Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is my fourth or fifth Kindle. I took advantage of the Prime Day 2019 sale plus buy back to get the Oasis at an affordable price. The Kindle I sold back to Amazon was a first or second generation Kindle Voyage. I was tremendously excited about the grip on the Oasis because it was something that I felt the Voyage needed. I was also excited about it being waterproof; this feature would allow me to take it to the public pool without worry. I had expected that there would be a suitable Amazon cover for it but I can't seem to find one that would allow me to read the way that I generally read. Here were my problems: 1. The screen and item are much smaller than I expected. No, I did not read and measure out the dimensions but every Kindle I have had has had about the same size area for reading. Not the Oasis. To get the same feel, I have to turn it sideways but your options are to either have it sideways or up and down which leads me to ... 2. The screen orientation does not change automatically like a phone. You either have to set portrait or landscape. It will then automatically flip 180 degrees in that orientation. I understand why they would choose to do it this way but a better option would be to have a quick to reach toggle that makes it stick. Right now I have to do five presses to switch between portrait and landscape. If I read in bed and need the grip, I have to change it to portrait mode. At the gym, I have to change it to landscape (it's much more stable on the cardio machine holds with the grip toward the ground; otherwise the grip slants it). 3. I don't know if I got a bad one but battery life sucks even without use. I have it in airplane mode 99% of the time (which means Bluetooth is turned off) and the light setting is at 11. I used to get approximately 3 weeks of life out of the Voyage. I am not getting a week out of the Oasis and I have been using it significantly less than previous months (it's been a slow reading month). 4. The thing is so small and thin that the grip doesn't do much to make it easy to hold. The first problem I had was that holding it on such a way that I could somewhat use the grip made the buttons on the thing awkward to reach. Thankfully they do have the option of reversing the buttons. 5. The power button is way too sensitive. I tried using this at the gym initially in portrait made. I naturally hold this thing in my left hand so I placed it on the machine shelf with the buttons and grip toward the left. This means the power button is on the bottom. Just placing it on the shelf turned it off. I had to flip it around. Okay, I thought, stupid me. Nope, I constantly turn this thing off and on just handling it 6. Which brings me to, why is this thing so slow to turn on? When I've actually wanted to turn it on (until I realized that it was just super slow), I ended up turning it off again because I pressed the button again thinking I didn't get it the first time. The Voyage was practically immediate for me between button press and the screen requesting a swipe. I have nothing nice to say about it other than all the other nice things I'd say about any Kindle. I have loved my previous Kindles though each one (of course) could use improvements. Amazon is good about improving the Kindles but this one was a fail for me. I have two days to return this thing and I am not sure what I am going to do. Am I going to return to get another Kindle Voyage? I only got $50 for my Voyage but there's no way to get it back. Perhaps I have a defective one and I should get an exchange, specifically I think the battery is problematic on my device.