What has changed, though, is that Amazon's no longer offering a model with a cellular modem, the other feature it once offered for an upgrade price. Thankfully, Amazon is no longer calling these ads 'special offers.' I'd take this upgrade 10 times out of 10, but I just hate ads (I even pay for YouTube Premium). It might be a problem with the unit's standby mode, but I'd guess it's just that the device was used too much or kept at too high a temperature and the battery is degraded.The default Paperwhite comes with 8GB of storage (same as the 2018 model), and Amazon is still charging $20 to upgrade to an ad-free experience (which bumps you up to $159. So as long as you don't care about battery life, refurbished is fine, but since that is one of the main features of the Oasis I felt it worth mentioning since the device definitely doesn't 'work like new'.

In just under a month of ownership (I just sent it back as a return), the battery for the oasis + case drained twice despite being in airplane mode the majority of the time and most of my reading being ~2 hours every two or three days done with brightness set to 1 or 2 (their battery estimates are with brightness at 10).

Unfortunately, the battery, which is advertised as lasting 'months', fell far short of that. The device arrived quickly and worked well - no outside damage or software glitches. I ordered one of the Kindle Oasis refurbs for $230 ($250 with tax) off amazon. Hello r/kindle ! I just wanted to give you a little information about my ereader experience for those of you considering buying a refurb kindle.

Refurb kindle paperwhite