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Originally Posted by JSWolf
No way at all. Think and light with a crap battery is a worthless device.
We need a good 7" screen Kobo with a better battery be it thicker and heavier if need be.
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I agree, not just with the Kobo but all battery-operated devices. When it comes to thicker and heavier, it doesn't have to be massively larger and heavier, just a slight increase in the size and weight to allow for a higher capacity battery. Consider this (using the Kobo as an example): Would you accept a Kobo with a case that is slightly longer (say 1" longer) and about 2 ounces heavier if it had double the battery capacity?
An issue with batteries is that we are basically at the limit as far as intersection of size vs. playing time. Part of this is due to how much has been demanded of our portable devices. With a flip phone for me it would last 2 or 3 days on a charge, with my current smart phone I now have to charge it every day (part of that is due to the aging of the battery, but it still didn't compare to my flip phone when I first got it).
I had the same issue with my first Sony Reader, an e-ink device. It had great battery life...unless I decided to play music with it. After playing music for 30 minutes the charge dropped from over 90% to 50%. I never did that again.
One of the things I find irritating about the iPod Classic is that considering its size it should be able to contain a large battery, one where in regular use you don't have to worry about how you use it. Unfortunately that was not the case.