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What will the Ipad 5 battery life be, after the new MacBookAir's battery life?

  • Stay the same - 10 Hours

    Votes: 8 42.1%
  • Increase by 10% - 11 hours

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • Increase by 25% - 13 hours

    Votes: 3 15.8%
  • Increase by 50% - 15 hours

    Votes: 2 10.5%
  • Double the battery life - 20 hours

    Votes: 2 10.5%
  • Reduce because of thinner battery - 9 hours (Unlikely!)

    Votes: 3 15.8%

  • Total voters
    19

daywiz

macrumors regular
Original poster
Nov 12, 2012
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With the keynote speech at WWDC, Apple proudly announced a new generation of MacBook Air with Haswell processors. End result, the laptop has stepped up the battery life, and practically entered iPad territory.
The new battery life is pegged at 9 hours from 5 hours for the 11" and 12 hours from 9 hours for the 13". That puts the battery life much higher than iPad's claimed 10 hours.

So where does apple go from here with the iPADS? On one side, we hear the thinner, lighter and more efficient screen tech will help reduce the thickness ( and capacity) of the internal battery. Or will they work on overall package and push the battery life to around 15 hours. A 50% increase? So what do you think?

It doesnt make sense to have a product that Can be lighter, but offers less productivity and less battery life and less specifications. Give your thoughts.
 
These are good points. The new Haswell chip offers better battery life, Mavericks will make improvements on the software side, and the MBA houses a bigger battery. However, iOS is separate story. It uses a modified ARM chip and smaller battery. iOS 7 comes with a new bag of tricks which I'm sure will drain more battery.

BUT, Apple could surprise us with radically new iPads. We'll just have to wait and see. :)
 
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