Why would it be different than on an iPhone where it is available? If anything there are more potential fluctuations with the phone given all the other cell radios and signals to always account for which change more often than just WiFi that's on the iPods.
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Battery % in the status bar
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It is really weird, and has something to do with the type of battery they use in the iPod vs the iPhone, or the firmware of the battery controller or something! It's really weird because as I said, it can go from 50% to 12% in a heartbeat while playing game, but when I'm done playing it'll go back up to 45%. Somehow the way battery levels are reported, it's not accurate enough to use a numerical value.
Having that number is still handy though, because 2% battery is 2% battery no matter how you look at it.
Having that number is still handy though, because 2% battery is 2% battery no matter how you look at it.
I have it off cuz it drives me crazy to see it drop. More peace of mind for me. I can read it pretty well going by the icon.
Battery % in the status bar
I've now gotten back to what made me happiest. Taking it back to the essence when you didn't have battery stats to look at or an option to turn on a percentage. You just used your phone and charged it when you needed to. I haven't looked at usage/standby stats in a little over a week and I've had the percentage switched "off" for a little over 36 hours now! THIS is how you're supposed to enjoy a smartphone....to me!
I've now gotten back to what made me happiest. Taking it back to the essence when you didn't have battery stats to look at or an option to turn on a percentage. You just used your phone and charged it when you needed to. I haven't looked at usage/standby stats in a little over a week and I've had the percentage switched "off" for a little over 36 hours now! THIS is how you're supposed to enjoy a smartphone....to me!
i too wish there was a way to get rid of the percentage symbol and just see the number of the percentage
I have the percentage on. I don't obsess over my battery, but I like being able to quickly glance and know whether I need to plug it in.
Then that would be stupid. You would have a battery symbol with a number on it.
the number would be right beside the battery..why do we need a percent sign next to the number we know that number is the battery percentage
We know that because we have had that symbol since apple first introduced it. However if you were new to iOS and never seen a percentage symbol and number against the battery then you wouldn't know what the number is there for.
Lol yeah I know that but some people don't use common sense and will come into forums such as this and ask a question why is a number showing against the battery symbol. Lol
I would like it so over 20% it just shows the battery icon, under 20% it just show the amount of battery percentage left. That way you don't worry about it until it really matters.
One is a quantitative numerical data while the other is a qualitative data.
Sunny and hot is qualitative while 85°F with 10% chance of rain is quantitative.
Almost full is qualitative while 96% is quantitative.