Battery life and downloading iTunes

Question

Hello Everyone:
I am once again having more problems with my iPad since updating with the IOS 8.3 system. I will discuss that in another forum. I am also having ENDLESS problems with my latest ipod Shuffle device. This is the 5th iPod shuffle I have had to buy in the past 2 years all because of the same issues. No matter that Apple is at fault with device defects, they still make me buy replacement devices. Plus, the earphones that come with the iPod shuffle are worthless, in that I use my iPod shuffle for running and the earphones are to large to stay in the ears while running so in addition to the $50 for the shuffle device and hundreds of dollars for the iTunes songs, I've had to buy extra headphones that stay in the ears while running. I have approximately 200 songs purchased from iTunes as well as numerous purchased software applicatioms from the Apple store. If I didn't already have so much invested in these items, I would stop buying Apple products. Every one of the five iPod shuffle devices I have purchased in the last two years, they burn out the battery after 40 or so recharges. After 6 or 7 recharges of a new iPod shuffle, it gives less and less battery time. I just bought this latest iPod shuffle a couple of months ago and even though I recharged it all night long, the next day after only playing it for 10 minutes the alert voice came on to warn me that my device battery was low and needed to be recharged. The last device I bought just two months before the latest one, I accidentally bumped it on the ground, hardly anything, but it dented it and would no longer play stereo, but Apple said I had to buy another one. (I fear what Apple will be tell everyone when the least little defect happens with the new Apple watch!) There is clearly a defect in the Apple ITunes program or in the shuffle manufacturing factory that encodes these shuffle devices to start recharging less and less an amount of time with a recharge. This has to be the case because this has happened with, not just one or two iPod shuffles, but with FIVE devices I have purchased in the past two years. I like using the iPod shuffle when I run because it is so small. However, this constant, constant, constant defect in the recharging and expense to buy new ones because the battery life is run down to 15-20 minutes, is tiresome and not worth it anymore. When this first started happening, I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT when I went to the Apple Store and was told that replacement batteries were $50, the same price as the device itself. I feel this is a total scam by Apple to force people to buy more devices as customers are burdened with all the music they have already purchased so they have to have a workable device to play the music. I have repeatesly had problems with Apple accessories which I have had to replace because they break down in a short period of time, like recharge cords, Apple changes the model forcing customers to buy new rechargers because the old ones don't work with the new device, the iPad covers tear and wear out and have to be replaced after six months, on and on.  NOW, also, since updating to the IOS 8.3, my songs do not upload into my shuffle afted purchasing them from iTunes. I went to play my shuffle and the four new songs I purchased didn't even transfer from my iTunes account. This happened a couple of weeks ago too and I had to have a Apple support staff take me through a re-install of iTunes just to get music that wasn't even showing up in my purchased songs even though I had emails proving I had made the purchases. I simply want what any customer expects: the goods and services I have paid for and not having to spend hours and hours searching for solutions to company caused defects. It's not right!

Answer 1

bootlegged songs really make no difference on battery life.
the apple "genuis's" told me this too. I figure it's a complete falsification.
the only thing that i could figure why they could always say that without getting sued or something, is that constant change in the filetype may cause some battery lag. if you feel like it you can go to select all the songs that aren't the most common type in your library and convert to that format. and it might help a little. It won't make much of a difference.
and contrary to the other person you probably should have posted in the ipod forum.
you should probably do a battery test yourself.
1. bring up to full charge
2. turn off EQ, backlight, and shuffle
3. put contrast right in the middle.
4. turn on repeat
5. leave it playing continuously somewhere and check it every hour or so to see if it has run out.
this will give you a good idea of how well the battery works.