hello everyone! thanks for all of your amazing advice. I ended up buying it anyway, and despite you guys being somewhat right about the battery life while listening to audio through a Bluetooth headset, I'm still finding it to have better battery life than my phone!
also, your advice about using a portable battery pack is very prudent, and in fact... I already have that!
It works great, but my phone still dies, even with... two of them!! I think my phone just has a poor battery after many years of use, and so buying a new device is actually in fact cheaper than replacing the whole thing, maybe even also just the battery. I also like to take a really long time for my long long commute, and I also use my phone for light entertainment while studying, like music and everything else, while away from a outlet -- I really do tax it. I really appreciate your advice anyway!
I'm finding that the Poke 5 is very high quality, and the reading experience is, obviously, far, far superior to my phone. by a massive margin! I'm finding now that it's such a lovely thing to be reading on something so nice that I don't even listen to audiobooks so much anymore! of course, just reading books on the slow refresh rate setting makes the battery last far far longer.
all of my battery banks really really improve the battery life of this little e-reader, though. So I'm finding that I can actually watch movies on the bus on the fastest refresh rate setting: all while keeping my phone charged, *and* my e-reader charged!
all in all, excellent purchase, great decision. I really appreciate everyone's help! another happy mobileread forums newbie!
