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Originally Posted by JSWolf
And I've been reading about battery issues with the new Oasis. Also, Amazon doesn't make batteries. They buy already made batteries. So I don't see Amazon trying to get some company to make custom batteries for one model Kindle. That would raise the price to beyond affordable Given that Reader makers have to use already existing batteries, stop going lighter/thinner at the expense of the battery. Yes, I read that others are saying but they last longer then phones/tablets. True, but take a Reader with an even better battery. It will last longer than this lighter/thinner Reader with a lassoer batter before the user will find the battery no longer acceptable.
There are batteries where we could get months instead of weeks. I'd rather that as the expense of lighter/thinner. Think of how much hardcover trade paperback books can weight. Most Readers don't weight that much.
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I can attest to that. Seiko had to have a special battery made for it's old Perpetual Calendar watches. The battery used to wholesale at more than $25.00. They have since changed the Perpetual Calendar watches to use a standard size battery. After changing the battery in the original Perpetual Calendar you had to depress four different contacts, inside the watch, to reset all functions. This could take up to 20 minutes to do. Seiko even had a four page full size laminated document for jewelers to use.The newer ones have buttons on the outside that allow you to set the functions in five minutes.
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