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Originally Posted by Apollyon202
Although I'm not sure about the exact type of LEDs but that shouldn't be the case. KOReader or even an open PDF document could be more power hungry. Not to mention the Colour devices which have to have constant frontlight on and even on higher brightness.
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Since using my Sage, I read with the frontlight either off or at ~5%, not sure how much power that takes. Given that the Sage is overly aggressive at reducing power usage, that KOReader also implements power saving. Using the native PDF reader does not disable power management and an eInk screen takes no power if it is not actively being modified, why would reading a PDF document use that much extra power? I would prefer to avoid any extra power usage.
As for my KLC? It lasts for weeks between charging and I again really see no advantage to using an LED to monitor battery charge. If I really wanted to monitor battery charge, I would use an addon that displays the battery charge at the top of the screen as part of the eInk display. A lot easier than turning my Sage to see the LED on the side or my Clara HD to see the LED on the bottom.