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iPod touch Fun fact about the 7th gen iPod touch
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In case anyone is wondering how much mAH it has:
This would've been so useful when I only used an iPod Touch. Still pretty cool that they finally added it.
Maybe we'll get a phone feature next gen. /s
Maybe we'll get a phone feature next gen. /s
I assume this means they will be able to implement throttling if the battery becomes bad later on. That is if they want to.
With iOS 12 (I think? Maybe it was 11), my 6th gen iPod touch gained the battery percentage option if you used the Widget for Batteries. A somewhat useful workaround, but this is good to see finally added!
While Apple has finally added the Battery Percentage to the iPod touch, it has the same battery as the 6th gen. Literally the only thing different from 6th & 7th gen is the newer chip (A10), and extra GB of RAM and a 256 GB option - hardware-wise. For software... well iOS 13 and the Battery Percentage.
I have a gen 5, but didn't get the gen 6 'cause everyone was complaining that the A chip was too powerful, & killing the battery life.
so it will be worse with the gen 7?
I don't think it can get any worse - i admit it's pretty bad. People complained about this... i don't think that it got better with the A10. It's probably more efficient but it also has more cores and a higher clock speed... i wouldn't get one if i cared about battery life.
Also a fun fact is that while the 7th gen has the A10 chip from the iPhone 7, it is underclocked giving the 7th gen iPod the performance of an A9 chip found in the 6s for example. Geekbench scores confirmed this... around 2.3 GHz clock speed with the iPhone 7, and only 1.6 GHz with the 7th gen iPod. Now why is it underclocked? This says so much about battery life...
Also a fun fact is that while the 7th gen has the A10 chip from the iPhone 7, it is underclocked giving the 7th gen iPod the performance of an A9 chip found in the 6s for example. Geekbench scores confirmed this... around 2.3 GHz clock speed with the iPhone 7, and only 1.6 GHz with the 7th gen iPod. Now why is it underclocked? This says so much about battery life...
Not to mention I read that it’s technically running only two cores and not 4. I could be mistaken.
All A10s do this, not just the iPT 7 - they only run the pair of high power or high efficiency cores at one time. In effect it's a dual core processor that can switch between states - low power for basic usage, or performance for running more demanding apps. The A11 and A12, by contrast can mix and match, and the A12 can run all cores simultaneously (the A11 is somewhat limited in this regard, though I can't remember the specifics off the top of my head).
Yes, I understand all about the A10 and it’s 2 low efficiency cores etc..
What I was saying is I had read somewhere that it only used 2, under the impression the other two are disabled. Given the limited information in the article that's why I said I could be mistaken.
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Pretty sure they could add that with a software update. Only iPhones have the battery health meter at this point. My iPad does not have it but I use iMazing like in the screen shot.
I don't know this but it could be true. It's such a tiny device (for today's standards) with a very small battery.