Thread: Sage Sage battery life
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Old 02-06-2022, 08:36 AM   #70
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Originally Posted by davidfor View Post
Sorry, but how else would it work? The cover is there to keep the device charged. If you take the device out, use it for a while, then put it back in, then you want the battery in the device charged for the next time you use it without the cover. Charging the device from the cover only when the device has run out means you will frequently get to the point where you can't use the device by itself.

This just fits with what happens when you plug the device into a charger, or a powerbank. It charges. It doesn't wait until the battery level has almost run out, it starts immediately as soon as the charger is detected. The PowerCover is just a charger and is working exactly the same way as using a powerbank, except that it is more integrated with the device it is charging.
No, it isn't the same at all. An example: I take the Sage out to read. Both it and the cover are at 100%. I read a couple of hours, then put the Sage back in the cover. The Sage is at 90%. The next day, when I take the Sage out, it's 100% as expected, but the cover is 0%. Why? Logically I'd expect the cover to be at 90%, as it only had to charge the 10% the Sage had lost. Why did it drain itself?

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