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Old 03-29-2012, 09:40 AM   #23
HarryT
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Originally Posted by geoffwood View Post
With a Kindle battery, even if I read a LOT I might get through one charge cycle a week, but more likely one per month, so we are looking at a life expectancy of somewhere between 10 and 40 years. I really don't see the point in sweating the details to try and get an extra 10% of life out of a battery that will already far out live the useful life of the Kindle.
A typical lithium ion battery has a life expectancy of around 5 years. The clock starts ticking when the battery is first charged, and nothing will halt it.

As you very rightly say, for an eInk reading device the battery life is purely determined by this physical lifetime of the battery, and not on how you choose to charge it.
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