VoiceOver and Battery performance

I'm using new iPod nano with Voiceover. It more or less works (it has its quirks, but that's for another post), but I'm really disappointed by battery performance. I charged my nano today, and after one and half hour of using it, it's at 40%. I'm not just passively listening, but learning gestures, and finding my way around, but still... should it really be this bad?

I bought and Ipod nano 6th gen last week. The same day I bought it I noticed the battery was draining too fast. So I made a test>
As advertised the Ipod nano SHOULD give 24 hours of continuos playback.
I fully charged the Ipod battery on my computer.
I let the ipod playing music by itself, volume at half capacity.
After 6 hours the battery had lost 50% of the battery.
After 11 hours and 6 minutes the battery was almost drained (red color blinking )
I did the test 3 times and got almost the same results.
Im sending my Ipod back to apple.

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