For some reason it feels like my battery drains faster on the ipad2. It still is impressive, but feels like it drains faster. Anyone else notice?
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Is it just me or is the battery not as good as the iPad 1?
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its not just you, I've noticed the iPad 2 battery seems to drain quicker and recharge slower than the OG iPad.
It's only been a few days so Im going to do a complete battery drain and recharge to see if that helps, if not I will take it to the Apple Store in a few weeks when they have plenty in stock to get a diagnosis and if the battery is faulty get it replaced.
its not just you, I've noticed the iPad 2 battery seems to drain quicker and recharge slower than the OG iPad.
It's only been a few days so Im going to do a complete battery drain and recharge to see if that helps, if not I will take it to the Apple Store in a few weeks when they have plenty in stock to get a diagnosis and if the battery is faulty get it replaced.
Ok... I thought it was just me but I guess not. It still lasts long but on my iPad1 I would be on it for a long time and look at my battery and it would never drain.
Give it a week and see what happens. Could just be you're using it a lot. my battery half-drained yesterday but I've been using it like mad.
Matches one tech reviewer who did identical battery tests on 1 and 2.
Ipad1 got 11.5 hours, ipad2 got just over 10. Still meets apples spec claims.
I think he had movies playing, 65% brightness, some antennas on.
Still very good. MacAir gets 5.
Ipad1 got 11.5 hours, ipad2 got just over 10. Still meets apples spec claims.
I think he had movies playing, 65% brightness, some antennas on.
Still very good. MacAir gets 5.
Ive never owned an iPad to compare, but I was expecting it to last a little longer and charge a little fast. About a hour of infinity blade got me down to 80% and web browsing didnt seem like it would last 10 hours.
Regardless, it certainly has the best battery life of my laptop/netbook/psp/touch/etc and I havnt gotten it under 50% and i can always turn down the brightness if i think ill actually need the battery life, I've been running it pretty high.
Regardless, it certainly has the best battery life of my laptop/netbook/psp/touch/etc and I havnt gotten it under 50% and i can always turn down the brightness if i think ill actually need the battery life, I've been running it pretty high.
I just watched a 2 hour long movie at half brightness and its still at 83%. I never had an original iPad to compare but I'm very pleased with it's battery life so far.
For what it's worth, my iPad 2 battery so far seems AOK compared to my original iPad.
However, I do think there might be some weirdness from 4.3 affecting battery life, as when I updated my iP4 the battery drained a bit fast for a couple days but with calibration, this had alleviated a bit.
I suspect we will see 4.3.1 at some point sooner than later and Apple will have dialed this in. Don't forget, Mossberg's iPad 1 was running iOS 3 and had a less demanding processor/GPU, etc.
Apple's claim was exceeded by most last time, this time it is spot on or in my case, maybe even a little better.
However, I do think there might be some weirdness from 4.3 affecting battery life, as when I updated my iP4 the battery drained a bit fast for a couple days but with calibration, this had alleviated a bit.
I suspect we will see 4.3.1 at some point sooner than later and Apple will have dialed this in. Don't forget, Mossberg's iPad 1 was running iOS 3 and had a less demanding processor/GPU, etc.
Apple's claim was exceeded by most last time, this time it is spot on or in my case, maybe even a little better.
I think it might improve a bit after a bit of use. That happened on my Mac Book Air recently. But, yes, it does seem shorter than my original iPad.
Why does this happen for every new battery-run device that is released?
Give it a week or so, people. Batteries take time to work themselves in. It's best to do a full charge and discharge the first couple of times to kind of exercise the cells. But I can also tell you that I read some reviews that pegged the battery life right at 10 hours. However, it all depends on what you do. You probably won't get 10 hours of gameplay or video-watching.
Give it a week or so, people. Batteries take time to work themselves in. It's best to do a full charge and discharge the first couple of times to kind of exercise the cells. But I can also tell you that I read some reviews that pegged the battery life right at 10 hours. However, it all depends on what you do. You probably won't get 10 hours of gameplay or video-watching.
Is it possible that a brand-new device is getting USED a lot more by an excited owner trying out all the new features?
Most of the quasi-scientific testing done by reviewers shows that iPad 2 battery performance is similar to that of the original iPad. I've read a couple of reports where, in certain circumstances, its down fractionally. But it still is good for more than ten hours.
Most of the quasi-scientific testing done by reviewers shows that iPad 2 battery performance is similar to that of the original iPad. I've read a couple of reports where, in certain circumstances, its down fractionally. But it still is good for more than ten hours.
I am finding the same thing, we had 2 of the first iPad's and we never thought about the battery. We replaced them with 2 new iPad's and my wife and I both have noticed the battery dropping faster, it seems like it drops about 10% faster for evey 2 hours of use. So where after 5 or 6 hours we would have 50% in now has 30%.
I called Apple support and they checked my setting, all were good. They suggested running it down to single digits on the charge and then fully charging it, I ran down to 2% and fully charged it over night, have used it for about 2 hours today and I'm at 73%, it seems lower than the old iPad.
I used a backup from my old iPad so I could keep all my setting and preferences instead of just doing a sync as a new device, any thought if there is something that was copied from the old device that would cause this issue. How many other people used a backup instead of a clean sync to start their iPad 2? And did Apple think of this? May not be anything but I'm thinking of doing a restore and start with a clean sync to see if it helps.
I called Apple support and they checked my setting, all were good. They suggested running it down to single digits on the charge and then fully charging it, I ran down to 2% and fully charged it over night, have used it for about 2 hours today and I'm at 73%, it seems lower than the old iPad.
I used a backup from my old iPad so I could keep all my setting and preferences instead of just doing a sync as a new device, any thought if there is something that was copied from the old device that would cause this issue. How many other people used a backup instead of a clean sync to start their iPad 2? And did Apple think of this? May not be anything but I'm thinking of doing a restore and start with a clean sync to see if it helps.