Crazy battery life

Macatak60 · Jul 8, 2010, 11:32 PM

Started listening to pandora at work on wifi Wednesday morning. Listenined about 6 hours. Browsed Internet that night for an hour. Listened to pandora today for 4 hours and been browsing since 9:30 tonight and still at 41% battery life. Any thoughts on this

Battlestar · Jul 8, 2010, 11:33 PM

No thoughts at this time.

poloponies · Jul 8, 2010, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Macatak60

Started listening to pandora at work on wifi Wednesday morning. Listenined about 6 hours. Browsed Internet that night for an hour. Listened to pandora today for 4 hours and been browsing since 9:30 tonight and still at 41% battery life. Any thoughts on this

Battery life for music only (with the display off) is 140 hours. I'm assuming your display was not in heavy use.

Macatak60 · Jul 8, 2010, 11:37 PM

Is this normal? I use it all the time and vie had it since launch day. Ive just never noticed the time and I have now bc I wanted to see how long I cle use it with pandora

Sedulous · Jul 9, 2010, 12:09 AM

Same here, very impressed with iPad battery too.

MacManiac76 · Jul 9, 2010, 12:42 AM

I've had impressive battery life too. Not many things I do are processor intensive so I rarely charge out of necessity. Usually I end up charging it when I happen to need to sync with iTunes and just leave it connected to charge.

newdeal · Jul 9, 2010, 06:03 AM

Battery life is awesome. I still charge it every night but not because I need to just because I plug it in at the same time as my iPhone 3G because it does need charging every night

p-rice · Jul 9, 2010, 07:25 AM

My battery significantly became worse recently. It drops 35% from a full charge just playing solitaire for an hour and a half.

Cottonsworth · Jul 9, 2010, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Macatak60

Started listening to pandora at work on wifi Wednesday morning. Listenined about 6 hours. Browsed Internet that night for an hour. Listened to pandora today for 4 hours and been browsing since 9:30 tonight and still at 41% battery life. Any thoughts on this

What do you have your brightness set at?

poloponies · Jul 9, 2010, 08:11 AM

"Not many things I do are processor intensive so I rarely charge out of necessity."

That's not really a concept that applies to the iPad. Your primary drains on the battery are powering the display (and brightness levels), 3G (if in use) and Bluetooth. Every other action is pretty much in the same range. As I noted above, with music only and with the display off it can go up to 140 hours

PBG4 Dude · Jul 9, 2010, 08:30 AM

I plug in my iPad to charge once every 3 or 4 days unless my son "makes" me play a marathon session of Plants vs. Zombies or pinball. Then I have to charge it sooner.

I never turn it off either. With WiFi off, the battery percentage doesn't move in the ~20 hours it waits for me to use it again.

topmounter · Jul 9, 2010, 09:04 AM

I'd trade some battery life for a thinner, lighter iPad.

poloponies · Jul 9, 2010, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by topmounter

I'd trade some battery life for a thinner, lighter iPad.

Hell-to-the-no. I travel a lot and this is where the iPad really shines. Cutting battery life would make it a far less desirable item. I already have a MacBook Air which I'm very happy with aside from battery life. My iPad more than doubles the MBA's battery life and that's what makes it worth the price.

Ratty · Jul 9, 2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by topmounter

I'd trade some battery life for a thinner, lighter iPad.

You must be joking.......

Jul 8, 2010, 11:32 PM	#1
Macatak60 macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2010	Crazy battery life Started listening to pandora at work on wifi Wednesday morning. Listenined about 6 hours. Browsed Internet that night for an hour. Listened to pandora today for 4 hours and been browsing since 9:30 tonight and still at 41% battery life. Any thoughts on this __________________ 2010 Mac Mini 8GB RAM 40GB SSD Vertex 2; 2009 MBP 13"; 2009 27" imac 12gb ram 1tb hard drive; 16GB WHITE Iphone 4; 32GB black Iphone 4; IPad 16GB Wi Fi+3G; 1TB time capsule; ATV2
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Jul 8, 2010, 11:37 PM	#4
Macatak60 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2010	Nm Is this normal? I use it all the time and vie had it since launch day. Ive just never noticed the time and I have now bc I wanted to see how long I cle use it with pandora __________________ 2010 Mac Mini 8GB RAM 40GB SSD Vertex 2; 2009 MBP 13"; 2009 27" imac 12gb ram 1tb hard drive; 16GB WHITE Iphone 4; 32GB black Iphone 4; IPad 16GB Wi Fi+3G; 1TB time capsule; ATV2
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Jul 9, 2010, 12:42 AM	#6
MacManiac76 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arizona	I've had impressive battery life too. Not many things I do are processor intensive so I rarely charge out of necessity. Usually I end up charging it when I happen to need to sync with iTunes and just leave it connected to charge. __________________ MacBook, Penryn 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 23" LG LED 1080p Display, 640 GB HDD, OS X Lion 10.7.5 & Windows 7 Ultimate iPod Nano 5G 8 GB Blue iPad mini 16 GB Black iOS 6.1.2 JB
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Jul 9, 2010, 06:03 AM	#7
newdeal macrumors 65816 Join Date: Oct 2009	... Battery life is awesome. I still charge it every night but not because I need to just because I plug it in at the same time as my iPhone 3G because it does need charging every night
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Jul 9, 2010, 07:25 AM	#8
p-rice macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Las Vegas	My battery significantly became worse recently. It drops 35% from a full charge just playing solitaire for an hour and a half. __________________ iPad iPhone 4
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Jul 8, 2010, 11:33 PM	#2
Battlestar Banned Join Date: May 2010 Location: Boston	No thoughts at this time.
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Jul 9, 2010, 12:09 AM	#5
Sedulous macrumors 65816 Join Date: Dec 2002	Same here, very impressed with iPad battery too.
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Jul 9, 2010, 08:11 AM	#10
poloponies macrumors 68030 Join Date: May 2010	"Not many things I do are processor intensive so I rarely charge out of necessity." That's not really a concept that applies to the iPad. Your primary drains on the battery are powering the display (and brightness levels), 3G (if in use) and Bluetooth. Every other action is pretty much in the same range. As I noted above, with music only and with the display off it can go up to 140 hours
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Jul 9, 2010, 08:30 AM	#11
PBG4 Dude macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2007	I plug in my iPad to charge once every 3 or 4 days unless my son "makes" me play a marathon session of Plants vs. Zombies or pinball. Then I have to charge it sooner. I never turn it off either. With WiFi off, the battery percentage doesn't move in the ~20 hours it waits for me to use it again.
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Jul 9, 2010, 09:04 AM	#12
topmounter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2009	I'd trade some battery life for a thinner, lighter iPad.
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