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I thought about that for a moment, but the idea that someone found a box and then split it up and distributed a few each to random territories seems unlikely.
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No, it's more likely that they found boxes of them in each of those territories and have decided that they would market them at the same time. Or, it's a complete fluke that they are on the market at the same time.
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Good that you can be so certain. Do you have insider information?
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No. But, I can't image that Kobo has suddenly started manufacturing these again. And, as you put it, "distributed a few each to random territories seems unlikely".
Of course, you seem to certain they are new. Do you have insider information?
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Despite the scare stories from certain quarters, lithium batteries do not deteriorate drastically in storage.
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That completely depends on the storage conditions. If they were in a nice cool place, then they are probably good. If the area was room temperature, they would be showing age. And, the have probably been sitting around long enough that they might have self discharged low enough to trigger the protection circuit to not let them charge.
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And the battery life of these things is sufficiently variable that I doubt anyone could be sure of noticing a difference.
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I disagree. These have been off the market long enough that the battery life is likely to be half of the initial life. That is noticeable.
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It's so long, in fact, that anyone who isn't completely disorganised is never going to have a problem.
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Huh? I'd expect that the completely disorganised are the ones who wouldn't notice. The organised are the ones who would be able to tell you how long the battery lasted.
In any case, it was a warning. If people want a new Aura ONE and can get one of these, they should do so. But, they should also be aware of possible shortcomings.