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TCFAN · 03-20-2012, 08:09 PM

I've been looking at color e-book readers for the past few weeks now, and the one thing I've noticed is that they all seem to have very low battery life. I just assumed many of these devices would get 6-10 hours of battery life when only reading e-books--don't laugh!

--but they all seem to be much lower, more around the 2-3 hour mark from what I can tell.

Is there a color e-reader on the market priced under a $100 that won't need a recharging after two hours of reading? I don't care about wifi, and I could care less about running apps and such. I just want to use it for reading the e-books I already own. Is this possible, or should I be looking at the black and white models like the Kobo? I really like the 7" color screens out there now, but if they're going to need a recharge so frequently I might have to reconsider the b&w models.

Thanks.

03-20-2012, 08:09 PM	#1
TCFAN Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: None yet	Battery life on color e-book readers? I've been looking at color e-book readers for the past few weeks now, and the one thing I've noticed is that they all seem to have very low battery life. I just assumed many of these devices would get 6-10 hours of battery life when only reading e-books--don't laugh!--but they all seem to be much lower, more around the 2-3 hour mark from what I can tell. Is there a color e-reader on the market priced under a $100 that won't need a recharging after two hours of reading? I don't care about wifi, and I could care less about running apps and such. I just want to use it for reading the e-books I already own. Is this possible, or should I be looking at the black and white models like the Kobo? I really like the 7" color screens out there now, but if they're going to need a recharge so frequently I might have to reconsider the b&w models. Thanks.