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Psyke · 06-15-2011, 09:42 AM

While the device has only been out just under a week now, the battery life of my previous two devices had wanned by this time; the kobo original was a dud and discharged after a day, and the Wi-Fi, because I was playing with it so much and trying out the wireless, not to mention the issues it had, was discharged within 3-4 days, but did get better over time, however wireless wasn't used much after the initial purchase (mainly because it wouldn't connect to my network anymore...)

The touch however has been fantastic. It was almost fully charged when I took it out of the box; plugged it in and it was topped up after 20 minutes, I've been able to do full reset, play with the wireless, played with the different settings, have read a couple thousand pages between my wife and I. I mean litterally, the device has barely been put down compared to the old wifi; yet as of today, the battery was still showing 2/3's full. And since the battery should get a bit better after the first few charge cycles, this is looking very promising indeed.

So what's your experience been like so far? have you had the need to charge yet? any concerns?

06-15-2011, 09:42 AM	#1
Psyke Evangelist Posts: 482 Karma: 534340 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ottawa/Canada Device: Kobo Wi-Fi - Kobo Touch - GNex - N7	Battery life - how has it been for you so far? While the device has only been out just under a week now, the battery life of my previous two devices had wanned by this time; the kobo original was a dud and discharged after a day, and the Wi-Fi, because I was playing with it so much and trying out the wireless, not to mention the issues it had, was discharged within 3-4 days, but did get better over time, however wireless wasn't used much after the initial purchase (mainly because it wouldn't connect to my network anymore...) The touch however has been fantastic. It was almost fully charged when I took it out of the box; plugged it in and it was topped up after 20 minutes, I've been able to do full reset, play with the wireless, played with the different settings, have read a couple thousand pages between my wife and I. I mean litterally, the device has barely been put down compared to the old wifi; yet as of today, the battery was still showing 2/3's full. And since the battery should get a bit better after the first few charge cycles, this is looking very promising indeed. So what's your experience been like so far? have you had the need to charge yet? any concerns?