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Originally Posted by Roxalon
Hi mars owners! I have a question: How do you find battery life and the build quality? I've heard conflicting reports about these two things...
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I've only had mine a few days and :-
Build quality is good, it's better than my Onyx Boox was but it's not premium considering the price. The case is well put together and doesn't creak or move. The on/off button seems to come out at a funny angle as does the usb connector but there's no movement so it all seems secure. I suspect the Kindle Oasis or the new Kobo would be better but it's certainly good enough and not poor like my Onyx Boox was.
Battery life is pretty good if you're just reading. If you're on the wifi, surfing the web and jumping from one app to another it goes down pretty fast but I think you'd still get 6-10 hours even doing that. I have mine set to power off after 2 hours, Wifi off after 30 minutes and screen off after 10 minutes and, for reading battery is good.
I am really impressed with the device TBH, it's clear, Android runs very well and it's amazingly fast and responsive to use. I read in the Kindle app, Moon Reader and Google Play Books and all of these work flawlessly with lots of contrast. I don't use the built-in reader or the built-in launcher so haven't really experienced the poor software issues that have been reported.