iPod Touch: How Long Does it Take to Fully Charge the Battery?
Then I began to wonder just how long it would actually take to completely charge the battery on my iPod Touch. So I decided to try a little experiment. I let the battery on my iPod Touch die completely, so that the iPod would not even power on. Then I plugged it in. As with most electronic devices, the battery on the iPod Touch is charged in two stages. The first stage is a "Quick Charge," which means that the battery on your iPod Touch can get an 80% charge by being plugged in for about 40 minutes. Once the battery reaches the 80% level, the charging switches to a "trickle charge." This means that while your iPod Touch can be charged to 80% relatively quickly, it will take much longer to get it up to a 100% charge. In my experiment, I found that it took about two additional hours for the iPod to go from being 80% charged to 100% charged.
So overall, I had to leave my iPod plugged in for just over 3 hours for its battery to be fully charged. I was using a wall charger for my experiment, because when I just plug the iPod into a USB port on my computer it seems to charge slower. If you want your iPod Touch to charge as fast as possible, I would definitely recommend purchasing a wall charger which should cost less than $20. Once your iPod is fully charged, you should be able to get about 8-10 hours of heavy use out of it. For more information about the iPod Touch, visit the Apple website listed in the resources section of this article.
Published by Robert Borden
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14 Comments
Post a CommentWell, I charge my iPod touch to my computer and it charges faster!
you are on crack, i agree with Austin, with my 8gb fully charged and the lighting down to the lowest possible I only get like two ours of playing Haypi Kingdom. That means I have to charge my ipod on the computer all night so I can use it for almost 2 hours, you need to redo your expiriment girl
ohhh! yea..im charging my ipod now and i just strted and now its all most to the tp ^-^....its really fast to charge this thing tho |_| (<_<)*looks at ipod*
thank you for the information
thanks for the information
your information was very usefull to me. i just got an 8gb ipod touch for christmas, and read all instructions and it said nothing about how long it needs to be charged for. now i know :)
i just got my ipod touch replaced because i was charging it when it didnt need charge so it was going out battery quick.
You can get 8-10 hours of an ipod touch with heavy use? LOL Are you on crack? What do you mean by heavy use? An ipod touch can last about 3 hours playing COD Nazi Zombies (with the backlight at about 45-60 % on. If you play music through the headphones you can maybe get 8-10 hours of battery life. Through the ipod touch's speakers, (2G) you may get 6 hours. But playing games like a FPS will only hold up to about 3 hours. So that means you are INCORRECT.
Not sure what generation you have but mine will charge full in abour 90 mins and last 10-12 hours of almost constant use. Mine is as 3rd generation 32gb i purchased about a month ago.
Well I have had my son's ipod touch plugged in the the USB port on my computer for almost 4 hours now and it looks like it is only about a 1/4 to 1/3 of the way done. It is a suprise gift for him so I will need to unplug it soon and hide it again so he doesn't see it until his graduation.