 to remove; No support for audiobook playback

Every couple of years Amazon introduces a new Kindle e-ink e-reader that's smaller, lighter and faster. But with the arrival of the Kindle Oasis, Amazon's thinnest and lightest e-reader ever, the e-book pioneer needs to add a new adjective to the list: pricier.

The Kindle Oasis is the lightest Kindle yet at 4.6 ounces and is 3.4 mm at its thinnest point; A slim leather battery case is included and adheres magnetically to the device, bumping battery life up to a 9 weeks without WiFi on.

It's pricey; isn't any zippier than the Voyage or Paperwhite; and isn't waterproof

The Kindle Oasis has a revolutionary design, but is that enough to warrant the luxury price?

Unique and beautiful design; Included case with second battery; Lighter and more compact than any other e-reader

Not a big performance update compared to previous versions; Battery life may not be as impressive as claimed; Device weight becomes average when case attached

There's no good reason to hand over $449 for an Oasis when you can spend just $294 for the perfectly adequate Kindle Voyager, even if the Oasis is thinner, lighter and altogether more appealing than the Voyager.

No water resistance; Expensive