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Originally Posted by Noughty
Hi, I just wanted to clarify about the battery life. It says a month with half hour reading time for new non touch kindle. So you can read for about 15 hours only? What's like 1-4 books only (depends on how long). I thought battery life is amazing for these devices and even if it's double for the other models it sums up to 30 hours or so. I know it isn't accurate or anything but from that is written it doesn't look very good. It makes it a bad device for travel (if the above is correct), if I don't bring my computer, my kindle is useless (or I have to buy the charger).
And it looks strange that the battery life is calculated with half an hour reading time every day. How often do you read a book for only half an hour? I read it in 1-2 days. I could get it if it were an hour a day or something like that, but why on earth half an hour?
How many books do you think you can read with one charge? How long does it charge via usb?
I plan to buy it but want to find out everything before so as no disappointments.
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These things are pretty hard to calculate with eink. I get much shorter reading times than most people, but it's probably about my reading style. I'm interested in seeing how everything turns out, so I read quickly. This means more page turns in a shorter time period and page turns are really what matters.
All I can tell you for sure is that it is extremely unlikely you would have to worry about running out of charge, even if you read all day.
MLH
p.s. I don't mean this as a "I read faster than you" thing. The truth is that I enjoy rereading good books because I miss stuff the first time through.