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Old 10-28-2014, 10:12 AM   #19
RDaneel54
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The Nexus, though, has a much beefier battery than an eInk device, and the power usage of WiFi is a much smaller percentage of the total power usage of the device.
Harry, I think you've estimated that the WiFi halves the battery time on a Kindle. Do you have any idea what the numbers might be for the frontlights versus the WiFi/3g battery drain? In my experience, the lights don't use as much, but with both on my Kindles seem to drain really fast.
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