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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
Please, help me understand: Why is this piece of crap battery installed in what would otherwise be a FINE ebook reader? I just want to know why Rakutan keeps this device available.
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I suspect that they simply used the same battery they used in the Forma. For the Forma, I think it was picked to keep the weight down.
Sadly, the Forma's Freescale i.MX6 SLL @1GHz has better power management and a single core compared to the Sage's Allwinner B300 Quad Core @1.8 GHz. I tend to believe that the reason the original Elipsa was replaced so rapidly by the Elipsa 2E was the switch from Allwinner to MediaTek CPUs made power management a lot easier.
OTOH, my Sage lasts for ~14-16 hours of reading which considering the larger screen and smaller battery is not all that bad.
Would I love to see a new Kobo 8" B&W ereader with a MediaTek CPU and the 2050mAH battery from the Libra Colour? You bet your bippy!