Thread: Public Library audiobooks on kindle basic?
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Old 02-14-2019, 08:34 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by John F View Post
Is this accurate? A Kindle basic has a 1530mah battery. My phone has 1642mah battery. I think I can probably get about 6 hours listening to audio on my phone with everything on (cell, wifi, gps, bluetooth). Why would the Kindle basic be worse (assuming you turn off wifi)? Is the screen on/updating on the Kindle Basic while you are listening to an Audiobook?
Your phone has much beefier hardware to help it do the job. The poor little Kindle has to do it all in software using its not terribly powerful CPU.
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