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Originally Posted by twowheels
Yeah, something that I recently discovered after buying my Kobo. I wanted to turn off my Kindle (something that I'm sure I used to be able to do at one time) to put it in storage, but I cannot. I guess I'll have to put it on a timer so that it'll top off for an hour a week or something like that. I'm not sure which is better -- let it discharge and turn itself off, or keeping it topped off. They say to store lithium at about 40% charge, but that's not an option w/ their design choices.
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Basically, your Kindle is not going to last as long as it should because Amazon doesn't allow you to turn it off. If you could turn it off, then the battery would last a lot long while you were not using it. This is another reason why I don't like Kindles.
Amazon did this for their own gain. You don't read for a while and the battery loses power. Then depending on how long the Kindle sits with a dead battery, you lose battery life. Most people won't replace the battery. They'll maybe buy another Kindle when he battery is not lasting long enough between charges. This to me as a very sleazy move.