Thread: Bad news for the Kobo battery.
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Old 03-14-2012, 10:43 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by H3g3m0n View Post
It's planned obsolescence, there's a good documentary on it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1xt4nEvipg

Apple was actually sued over a similar thing with their iPod batteries. Now they offer a replacement service.

Of course the price to replace the battery vs the cost of a new updated version is so close just about everyone will buy the new product.

Plus once the battery fails, it's not going to be to long before the flash memory follows which would be another repair.
There is a (subtle) difference between planned obsolescence and mean time to failure.

Mean time to failure - your Kobo battery will last on average for x charges.

Planned obsolescence - Kobo is introducing a new eBook format that will not be supported on readers produced prior to XX/YY/ZZZZ
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