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Originally Posted by jiminrussell
Is this using Kobo software or KoReader? You say in previous post that you are a KoReader user so I assume your battery life experience is with that software rather than Kobo's software?
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I use only koreader, nickel isn't started at all, on all my devices.
But, for battery info, it isn't important as I tested (or better said, used) all my devices in pretty much the same way, even if days may be a bit different (no two days in our life are same), it is same software, similar reading practices, times, etc.
Even if nickel has a bit better battery economy than koreader, it doesn't matter, on H2O you'll still get about double battery life than from KA1.
It may be important info for someone who wants to know which software manages battery in better way, koreader or nickel, but for same user who uses same software on each devices, this point is mute.
And yes, from what I know, nickel does manages battery a bit better, so you maybe would get 5-10% more reading time on nickel if you read really a lot (3-10 hours per day). With hour or less, it is maybe 1-2%. These percentage is my estimate, not something I actually tested, as I never use nickel, but I know that it does has some better battery management (nickel after about 7 seconds turns everything and leaves only IR grid and needed system to wake device. 7 seconds is needed to render next page. I don't know how it works with devices without IR grid, it may have same system. H2O has IR, KA1 doesn't).