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frogplate Reading Scar Night - Alan Campbell

15 May 2012, 10:40 PM | Post: #11

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(15 May 2012 08:33 PM)l_macd Wrote: I think it's the battery that will effect the Kindle's life-span more than anything else (barring any accidental damage of course). Those batteries are only good for so many charging cycles and also just with time they'll start to not hold a charge for as long - as Margaret Lake mentions with her old Kindle 1.

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Lithium-ion Polymer batteries should last about 300 - 500 full recharges before capacity drops to 80%. Assuming a weekly recharge that's at least six years. And if you can live with the loss of capacity they should last over a 1,000 full charges before they give up the ghost. (A full recharge = 2 x 50% recharges = 10 x 10% top ups etc.)

I don't think I would even notice the difference between the original capacity and degraded to 80%. It would just mean charging a couple of days earlier.

There doesn't seem to be any evidence of even the oldest eInk displays wearing out.

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16 May 2012, 09:12 AM | Post: #12

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(13 May 2012 06:03 PM)jenk1947 Wrote: There is very little to go wrong really. No moving parts and quite a simple configuration (well simple for some people anyway, I suspect). I expect my Kindle to last for a long time especially as I am getting free worldwide 3g, unless they switch it off. As I travel a lot, it is great to get emails wherever I am. Long live my Kindle!

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16 May 2012, 10:19 AM | Post: #13

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RE: What is a Kindle's life expectancy?

Even if the battery completely died it would still work when plugged in wouldn't it?

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04 Jun 2012, 03:01 PM | Post: #14

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Mine a keyboard kindle is about 18 months old. I had it for my birthday before last in December. I'd not to be honest even given any thought to it dying *gulp* and couldn't possibly bear to be without one.

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04 Jun 2012, 04:56 PM | Post: #15

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RE: What is a Kindle's life expectancy?

Interesting to see this thread. My mum has just had to replace her Kindle 3G.

The top third corner of the screen went blank (grey) so she would just move the page. Then is slipped off the sofa and half the page diagonally vanished.

Nothing would bring it back. It's two years old. She phoned customer services and they said it was unlikely to be the fact it fell on the floor. They could refurbish it at a cost of around £40 plus postage etc. Then only guarentee any repairs for 6 months.

So maybe a three year life is about all that is expected?

As it was her birthday, my dad bought her a Kindle Touch. Ahhhhh Smile

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04 Jun 2012, 05:19 PM | Post: #16

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05 Jun 2012, 03:55 PM | Post: #17

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(04 Jun 2012 04:56 PM)TresaC Wrote: They could refurbish it at a cost of around £40 plus postage etc. Then only guarentee any repairs for 6 months.

Refurbished replacements have a 3 month warranty.

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05 Jun 2012, 04:02 PM | Post: #18

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(05 Jun 2012 03:55 PM)Willber G. Force Wrote:
(04 Jun 2012 04:56 PM)TresaC Wrote: They could refurbish it at a cost of around £40 plus postage etc. Then only guarentee any repairs for 6 months.

Refurbished replacements have a 3 month warranty.

Well, they were told six! Maybe customer services can't get it right either! Smile

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