I'm at 9 hr 13 mins with 43% remaining, does this sound right? Btw it's the first charge since I've got the Mini.
I'm at 9 hr 13 mins with 43% remaining, does this sound right? Btw it's the first charge since I've got the Mini.
Hmm ......
Meaningless numbers though. According to that meter I used my iPad for three hours last night while I was asleep.
It's meaningless in that it does not measure your actual interactive use. It does not measure the time you've been "web browsing odd game of angry birds and a few movies on plex."Meaningless... Hmm ok that is web browsing odd game of angry birds and a few movies on plex.
Usage whilst your asleep is push notifications incoming emails texts etc etc.
I am averaging 20 hours usage on my mini with screen brightness set to 35%
It's meaningless in that it does not measure your actual interactive use. It does not measure the time you've been "web browsing odd game of angry birds and a few movies on plex."
I can easily get it up to 15-20 hours on that meter, but in actual use it dies after 5-7 hours or so. ~10 hours if I turn the brightness down below the usable level (which is more like 75-100% in office/school settings.). I have to recharge it every day.
Averaging 20 hours of actual use (as in measured with a stopwatch or equivalent, not the "usage" meter) I don't think is possible even with the brightness set to the lowest. If five of the hours measured with the built in meter are just from checking facebook and email notifications in the background and not me actually using it, then it's a pretty meaningless statistic.
If you tell people the battery lasts 20 hours, they expect to be able to use it for 20 hours with acceptable brightness and wifi on with maybe a less than ideal signal. 10 is reasonable, 20 is not.
Nothing special. Mostly looking at PDFs with Adobe Reader, some web browsing, Facebook, some e-mail. No cellular.Wait, what are you doing that kills it in 5-7 hours? I did that with heavy use on wifi when I was dumb enough to keep cellular on the whole time....
Nothing special. Mostly looking at PDFs with Adobe Reader, some web browsing, Facebook, some e-mail. No cellular.
But I'm not playing video with CNet's test parameters, am I? Different uses.Yea but the mini can get around 12 hours of straight video playback according to cnet. Much more then the 5-7 hours of usage you talk about.
But I'm not playing video with CNet's test parameters, am I? Different uses.
Why not?You must have gotten a bad one because I don't believe that your battery would die that fast.
I'm at 9 hr 13 mins with 43% remaining, does this sound right? Btw it's the first charge since I've got the Mini.