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Old 06-16-2016, 10:55 AM   #40
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A waste of what?

Processors in Kindle devices have almost nothing to do in their life. Once every billion cycles, the human operator ask for a page turn. The rest of the time, they're asleep.
And that sleep state is precisely why the battery lasts as long as it does.

But by all means, take away the main reason people buy E-Ink devices over tablets.
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