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Originally Posted by HarryT
Sorry, John, but I'm not sure that it is that we're disagreeing about. We both appear to agree that the capacity of a battery falls with time.
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I think we are disagreeing about the bolded part below:
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Lithium battery lifetime has two factors:
1. The number of charge cycles, as above.
2. A absolute lifespan somewhere around 5 years which is independent of the number of charge cycles. The clock starts ticking when the battery is first charged, and can't be stopped.
The second of these factors, not the first, is what will eventually kill the battery of any reader.
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I interpret what is bolded, to paraphrase, as "the device is going to last 5 years, don't worry about". I disagree (or consider it misleading) with what I paraphrased.
Did I misread what you posted.