As for over-inflated battery claims, I've always been pretty impressed with Apple's estimates. I usually do a test when I get a new MP3 player that entails putting it on shuffle and repeat, 50% volume, and just letting it play. I monitor it throughout the day and see when the battery dies. I usually get a couple hours more than Apple's estimated battery life. Of course, this is without constant track skipping or having the screen on, but overall I think their estimates are very fair.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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As for over-inflated battery claims, I've always been pretty impressed with Apple's estimates. I usually do a test when I get a new MP3 player that entails putting it on shuffle and repeat, 50% volume, and just letting it play. I monitor it throughout the day and see when the battery dies. I usually get a couple hours more than Apple's estimated battery life. Of course, this is without constant track skipping or having the screen on, but overall I think their estimates are very fair.