something interesting to note is that both the 5W adapter and the 12W adapter are both only $19. The 10W adapter remains on the Apple Store for $29, but the new 12W adapter and the 5W adapter are still only $19. I wonder if you could talk a manager into swapping one out...
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iPad Mini Ships with Same 5-Watt Power Adapter Bundled with iPhones
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My iPad 3 takes around 5-6 hours to fully charge from 10 or so percent. 43 Whr battery with a 10W charger does not go very fast. So the Mini with a 16 Whr battery and 5W charger will likely be faster.
And since I have an extra 10W charger that I bought when Apple bundled it with the extension and 30 pin cable, hopefully it will be able to charge even faster...but I am not so sure given how thin the battery is. It may just be limited to 5W.
I wouldn't be surprised if the real reason is actually an aesthetic one. The iPad Mini box is a lot smaller that the full-size iPad box. Maybe the bigger adapter wouldn't have looked right in the smaller box.
From ~10%, my iPad 3 takes a lot longer than that. I've plugged it in before I went to bed and woke up to only have it around 80-90%. And what usually happens is I'll forget to keep it topped off, so I'm always stuck with sitting around waiting (and waiting...and waiting...and waiting) for it to charge.
Now, my iPhone 5 on the other hand...went from 36% to 88% in 45 minutes today.
"Apple uses Windex to clean their windows". C'mon, give us a break. I'm sure we didn't need this to be front page news.
The battery isn't the limiting factor for charge times in the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or iPad mini. The chemistry in all these devices is perfectly capable of recharging in under an hour from completely dead to 90% with no discernable difference in the number of cycles it can sustain.
Yeah, from the article:
"The 12-watt charger (or its 10-watt predecessor) could charge the iPad mini more quickly than the 5-watt adapter, provided that the iPad mini itself would allow more than 5 watts to be drawn from the charger."
We don't know that bolded part yet. If a design constraint was that the Mini can only handle a 5 watt draw, than it would be foolish to ship the 12w charger now wouldn't it? Additionally, if they DID ship the 12 watt charger and it only handled 5watts, we'd have people in here complaining that Apple charged them for a "more expensive" charger that they didn't need
Let's let the facts settle before we complain too loudly, aye?
It it just me or has the sarcasm around here gotten ridiculously dry?
...and less funny.
Today has been nothing but sarcasm and whitt and the blatant troll attempt in just about every news post.
its one thing if it were the same 5 people. But it's everyone.
people are just cranky today... Guess they're just not getting enough juice
When mine comes in I will just put a splitter and meter on it. We can see exactly how much it is pulling.
Yeah, from the article:
"The 12-watt charger (or its 10-watt predecessor) could charge the iPad mini more quickly than the 5-watt adapter, provided that the iPad mini itself would allow more than 5 watts to be drawn from the charger."
We don't know that bolded part yet. If a design constraint was that the Mini can only handle a 5 watt draw, than it would be foolish to ship the 12w charger now wouldn't it? Additionally, if they DID ship the 12 watt charger and it only handled 5watts, we'd have people in here complaining that Apple charged them for a "more expensive" charger that they didn't need
Let's let the facts settle before we complain too loudly, aye?
Size has nothing to do with it, the galaxy note 2 phablet can charge 2amp easily. Only reason new iPad mini couldn't would be... Oh I don't know, using internals from older iPhones perhaps?
I think the 10W adapter includes the USB cables though.. The new 5W and 12W adapters don't include them.
Yeah, from the article:
"The 12-watt charger (or its 10-watt predecessor) could charge the iPad mini more quickly than the 5-watt adapter, provided that the iPad mini itself would allow more than 5 watts to be drawn from the charger."
We don't know that bolded part yet. If a design constraint was that the Mini can only handle a 5 watt draw, than it would be foolish to ship the 12w charger now wouldn't it? Additionally, if they DID ship the 12 watt charger and it only handled 5watts, we'd have people in here complaining that Apple charged them for a "more expensive" charger that they didn't need
Let's let the facts settle before we complain too loudly, aye?
Dont need facts to make a joke.
Simple math:
iPad Mini 16.3-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
16.3watt-hour / 5watt charger = 3hour 16min under 100% efficiency
16.3watt-hour / 10watt charger = 1hour 38min under 100% efficiency (if the iPad mini will allow this)
iPad 42.5-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
42.5watt-hour / 5watt charger = 8hour 30min under 100% efficiency
42.5watt-hour / 10watt charger = 4hour 15min under 100% efficiency
It will not be 100% efficiency (real life), so any charging time will be beyond those calculated. I tried googling the efficiency of the Apple chargers and couldn't find anything.
iPad Mini 16.3-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
16.3watt-hour / 5watt charger = 3hour 16min under 100% efficiency
16.3watt-hour / 10watt charger = 1hour 38min under 100% efficiency (if the iPad mini will allow this)
iPad 42.5-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
42.5watt-hour / 5watt charger = 8hour 30min under 100% efficiency
42.5watt-hour / 10watt charger = 4hour 15min under 100% efficiency
It will not be 100% efficiency (real life), so any charging time will be beyond those calculated. I tried googling the efficiency of the Apple chargers and couldn't find anything.
Size has nothing to do with it, the galaxy note 2 phablet can charge 2amp easily. Only reason new iPad mini couldn't would be... Oh I don't know, using internals from older iPhones perhaps?
I didn't say size had anything to do with it. I said "design constraints", and size, or the effects of size *might* have something to do with it. For example, to shove power power into the device might have resulted in more heat, due to the compact size the device may not have been able to safely handle that heat.
And as someone else pointed out, the charge time of a mini in a perfect world at 5 watts would still be faster than a full sized iPad at 10 watts. So there was little reason to sacrifice (if that is the case) some other aspect of the design in order to archive a sub two hour charge time from 0% to 100%. Like I said, "Design Constraints".
Oh, haha, I get it, you were acting like a troll with a quick one liner. Too funny. Really. Tears in my eyes.
The iPhone most definitely charges faster with the 10 w adapter. Someone not as lazy as me please look this up on Google and put this argument to rest.