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Originally Posted by Crhis
Ah that's where the 5g number came from then. I'd say that's a little misleading.
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The whole Oasis concept is misleading. Or to be more accurate
ambiguous. The 131g device is very attractive (light, ergonomic…) but has a very small battery life. Start a book with a battery at 100% ; after ~three hours, you may expect a 50% remaining battery life. If you plan to finish the book, you'll probably have to plug the cover or to fear an empty battery before the end of your book. That's for the 131g device.
When people are speaking about a 2 months battery life device, they have to mention the whole Oasis concept: device+cover. And this is a 238g concept.
For people reading from ½ hour to 4 hours (a vast majority I's say) it's not an issue. They will benefit from a 131g device for reading — with a protecting cover ensuring the same battery life than any other e-reader with no effort. The concept is brilliant in my opinion. But in some case (extreme or not depending on the people's habits) the concept won't work due to their reading time.
I would mention another issue people have not figured yet and add that a such small battery, being discharged and charged every day, won't probably last very long (one year? two years?) before serious drop. And I'm not talking about memory effect (which never occurs with Li-Ion battery) but from normal usage. Imagine that after two years the battery life will be the half of what it used to be: the internal battery won't ensure you two hours of reading before a battery alert. That's highly uncomfortable. On the other side, a ½ capacity internal battery from any other reader will still be OK for reading a dozen hours. At last… It's still very confortable for any reader.