Thread: do all ereaders die when the battery does?
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Old 03-30-2012, 10:54 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by delphin View Post

So far as your experence with your iPods goes . . .

I'm glad that your two iPods still work 'fine' though I must confess that I wonder what you define as fine, since I would expect ANY 5 year old device that is still using it's original lithium-ion battery to have lost half to two-thirds of it's battery run time (perhaps as much as three-quarters.) If so, they could still be 'fine' if your definition of fine is just getting through an album or two (for some folks it might be just getting through a song or two!).

Personally, I am a fan of Audio Books, which can run 15 to 20 hours or more, so I suspect that my definition of 'fine' might therefore be a little different than yours, and I like the fact that, for less than five bucks I can buy a battery that will restore my Galaxy Player 4 to 'like new' run times, and that I can install that battery in 30 seconds (without any 'special tools' or YouTube videos).
*shrugs* I bought my iPod back when 60GBs was the largest hard drive size and touchscreens where nowhere to be seen. I'd guess that was around 2003 or 2004. The battery lasted for 20 hours when I bought it and ~16 hours now. Personally, I don't listen to audio books for 15 to 20 hours straight (to each his own), but I do use my iPod for white noise on overnight flights and I always have battery left at the end of my journey. I can live with that.
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