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Originally Posted by Lparsons21
New user here.
Just got the Mars yesterday from Amazon, decent price but no case included. Not a big deal as I tend to go naked mostly anyway.
Battery life just sucks compared to any e-ink device I have ever had and turning it off isn’t so good since it all too often comes back up in Chinese. The battery life is worse than any device I have for that matter. And as much as I like having an 8” e-ink reader, this just may end up getting returned. And that is sad.
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I wonder what vendor you bought it from. I did the same and it came with a perfect fitted case like the old Paperwhite cases. You might bother the vendor and see what's up with that.
As for battery life, you're not going to get the same time because it's running a full vanilla version of Android. You could mess with the settings (ex, instead of just toggling off Wifi, go into Setttings-Wireless and Networks-More and turn on airplane mode. This alone gets me many many extra hours. With bluetooth off and light off when i'm not using it, i easily get a few days which is plenty as we all have usb plugs everywhere these days. Know it's not Kindle e-reader battery life but for the things it can do compared to a Kindle, perhaps it's the compromise.
Agree though, if you're not happy with it return it. I bought an 8" Kobo Aura one and sold it on ebay after a few days because it didn't do what I needed it to do (Wikipedia offline via Kiwix, Gmail with bluetooth keyboard, 2 column landscape reading, Pocket, NY Times using A2, etc). If it's not for you, get that money back and buy an ereader that serves your needs.