iPod Touch Recharge Times
So I’ve been curious about how long it takes to fully recharge my new iPod Touch, 64 GB portable player with wifi. So yesterday, I ran it completely dead. See details of that test here, and this morning, I charged it up again. Here’s what I observed during this recharging process.
Summary of Results
Using an iPod stock charger, the iPod Touch, 64GB WiFi version fully recharges from completely dead in approximately two hours and five minutes (2:05). It charges to eighty percent capacity in an hour, as the system appears to utilize high charging currents during the first half of the cycle. In the second half, the current falls off, so that the charging becomes less aggressive; probably done to keep the battery from overheating as it approaches the fully-charged state.
Test Conditions
- I purchased my iPod Touch brand new, eight days ago.
- An Apple stock charger was used; not a high-power USB port on a computer.
- At the start, the Touch was completely dead, and so, would not even power on.
Test Scenario Description
Starting off at 0 minutes of charge time with the iPod completely dead, I plugged it into Apple’s stock charger for iPods.
At 17 minutes into the recharge, the battery icon that appears when you press the home button (bottom center) showed approximately 25% charged status.
At 23 minutes, it showed approximately 40%, and the body of the charger itself had become noticeably warm.
At 30 minutes into the recharge, the indicator showed 60% charged.
At 46 minutes, it showed 80%.
At 62 minutes, it showed 85%. The charger still felt rather warm at this point.
At 86 minutes, the battery status icon showed that the battery had recharged to approximately 90% of full-charge. The charger appeared to cool off some at this time.
Finally, at 125 minutes, the charge cycle completed, leaving the battery at 100% once again.