Battery life on M3

I got my M3 one week ago and I love it except from one thing. The battery life seems to be quite poor. I expected it to be around 15-20 hours when playing mp3:s but I only manage to get 12 hours when I play mp3:s between 128 and 256 kbs quality, mostly 192. I get those 12 hours without using the menu very much and with the screen turned off after a couple of seconds. Is it something wrong with my battery or will it be better when it have been used a couple of more times? I have recharged the battery 4-5 times since I got it.

Battery life on M3 is according to your setting

and the style of the songs in your M3



ps:*.wma will cost more than *.mp3 and *.flac

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Originally Posted by Murser

Battery life on M3 is according to your setting

and the style of the songs in your M3 ps:*.wma will cost more than *.mp3 and *.flac

Yes, I know that, but I have specified the style of my songs in the first post. I only play mp3 files, between 128 - 256 kbs, with most of them at 192. I think 12 hours is pretty bad actually, since it meizu stated 23 hours when playing 128 kbs mp3s without touching the player. I did not thinkt that the diffrent should be that big.

Your fully charging the battery each time , That sounds like a hardware problem , Try draining your battery till the player wont tiurn on , Then rechagre it and dont toutch it.

Do .wma files really require more energy than .mp3's? For whatever reason, I always thought it was the other way around. Someone know the answer?

The best I have managed is just over 13 hours, but there are quite a few complaints posted on Meizu BBS from people who are only getting around 10 hours play time. I find the charge cycle a bit screwy on the M3 anyway for instance I can charge from completely flat to fully charged in between 2 and 3 hours disconnect the player and then reconnect and it will charge again for 2 to 3 hours before it reaches full charge again where as the M6 will register that the battery is already fully charged within minutes. I also find the battery meter all over the place.

Originally Posted by /\/\@D/\/\@/\/

I can charge from completely flat to fully charged in between 2 and 3 hours disconnect the player and then reconnect and it will charge again for 2 to 3 hours before it reaches full charge again where as the M6 will register that the battery is already fully charged within minutes.

I have also recognized this issue. I hope they will fix this problem with the next firmware upgrade.

Originally Posted by serleomar

Do .wma files really require more energy than .mp3's? For whatever reason, I always thought it was the other way around. Someone know the answer?

wma seems to use more than mp3 as it uses a diffrent algorythmn that takes slightly more power
FLAC also takes more power than mp3 if i am correct as the player has much more info to process for the same song...

I get around 15h with 192-320kbps MP3s. And I think that 15h is awesome. All of my older players had a worse battery time. Also, when you klick/touch on any button, after the 10 seconds(or the time that you have setted it to in settings) the screen wont turn fully off, it will be "half-turned on" like 2-3 minutes, and that takes quite a bit of the battery power. (There maybe is a setting to change this? correct me if i'm wrong)

Originally Posted by DimaMP4

I get around 15h with 192-320kbps MP3s. And I think that 15h is awesome. All of my older players had a worse battery time. Also, when you klick/touch on any button, after the 10 seconds(or the time that you have setted it to in settings) the screen wont turn fully off, it will be "half-turned on" like 2-3 minutes, and that takes quite a bit of the battery power. (There maybe is a setting to change this? correct me if i'm wrong)

I don't know for the M3, but on the M6 when you're pressing the "M" button for 2/3 seconds, the screen turn fully off !

Originally Posted by xx-c

I don't know for the M3, but on the M6 when you're pressing the "M" button for 2/3 seconds, the screen turn fully off !

Lol! Thanks, worked :D

*revive*

So...the m6 has had a drastic increase in battery life, having an average of 20+ hours for most users here, with one claiming a magnificent 7 hours of video.

Will we see this with the m3 music card, at least for the audio? I was really looking into one due to size/feel, but it seems like a long stretch until they can somehow squeeze 20 hours into the m3 via firmware, unless anyone here can correct me. 12-15 is great for a small player, but that extra stretch really helps.

I thought that mp3s consumed more than WMA because of a larger file size...???

File sizes don't consume power, but processing does. This is precisely why variable bit-rate mp3s and maybe lossless files reduce battery life, since players have to negotiate quality, instant-for-instant. It's also proven that mp3 files with DRM consume 25% more power than those without the extra data, regardless of manufacturer; keep this in mind when making any comparisons.

You have a meizu (albeit an M6), so you can test it out for yourself. As far as I'm concerned, wma and mp3 at competing qualities with no DRM were equivalent in power consumption, with my former Zen V Plus.

For sucha small player, 14-15h is great. We shouldn't complain.

Oh I'm not saying that it isn't, but with the m6 having such gains just by software tweaks, the potential for the m3 is more than likely apparent.

Yes, I agree