This is a brief report with regards to the battery life of a 5th Generation iPod With Video porduced in late 2005. The iPod video was advertised to have 2H battery life when playing video continuously from a full charge.
HISTORY OF TEST CANDIDATE
The iPod used was bought in December 2005. It has been used on battery throughout DEcember, charged occasionally when the battery is low. The iPod was used for audio playback only. Later, in January, the iPod was charged 24-7, connected to the wall socket. This continued for months, until this morning 7AM, when the iPod was brought for a test.
The iPod is using Firmware 1.2, with the brightness set at half. Videos used include legitemate content from DL.TV, VH1 Best Week Ever Podcast, MacTV Podcast, and a few other, just to name a few. These videos were QVGA MPEG4 Basic Profile codec. The volume was adjusted to one of the following: 25%, 37.5% and 48%.
The videos were played in random, as chosen by me. I was monitoring the test throughout. the duration of each video is recorded mentally before each video finishes. When the battery bar indicated a generally low battery life (nothing green in the battery), the time is occasionaly checked in the middle.
Ocassionally, the Skip feature is used to skip through advertisements (typically 1 min each). This tends to drain the battery life slightly. Do note that we still record the LENGTH of the videos, including the parts which were skipped.
The test only ends when the iPod stops playing the videos completely, or when they video playback seem unstable (whichever comes first)
At the end of this test, "I" have discovered that an iPod which is often charged can last:
3 HOURS 23 MINUTES.
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