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Originally Posted by ottischwenk
You probably don't know what you're writing about!.
You will have to charge around 30% more often than with the Note 3.
But you get the best 10.3 EInk screen there is - far superior to a Mobius device.
And such a good screen has to be well protected, hence H7 Asahi glas.
But since the weight must not be too big, you save the hardest part - with the battery, the capacity of which is weight-dependent.
It's that simple.
And in my opinion, Boox has made the optimal compromise here.
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The problem I have is that Onyx are knowingly relying on the fact that people think batteries are massively heavy to improve their profits. If you get your Note Air and clip a couple of cheap pens to it (that's about 27g), does it feel too heavy to you? I'll bet it doesn't. If the device itself weighs close to half a kilo, why compromise the battery capacity? The reason I say 27g is that is the weight of a 1500mA battery for the Amazon paperwhite 10th gen, and that would give the Note Air more capacity than the Note3, Lumi etc. If it was just fitted with the same battery as a Note3 then you're probably looking at less of a weight increase. In any event, it is a trivial weight difference for a great improvement in device longevity.
The real point of this then, is that Onyx are looking to cut battery costs and improve their profits while short changing the consumer. A 3200ma replacement battery for the Kindle is $22 and a 6000mA battery is $35. It makes a lot of sense for device manufacturers to scrimp on batteries, the device wears out sooner and they make more money selling it... a win/win for them.
From what I'm reading I can't figure out whether the display on the Note Air is somehow better - it has a glass substrate to help with the appearance and front light, but all the Onyx devices seem to have a Carta display??? I haven't seen anyone saything this is particulaly special compared with other Onyx eInk screens, but if you have some pictures to illustrate that, I'd love to see them. Don't Likebook use the exact same displays?