Sony TABLET S BATTERY DATASHEET

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The Sony Tablet

The high-speed Sony Tablet™ S runs on a lithium ion ba tte ry, weighing 1.33 lbs. or 598 g.

Although lithium-ion batteries are made for longevity and high performance, a battery’s life depends on many
factors, including device setti ngs, environmental conditions, network configuration and the type of activities you use
the Sony Tablet for. You can enhance your battery’s life by following the tips below. But first, a couple of
definitions:

While “battery life” means the number of hours you ca n use your Sony Tablet before having to recharge the battery,
“battery lifespan” means the number of charge/recharge cycles it is subjected to before the battery begins to degrade.

S Battery

Conserving and extending the life and lifespan of your battery

• As heat can rapidly degrade the life of your battery and adversely affect its lifespan, do not leave your

Sony Tablet locked up in a hot car. Ideal storage temperature is 72° F.

• Turn off your Sony Tablet whe n not in use.

• If you use e-mail apps, your Sony Tablet may automatically download your e -mail at regular intervals.

Frequent fetching of e-mail c an quickly dr ain your battery.

• Turn off wire less features such as Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi, and G PS if you are not using them.

• Manually adjust your screen’s brightness l evel, as brighter screens will drain your battery more quickly.

Battery Test

The Sony battery was tested by Sony engineers on a full charge, with Wi-Fi turned On and GPS and Bluetooth
turned Off. Audio and scre en brightness levels were set to default values.

This test consisted of three parts:

• Watching a mov i e for 2 hours 26 minutes streamed over Wi-Fi.

• Browsing the web over Wi-fi for 3 hours, using different links within each respective web page. This

included launching four popular news and entertainment websites, including 25 minutes of watching video
clips.

• Listening to music for 3 hours, with headphones plugged in. After launching Music Player set to Repeat All

and Shuffle ON, 31 songs were played from the MP 3 playlist at 320 Kbps, until the battery was discharged.