05-26-2020, 12:17 AM
(05-25-2020, 01:02 PM)mindwave Wrote: Why can Kindle get 10-12 hours out of a battery on a quad core arm chip and a bloated copy of android and no one else even comes close?
Because it's using an e-paper display, which is much more energy-efficient? There are other e-readers using e-paper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-readers
"In contrast to an e-reader, a tablet has a screen capable of higher refresh rates which make them more suitable for interaction such as playing a video game or watching a video clip."
No free lunch, N+1, &c.
