After reading several posts about the Sage's poor battery life, I finally had a chance to test it. I read uninterrupted for exactly one hour in KOReader, and the battery went from 86% to 68%. I then rebooted into Nickel and did the same, one hour of uninterrupted reading. The result was better, but still bad, dropping from 65% at the start of the hour to 56% by the end.
Kobo's Sage tech specs say
Quote:
Battery Weeks of battery life*
*dependent on individual usage.
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At 9-10% per hour that "individual usage" would basically have to be no more than 1 hour a day to have the battery last as little as TWO weeks, the smallest possible whole number of week
S.
My personal circumstances mean that this shocking suckage is not enough reason to consider a return, but it does cast a pall on the experience, and make it more likely that my Libra H20 will remain my goto for really lengthy reading sessions. VERY disappointing.