Boox Go 6 Battery

Waylander · 01-12-2025, 08:03 AM

I had a Boox Poke 3 a few years ago and really liked it. I'm interested in purchasing the Go 6, but am cautious about the battery life. How does the Go 6 compare to the PW5? This has a great battery and anything that comes close to it would be a much easier purchase.

Renate · 01-12-2025, 08:19 AM

I'm a poor choice of who to ask this. I rarely specifically charge my ereaders. What with syncing over USB and doing development I hardly pay attention to charge state. Now that I have two active devices I find that I neglect my second one sometimes and have to put it on a charger (vs. my desktop).

I do keep WiFi off, but leave the front light on low all the time.

The Go6 (a/k/a Poke 6) has the identical battery as the Poke5.

Poppaea · 01-13-2025, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waylander

I had a Boox Poke 3 a few years ago and really liked it. I'm interested in purchasing the Go 6, but am cautious about the battery life. How does the Go 6 compare to the PW5? This has a great battery and anything that comes close to it would be a much easier purchase.

Never had a Poke, so I can't say, The Go6 uses about 4 or 5% per hour with the lights cranked up to approximately 75%, no wifi, no bluetooth.

Waylander · 01-13-2025, 05:12 AM

Interesting. I'd say that with the light roughly on the same level as my PW5 (set to level 12), wifi and Bluetooth off, the battery consumption might be comparable, ie 2-3% over an hour or so.

Waylander · 01-13-2025, 10:44 AM

I found this video which does a direct comparison between the user's usage of the Go 6 and the PW's stated battery capacity, with the same state of use of both devices. It seems he got only several hours fewer out of his Go 6 than the PW is capable of, which is interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36B3wp3hVAI&t=16s

01-12-2025, 08:03 AM	#1
Waylander Guru Posts: 662 Karma: 2905052 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 5 16GB, Kindle Paperwhite 6, Kobo Clara,	Boox Go 6 Battery I had a Boox Poke 3 a few years ago and really liked it. I'm interested in purchasing the Go 6, but am cautious about the battery life. How does the Go 6 compare to the PW5? This has a great battery and anything that comes close to it would be a much easier purchase.

01-13-2025, 10:44 AM	#5
Waylander Guru Posts: 662 Karma: 2905052 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 5 16GB, Kindle Paperwhite 6, Kobo Clara,	I found this video which does a direct comparison between the user's usage of the Go 6 and the PW's stated battery capacity, with the same state of use of both devices. It seems he got only several hours fewer out of his Go 6 than the PW is capable of, which is interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36B3wp3hVAI&t=16s Last edited by Waylander; 01-13-2025 at 10:47 AM.

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01-12-2025, 08:19 AM	#2
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 3,897 Karma: 17236157 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	I'm a poor choice of who to ask this. I rarely specifically charge my ereaders. What with syncing over USB and doing development I hardly pay attention to charge state. Now that I have two active devices I find that I neglect my second one sometimes and have to put it on a charger (vs. my desktop). I do keep WiFi off, but leave the front light on low all the time. The Go6 (a/k/a Poke 6) has the identical battery as the Poke5.

01-13-2025, 05:12 AM	#4
Waylander Guru Posts: 662 Karma: 2905052 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 5 16GB, Kindle Paperwhite 6, Kobo Clara,	Interesting. I'd say that with the light roughly on the same level as my PW5 (set to level 12), wifi and Bluetooth off, the battery consumption might be comparable, ie 2-3% over an hour or so.

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