Why is my ipod touch 4 generation battery dying so fast?

Ok, I recieved a refurbished iPod touch 4 gen from Apple after my previous ipod touch 4 gen had problems with the home button not responding. This "new" ipod works great, but recently I've been having problems with the battery... I downloaded the recent update for fixing numerous things with the ipod touch from Apple... And itworks great again... But I'm curious as to WHY my battery is loosing its charge so fast... I'll be playing ANGRY BIRDS SPACE on my ipod for like 20-30 minutes, with the screen brightness lowest that it could go and  on a full charge, then press the home button and the battery is half gone! should I set up a repair with Apple? Or is this normal? I just hate going through the whole process of the repair and then getting an ipod that may not work as good as this one... I do have a lot of memmory on my ipod, its a 32 GB, black, not dropped or scratched, 9.9 Gb is used for: 6 movies, 17 apps, and 67 songs... The apps listed previous DO NOT include the already downloaded apps, such as: Calendar and camara etc... Ohh too i dont have any photos stored on my ipod either. Please respond! Thanks!

Hi claire-bare,
Here is a link for the Apple phone support folks. I would give calling them a shot - I had better luck with them when I had a problem (back in the day) with my iPad 1 when I first got it. I had taken it down to the Apple Store because it kept getting a "not charging" indicator whenever I tried to charge it. They provided a temporary fix (one that worked for about a day) and then it started up again. Since I am over an hour away from the store, I called the support line, and after some redundant troubleshooting (but necessary for the tech to ensure that things were not right), they sent me a new iPad, a box to return the old one, and a number to call UPS for a pick-up. Really nice guy I worked with and he really worked hard to get things right for me. So, here is the list of worldwide support numbers:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57#U
I'm a big Bar Harbor fan too! We live a couple of hours away, but what a beautiful place to go. Not sure you'd want to be here right now....we got snow a couple of days ago. But, things are looking up - snow's now all melted, and spring is definitely around the corner....so maybe in a couple of weeks or so?
Hope you have a good experience with the phone support folks - I think you will....
Cheers,
GB

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