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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Why would Kobo build such a stupid battery into the Aura One? Weight is stupid reason to cripple the battery.
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There are two kinds or aspects to convenience that consumers seen in portable/mobile devices: convenience of carry and convenience of use. Convenience of carry favors small sizes and weights whereas convenience of use favors larger sizes, greater performance and more battery.
Consumers greatly prefer convenience of carry over convenience of use. It's why Palm utterly destroyed its competition in the early PDA days. It's why there are so many 6" and smaller readers out there and almost nothing larger.
Given Aura ONE's large screen requirement some other compromise had to be made to cater to convenience of carry. That compromise had to be weight, and battery capacity is the second most significant contributor to weight after metal vs. plastic cases in portable and mobile devices. It is not a stupid decision. It is a reasonable decision based on the demands of the market as a whole.
If you don't like it then buy a battery pack for your Aura ONE.