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0 pointsstdbrouw10y ago0 comments

> Imagine being able to use a laptop, or a phone, for days without plugging in.

A Kindle has a battery life of a couple of weeks (30+ hrs active use), but it's actually a mixed blessing. Daily charging is a nightly routine you get used to. Biweekly charging, you just end up forgetting when it's time to charge and don't have any power when you need it.

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Osmium10y ago

> you just end up forgetting when it's time to charge and don't have any power when you need it.

This is just a design problem though. The Kindle should warn you when you only have a few days battery (or, say, a hundred page turns) left, or maybe an LED could light up to remind you, and it'd be fine. I say this as a mildly inconvenienced Kindle user myself, because I too forget to charge it...

reacweb10y ago

I have to charge my electric car daily. If capacity was slightly increased, it would be biweekly. Do you think they should stop research ?

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