Thread: Leave eReader turned on (affect on battery life)
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Old 07-13-2014, 10:38 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The screen only uses power when it turns the page, but a reading device is a computer: the other components of it such as the CPU, RAM, etc, all use power, too. However, most modern reading devices automatically go into a very low power state when not actively in use. Some of them - the Kindle, for example - actually can't be turned off, but only put to sleep.
Glad that the Kobo e-reader can be turned off.
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