Particularly by the end, when my Oasis would discharge 10% if I even looked at it funny. It is, and this is a totally scientific measurement: light-years better than my Oasis 2 ever was. If you want to get the most out of your Kindle’s battery, see this earlier post with 8 Tips to Extend Battery Life on Kindles.įiled Under: Amazon Kindle Tagged With: kindle paperwhite Thankfully Amazon improved battery life on the 6.8″ Kindle Paperwhite. Probably the biggest complaint against the Kindle Oasis over the years has been its poor battery life. Kindles can also sometimes get stuck indexing an ebook and battery life will keep draining quicker than normal. ![]() One thing to note, Kindle batteries will drain a lot faster if you add a bunch of new content all at one time because Kindles index everything for faster searches and that takes a lot of processing power initially until everything gets indexed. I’ve tried keeping track before, reading X amount of minutes per day, but it’s just too time consuming and there are too many variables involved, and I don’t think battery life meters are 100% accurate or linear across the full range. To me the new Paperwhite’s battery does indeed seem to last a really long time, but sometimes I have a difficult time judging battery life because I usually jump back and forth between different devices, and with E Ink ereaders there’s just no good way to scientifically measure battery life. How long does your Kindle’s battery last between charges? Since everyone uses their Kindle differently, it would be interesting to hear other people’s take on the new Kindle Paperwhite’s battery life.
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