Thread: Kobo disappointing Battery life
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Old 08-25-2024, 02:22 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
Have you actually compared it to any eink device with similar screen size BESIDES the PW5?
Not personally, since I don't have any other ~7" reader. I've compared it to 11 year old Kindle PW1 and that is not a fair comparison since it has 6" screen + smaller battery + finally noticeably weakened battery after 11 years of using the device. And even in that comparison Libra 2 battery charge barely lasted longer ( like 4-5 days more) standby/sleep comparison.

Anyways, I fail to see the point of your comment. It doesn't seam to be written in good faith, but with purpose to bait me?

The OP in his/hers commented made a claim and observations that Kobo Clara has a disappointing battery life when compared to Kindle PW5.
I written my response to chime in with my similar observations with Kobo Libra 2 vs PW5. The observation is nof surprising when IIRC Clara belong to the same "not so great" hardware generation / uses same/similar motherboard like Libra 2 and IIRC has had even worse freezing and instability problems?

And I've documented my claims with screenshots. That is all I did and cared to do. I haven't made any general and universal claims in the vain that all Kobos have worse battery life than all Kindle models. Just this particular Kobo model vs this particular Kindle.

And I don't have any benefits from things like how good battery life was on say Kobo Aura H20 or Kobo Whatever, I own a Libra 2 and it's battery is objectively subpar and disappointing... as evident and supported by the OP as one more Kindle owner that had the "pleasure" of owning that now previous / no-longer-latest generation of Kobo models after owning an excellent hardware as Kindle PW5 objectively is.
Some people are content with making that compromise for the sake of other software features and other people are not happy with that.
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