01-20-2017, 12:19 PM | #61 |
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01-20-2017, 12:59 PM | #62 | |
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It's possible for a specific H2O panel to have better contrast than a specific ONE panel due to variations in manufacturing. I have two e Ink Pearl devices and one is noticeably darker than the other when side by side. It would not surprise me to see similar variations in different Carta panels. |
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01-20-2017, 02:09 PM | #63 |
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01-20-2017, 03:13 PM | #65 |
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Lithium-ion batteries have a conservative life expectancy of 300-500 charge cycles assuming full discharge (where the battery cannot power the device). At one full charge per month a ONE's battery can be expected to last at least 25 years.
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01-20-2017, 03:30 PM | #66 | |
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01-20-2017, 03:34 PM | #67 |
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You're right, and I really should have included the caveat of all other things being equal. Which they're not. But IME with my Aura HD (same ppi as H2O) and my ONE the ONE looks better when everything is scaled to the devices' native resolutions.
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01-20-2017, 04:00 PM | #68 | |
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01-20-2017, 04:03 PM | #69 |
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01-21-2017, 05:09 AM | #71 | |
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See the photos I took when I first got the One (= day one in my country) https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=181 |
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01-21-2017, 06:14 AM | #72 | |
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For some battery info: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a...ased_batteries |
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01-21-2017, 07:58 AM | #73 |
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I have a stone age MP3 Player (Sandisk Sansa Clip, bought in January 2009 - Amazon never forgets) that still holds its charge to this day, for up to 8 hours even though the entire device is tiny. (I only use it rarely these days, but even so.) You can get lucky and unlucky with your batteries, larger ones do not necessarily live longer.
A dead battery in my H2O would cost me ~10€ for a new one and ~1 hour to replace (most of the time wasted on the battery glue and not wanting to break the display so you have to be super careful with that crowbar). I'm fine with that esp. since it might never come to that in the first place. I try to avoid devices where the battery is not replaceable even if you're willing to open it up yourself. My parents have a canon camcorder with chipped battery that is the evilest thing ever. |
01-21-2017, 11:28 AM | #74 | |
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Also, the device is designed and priced to appeal to the person who reads frequently. I'd think that the very casual reader who actually only reads 15 hours monthly might not want to spend the money for this device. Tho there are exceptions, I'm sure! Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk |
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