Volume and Battery Life

[Joel Epstein]

I thought my iPod's battery was faulty, but now I've done tests and found this result:

In both conditions, I charged the unit until it said "charged." Then, I started the unit playing "all songs" and also started a stopwatch simultaneously.

In test #1, I turned the volume to about 75% - battery lasted 6 hours 27 minutes
In test #2, I turned the volume to abuot 25% - battery lasted 10 hours 45 minutes

Is this a surprising result?

 

[voice-]

Wow...so it does pay off to listen to something smooth and calming at a low volume instead of hard music you and your friends can hear and headbang to...

 

[Klink]

Your results wouldn't surprise me. The greater the volume, the more power is needed and would drain your battery faster.

 

[symphonix]

So, if you set it to 0%, it will last forever?

 

[voice-]

And at 100% it'd last for under a second?