[iPad Mini] Epic battery life

Fattytail · Jan 12, 2013, 11:28 PM

I know this has been discussed previously, but I always took the discussions with a grain of salt because some of the comments seemed off the wall. After having my mini for a few weeks, though, I can attest to the fact that this thing gets EPIC battery life. After over a day of standby time and 9 hours of use, I'm still at 50%. This includes lots of web browsing, watching a couple videos, texting, downloading apps and playing graphics intensive games.

I'm sure this is because of the 32nm A5 which has been well documented to get great battery life, but to experience it for myself is something else altogether. VERY impressed.

ZBoater · Jan 12, 2013, 11:30 PM

I'm still amazed at how such a slim, lightweight, capable device can be used all day and not need a charge. The mini is truly amazing.

Kayakphotos · Jan 13, 2013, 12:21 AM

It's pretty good. I get two days out of mine and I use it throughout the day.

dannylillhtc · Jan 13, 2013, 04:03 AM

i bought mine 2 days ago, read all the reviews, thought he battery life claims were a load of hyped up rubbish, but i must admit its an impressive device, the normal ipad is to big and heavy and my iphone 4s is to small for extended reading, the mini however seems to fit just perfect. well impressed !!

yinz · Jan 13, 2013, 05:06 AM

It's not a surprise that the iPad dominated the Fujitsu and Toshiba "touch screen computers" and brought about modern tablets to mass consumerism. The difference is uncanny. It's hard to believe companies tried to make notebooks with touchscreen... oh wait.

Namtaro · Jan 13, 2013, 05:46 AM

I only started noticing a few weeks ago, but yes the battery life IS amazing!
Some days I only use it to web browse and read magazines so the battery lasts a few days! Much more than previous tablets I've had for sure.

When the retina Mini comes out, I sure hope the battery life isn't sacrificed too much.

bobbysmith · Jan 13, 2013, 05:58 AM

What stopwatch do you guys use?

ToyGun1 · Jan 13, 2013, 06:26 AM

Getting 10 hours too.
With 4 days standby.

Rodster · Jan 13, 2013, 08:08 AM

This morning my iPad 2 was at 17% and I checked the battery usage. It had a standby time of over 4 days and 25 hours of run time, which was internet, streaming radio and a few games sprinkled in. Not too shabby.

ThatsMeRight · Jan 13, 2013, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZBoater

I'm still amazed at how such a slim, lightweight, capable device can be used all day and not need a charge. The mini is truly amazing.

Yep, I'm still amazed about how the iPad mini delivers wayyyyyyyy better battery life than the claimed "10 hours of battery life" (browsing on Wi-F, watching movies).

At the same time, I'm utterly disappointed Apple's iPhone delivers well below the claimed "8 hours of battery life" (browsing on cellular, watching movies).

mpayne2k · Jan 13, 2013, 11:08 AM

I'm amazed at what battery life my iPad can get, just yesterday I checked, it was at 90% with 3 days plus of standby and said 4hrs 15 minutes of use.

Now if only my Nexus 7 could get that kind of usage. I'm lucky if I get 4 hours of screen on time and don't even bother with 3 days of standby time, the thing would be dead unless I turn it off or put it in airplane mode.

Thetonyk123 · Jan 13, 2013, 11:45 AM

I get 2-3 days with moderate usage

RobNYC · Jan 13, 2013, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mpayne2k

I'm amazed at what battery life my iPad can get, just yesterday I checked, it was at 90% with 3 days plus of standby and said 4hrs 15 minutes of use.

Now if only my Nexus 7 could get that kind of usage. I'm lucky if I get 4 hours of screen on time and don't even bother with 3 days of standby time, the thing would be dead unless I turn it off or put it in airplane mode.

My iPad 4 does pretty well too. I guess it all depends on what programs you use and how often and for how long. General use or surfing the net, texting, email and apple remote and mine lasted almost a week before it started to get down to the 20% mark.

Fed · Jan 13, 2013, 12:19 PM

This reported battery life makes me want to buy one. Only thing stopping me is the comments on lag. However I don't use any intensive games, except for Infinity Blade (rare) and Need for Speed. Everything else is the usual Google applications, news and sports apps, Netflix and YouTube. Concerned about the screen as well, but I downgraded from Retina MacBook Pro to the normal one and it's been sweet. Perhaps I'm fussing over nothing.

Megalobyte · Jan 13, 2013, 01:09 PM

Wife's 32 GB LTE Mini gets well over 10 hours use and 5-6 days SB, with brightness at max. Very impressive. She really only needs to charge once a week or close to it.

If I played with turning off unnecessary services, lowered brightness, made her keep cellular off unless she's ready to use it, I'm guessing it would be 12--15 hours use and 5-6 SB.

Quantus · Jan 13, 2013, 02:41 PM

The battery usage timer under the general settings tab is not at accurate. You are not at 50% after 9 hours of use (not counting standby).

Fruit Cake · Jan 13, 2013, 02:49 PM

IPad has good battery life? Hasn't it always? :-)

Thetonyk123 · Jan 13, 2013, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fed

This reported battery life makes me want to buy one. Only thing stopping me is the comments on lag. However I don't use any intensive games, except for Infinity Blade (rare) and Need for Speed. Everything else is the usual Google applications, news and sports apps, Netflix and YouTube. Concerned about the screen as well, but I downgraded from Retina MacBook Pro to the normal one and it's been sweet. Perhaps I'm fussing over nothing.

Both infinity blade and need for speed run great on it! (Although I like asphalt 7 better) the screen is fine (coming from retina devices). And I always get over 10 hours of battery no matter what I do. I recommend it.

SR71 · Jan 13, 2013, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fed

This reported battery life makes me want to buy one. Only thing stopping me is the comments on lag. However I don't use any intensive games, except for Infinity Blade (rare) and Need for Speed. Everything else is the usual Google applications, news and sports apps, Netflix and YouTube. Concerned about the screen as well, but I downgraded from Retina MacBook Pro to the normal one and it's been sweet. Perhaps I'm fussing over nothing.

Lag? My sisters ipad 3 doesn't seem to lag at all.

Morshu9001 · Jan 13, 2013, 08:31 PM

Sadly, it's almost as powerful as my 2006 MacBook, and my MacBook gets 1 hour of battery life with light use.

Fed · Jan 14, 2013, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thetonyk123

Both infinity blade and need for speed run great on it! (Although I like asphalt 7 better) the screen is fine (coming from retina devices). And I always get over 10 hours of battery no matter what I do. I recommend it.

Oh, really? There aren't too many unbiased reviewers on YouTube these days then. It seems to come off as a capable device, slightly let down by the display but has good performance overall. Then they comment on games being laggy. Can't remember which game one reviewer played (Nova? Some kind of FPS), but it looked laggy as hell. But, again, the games I play are on par with 'Where My Water' and 'Blocked' - ha!

Misc Energy · Jan 14, 2013, 06:04 AM

I am pretty impressed by the battery life also. It lasts pretty long when it is just on standby.

Jan 12, 2013, 11:28 PM	#1
Fattytail macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2012	Epic battery life I know this has been discussed previously, but I always took the discussions with a grain of salt because some of the comments seemed off the wall. After having my mini for a few weeks, though, I can attest to the fact that this thing gets EPIC battery life. After over a day of standby time and 9 hours of use, I'm still at 50%. This includes lots of web browsing, watching a couple videos, texting, downloading apps and playing graphics intensive games. I'm sure this is because of the 32nm A5 which has been well documented to get great battery life, but to experience it for myself is something else altogether. VERY impressed.
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Jan 12, 2013, 11:30 PM	#2
ZBoater macrumors 601 Join Date: Jul 2007	I'm still amazed at how such a slim, lightweight, capable device can be used all day and not need a charge. The mini is truly amazing. __________________ iPhone 5 \| iPad Mini \| Nexus 7 \| MacBook Air 13" 2011 \| Thunderbolt Display \| Apple TV \| Time Capsule
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Jan 13, 2013, 12:21 AM	#3
Kayakphotos macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Fordland, mo	It's pretty good. I get two days out of mine and I use it throughout the day. __________________ Just a thought from Daniel iPad mini 16gb black/slate
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Jan 13, 2013, 05:46 AM	#6
Namtaro macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2011	I only started noticing a few weeks ago, but yes the battery life IS amazing! Some days I only use it to web browse and read magazines so the battery lasts a few days! Much more than previous tablets I've had for sure. When the retina Mini comes out, I sure hope the battery life isn't sacrificed too much. __________________ Late 2011 15" Macbook Pro - 2.4GHz i7 \| 256GB Samsung 8 SSD \| 16GB Memory \| AMD Radeon HD 6770M iPad Mini - Wifi 32GB iPhone 4 - 16GB Time Machine on Networked Drive Guide
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Jan 13, 2013, 06:26 AM	#8
ToyGun1 macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2012	Getting 10 hours too. With 4 days standby. __________________ iPhone 5 32GB Black.iPad 4th Gen LTE 32GB Black.iPad Mini LTE 16GB Black. Samsung Galaxy S4 16GB Black.
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Jan 13, 2013, 04:03 AM	#4
dannylillhtc macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: uk somewhere	i bought mine 2 days ago, read all the reviews, thought he battery life claims were a load of hyped up rubbish, but i must admit its an impressive device, the normal ipad is to big and heavy and my iphone 4s is to small for extended reading, the mini however seems to fit just perfect. well impressed !!
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Jan 13, 2013, 05:06 AM	#5
yinz macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2012	It's not a surprise that the iPad dominated the Fujitsu and Toshiba "touch screen computers" and brought about modern tablets to mass consumerism. The difference is uncanny. It's hard to believe companies tried to make notebooks with touchscreen... oh wait.
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Jan 13, 2013, 05:58 AM	#7
bobbysmith macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2012	What stopwatch do you guys use?
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Jan 13, 2013, 08:08 AM	#9
Rodster macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2007	This morning my iPad 2 was at 17% and I checked the battery usage. It had a standby time of over 4 days and 25 hours of run time, which was internet, streaming radio and a few games sprinkled in. Not too shabby.
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Jan 13, 2013, 11:08 AM	#11
mpayne2k macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2010	I'm amazed at what battery life my iPad can get, just yesterday I checked, it was at 90% with 3 days plus of standby and said 4hrs 15 minutes of use. Now if only my Nexus 7 could get that kind of usage. I'm lucky if I get 4 hours of screen on time and don't even bother with 3 days of standby time, the thing would be dead unless I turn it off or put it in airplane mode.
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Jan 13, 2013, 11:45 AM	#12
Thetonyk123 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nowhere.	I get 2-3 days with moderate usage __________________ Some Apple stuff How you send feedback to apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ -Credit to iSayuSay for Avatar.
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Jan 13, 2013, 12:19 PM	#14
Fed macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Cheshire, England	This reported battery life makes me want to buy one. Only thing stopping me is the comments on lag. However I don't use any intensive games, except for Infinity Blade (rare) and Need for Speed. Everything else is the usual Google applications, news and sports apps, Netflix and YouTube. Concerned about the screen as well, but I downgraded from Retina MacBook Pro to the normal one and it's been sweet. Perhaps I'm fussing over nothing.
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Jan 13, 2013, 01:09 PM	#15
Megalobyte macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Florida	Wife's 32 GB LTE Mini gets well over 10 hours use and 5-6 days SB, with brightness at max. Very impressive. She really only needs to charge once a week or close to it. If I played with turning off unnecessary services, lowered brightness, made her keep cellular off unless she's ready to use it, I'm guessing it would be 12--15 hours use and 5-6 SB.
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Jan 13, 2013, 02:41 PM	#16
Quantus macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2012	The battery usage timer under the general settings tab is not at accurate. You are not at 50% after 9 hours of use (not counting standby).
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Jan 13, 2013, 02:49 PM	#17
Fruit Cake macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2012	IPad has good battery life? Hasn't it always? :-)
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Jan 13, 2013, 08:31 PM	#20
Morshu9001 Banned Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: the capital of Assyria	Sadly, it's almost as powerful as my 2006 MacBook, and my MacBook gets 1 hour of battery life with light use.
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Jan 14, 2013, 06:04 AM	#22
Misc Energy macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013	I am pretty impressed by the battery life also. It lasts pretty long when it is just on standby.
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