Quote:
Originally Posted by Joykins
I'm considering buying the kindle with special offers that is currently $79. These are my thoughts. The 5-way controller seems like an inefficient way to enter text, but I don't plan on entering too much text, so that should be OK. I like the page turn buttons better than an exclusively touchscreen. I love the price. I can't see storing more than 1,500 books on the device at a time--I can always archive to make more room. What I'm currently wondering about is battery life as measured in reading time. I currently have a nook 1st generation that gets approx. 14 hours of reading time before needing a recharge with wifi on, which means I generally recharge it every 1-3 days (I read usually 3-5 hours a day, sometimes more). Sounds like this kindle gets the same realistically the same battery life. However, if the 15 hours are spread over 1 month, that might mean you get more time up-front as battery life is consumed over hours that the kindle sleeps? What have voracious readers observed about realistic battery life of this kindle model over, say, a FEW days of heavy use? Anyone got 20 hours or anything like that?
Thanks.
|
I don't know if someone told you this already, but usually most connectivity, either 3G, Edge, Wifi or Bluetooth, will drain battery for any device, the significance depends on the device, notebooks won't feel a great difference, but mobilephones and eReaders will.
You should always have it turned off, unless you are using it (download~update, browse, or upload a comment).
With that in mind; I would say from my personal experiencie with my K3 and what I've read mostly here, that the average span is of 1 month. It really depends on how much you use it, but you shouldn't need to recharge it for less than every 2 weeks.