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Originally Posted by thefadednight
well it could of replaced features that drained the life quicker.
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Right, or updated them a little. When the Zune is asleep or doing a set function, it is still running other things in the background. To run these things, it takes battery juice. If Microsoft made these background things a little more efficient or told certain ones to stop at certain times, then you would see that increase.
Now, the question is: Aden - do you use shuffle and/or keep it on? Having to do the "random" number algorithm to do the shuffle takes juice. Since Microsoft changed the way the shuffle worked in 1.4 to become more efficient, then it may also make it be less of a drain on battery use.
If so, then you will see both an increase in battery life and a decrease in charge time. (Remember, if the Zune is on and charging, it still takes juice to keep it on, so less energy from charging goes directly to the battery reserves)
I know personally, I keep my shuffle off since I like my play list, and as such, I haven't seen a difference. I think this calls for a new test.
Go to Settings > Music > And turn shuffle ON
Drain Battery to 0%, then charge without interruptions
Record time
Then turn shuffle OFF
Drain Battery to 0%, then charge without interruptions
Record time
This will give a good idea on how much juice the shuffle takes, if any at all. Now to get a good comparison, we'd need to find someone with Firmware 1.3 to see if all this is true.