Thread: K3 battery life stinks... what?
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Old 08-29-2010, 03:44 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by sirmaru View Post
So far as the battery life goes, keeping the K3 in Shut Down Mode, not Sleep Mode, when not in use should conserve battery life way past its stipulated period. The battery on my PRS 900 is rated for one month but lasts way past 2 months using that doctrine.
If you truly understand the technology behind e-ink you'll realize that "shut down mode" doesn't save any more power than sleep mode. A tear down of the K2 indicated that when power was completely removed the screen continued to display the last image. That's the way it's designed to work. With Wi-Fi off and no indexing being done, the only time a Kindle uses power while reading is when it does a page turn. It doesn't operate like other electronic devices and there really is no "off".
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