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Originally Posted by j.p.s
If you keep brightness at 15, I think that you would likely be disappointed with 7" Oasis battery life. It might be best to stick with your Voyage.
You might also consider whether charging the Oasis every day would work for you. I don't think it would run down completely in a long day's read, but getting though a second long day's read might be iffy.
Are you only getting 2 days from your voyage because the battery is old and worn? I retract the charge Oasis every day advice. I think you are correct that you would wear out the Oasis battery before you felt you got your money's worth.
Maybe a new Voyage is best for you.
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My first Voyage went totally wonky in several different ways after a year and a half of use. I bought the one I'm using now last July. Neither one of them were great for battery life, needing to be charged every day if I read a lot, sometimes every other day. I haven't really added up how many hours a day I read, but it's more than 4 hours a day - so even two days at that rate it doesn't get the advertised battery life where Amazon figures on people reading 1/2 hour a day and the battery lasts for weeks.
I hate not knowing what to do. I really don't know that a new Voyage is the answer. Unless I'm mistaken, these things come with a year's warranty so I guess Amazon would let me trade in my current Voyage for a refurbed one, but I'm not sure I see the point in that either.
I guess what I really want is for Amazon to come out with a new/improved Kindle that has really good battery life - but I'm far more than old enough to know that I usually don't get what I really want. I'm just trying to figure out what the best thing is to settle for at this point.