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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.
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It should have better battery life than your nook. The nook has that half LCD screen which sucks up a lot of battery.
The drawback is the kindle 4 has no replaceable battery. You can't even replace the battery by opening up the unit, like you can with the k3. This is according to someone who did a teardown of the k4.
On the bright side, $79 is cheap enough that by the time the battery dies, you can get a k5 for $49 dollars probably.