Thread: eReaders, CPU die-shrinks and battery life.
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Old 05-14-2015, 11:02 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by Hrafn View Post
The Wiki appears to indicate that 9.7" and 6" eReaders from the same generation with the same battery size have similar battery life (in spite of a 2.6:1 difference in screen area), indicating either that power usage is largely unaffected by screen area (unlikely) or that the screen is not the largest power user.
The 9.7" eReaders also display 2.6x more characters per page, so the 6" eReaders need 2.6x more page turns per hour, so the power per hour for page turns is the same.
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