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Originally Posted by HarryT
The limiting factor is the battery. Lithium batteries such as the one in the Kindle have a typical lifetime of about 5 years.
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How is that calculated?
From what I have read you can get 500-800 charges out of a Lithium battery.
If you have to recharge your ereader say every 2 weeks (about how often I have to recharge my Kobo Touch), that means it should last for (base it on the lower 500 charges end) that's theoretically 18 years..
OK so lets say someone who uses Wifi/3g (for a kindle) a lot and say recharge every week.. that's still 9 years...
I'm betting the battery will still be running at a reduced capacity after 500 charges anyway..