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iPod touch 6 hours less battery life in 3rd gen iPT

When you select 8gb iPod it still shows 30 hours.. maybe they corrected an overenthusiastic overestimated 36 hours?

Edit: remember the 8gb model didn't get a speed bump
 
Gameunreal said:
When you select 8gb iPod it still shows 30 hours.. maybe they corrected an overenthusiastic overestimated 36 hours?

Edit: remember the 8gb model didn't get a speed bump
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Oh, I didn't see that they changed the 8gb hours also.
Hmmmm. They must be making it more accurate so they don't piss people off.
 
IDK, This chart shows the 2G touch having an actual play time of 39:46

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*Courtesy iLounge.com
 
Actually, in a number of things I've read you can get 40+ hours from the 2G. It also depends on the music file types you use; MP3 being less complex to decode than high-bitrate VBR AAC.
 
Wow.. i'd prefer those 6 hours of battery life back for sacrificing the un-necessary speed boost that was added.
 
Gameunreal said:
36 hours battery life in 2g has gone down to... 30 hours.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_touch

So it's the funnest iPod ever, with built in mechanism to make sure you get your rest :D
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I noticed the same thing...but one other thing worth mentioning is that the Video Battery estimate is still the same. Maybe the 36 hour estimate for the previous iPod Touch was too much, so they reduced the estimate to meet with real time use?? Maybe..
 
Beric said:
Again, let's wait for benchmarks and RL tests before we make judgements.
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Even still, if documented as such Apple will be able to say your battery is fine within tolerance and lowering that documented spec 6 hours means your iPod Touch battery is a POS.
 
jessica. said:
Even still, if documented as such Apple will be able to say your battery is fine within tolerance and lowering that documented spec 6 hours means your iPod Touch battery is a POS.
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Yes, but the battery life Apple has advertised for all iPod models has always been shorter than RL battery life. Check the other thread about this. So just like the 2G got 40 hours, the 2.5G might get 36, which isn't bad.
 
That may be true for some but I know many on these boards that report otherwise.
 
Muncher said:
It's the chip. Energy pull is a hardware problem, unless something really weird is going on with the software.
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Yup. Unless the newer chip used the same amount of power as the previous chip, then a better battery would have to be included to compensate for the increased power consumption.
 
Muncher said:
It's the chip. Energy pull is a hardware problem, unless something really weird is going on with the software.
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Not entirely. If the software is not efficient in turning down processor speed, or releasing memory that isn't needed, battery power can be equally effected by the software alone.

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840quadra said:
Not entirely. If the software is not efficient in turning down processor speed, or releasing memory that isn't needed, battery power can be equally effected by the software alone.

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Yes, but the chips used in the iPod/iPhones aren't nearly as advanced as desktop intel chips, and are already quite power efficient.
 
Wonder why the estimated battery life for watching videos is still the same on the 3g touch, and didn't decrease like the battery estimate for listening to music...battery life for videos is still 6 hours like the 2g touch...now why would the charge time for Listening to music decrease?? weird!
 
DocDoom said:
Wonder why the estimated battery life for watching videos is still the same on the 3g touch, and didn't decrease like the battery estimate for listening to music...battery life for videos is still 6 hours like the 2g touch...now why would the charge time for Listening to music decrease?? weird!
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It probably did decrease, then they rounded up.
 
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