If you can’t wait for Kindle to release a new premium ereader you can still get the Kindle Oasis 3 (2019) with a 28% discount. But I'm confident that Kindle will be releasing a new 8-10" ereader with a stylus by the end of 2022.
Unless you worked for Amazon’s marketing team, it would be impossible to know for sure. Will Amazon release a new bigger, better ereader to contend with the Kobo Elipsa? If Amazon were to release a new premium 10” ereader with Android OS it may even encourage third-party developers to create innovative apps to serve the ereader community. Onxy BOOX has carved out itself an interesting niche in the premium ereader market with more than 100k users visiting the site each month. This would open a plethora of third-party apps and make the Kindle Oasis a much more diverse device for customers using the device for more than just reading ebooks.
I could be that Amazon are waiting for customer feedback on the all new Kindle Paperwhite 2021, which has already received glowing reviews, before releasing the new Kindle Oasis. I suspect Amazon are in the works as we speak and although I’m surprised not to see an update to the Kindle Oasis in 2021, It would be a surprise if they didn’t update their premium ereader in late 2022 for the buildup to Christmas. Rakuten (Kobo) are fully aware of this and have already gained market share in this industry by being first of the major players to release such a device.
It’s been clear for a while that there is a market for a 10” ereader. I think an 8.9” Kindle Oasis with a stylus that sync to AWS cloud and does not have battery or screen issues would be warmly welcome by the ereader community, and could possibly dominate the market thanks to Amazon high build quality. Which makes reading PDF’s more comfortable and avoids the need to zoom in to read text. Personally, I would like to see a Kindle Oasis with an 8.9” display, similar to the iPad Mini.
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