Freaking battery on new ipad

[einmusiker]

This battery sucks. Was much much better on the ipad2

 

[jordan.1]

ran my iPad down to about 5%. Plugged it in the plug charger and it was fully charged in 6 hours. Not bad at all.

 

[magbarn]

Someday soon MagSafe will solve all of this.

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...gsafe-for-portable-devices-like-the-ipad.html

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...ch-displays-magsafe-for-future-ipad-more.html

I guess that's for the iPad 4. lol Since magsafe easily charges our MBP, that connector should be able to handle 50+ watts to charge the iPad in a hour along with usage.

 

[fandsw]

Just did a little experiment, totally unscientific. Was surfing the web on my new iPad for an hour, using wifi, and plugged in to the provided wall charger, but using a third party cable (6' long). For the entire hour, my battery level stayed at 84%.

Went and dug out the provided cable and used it with the wall charger, and my battery cable has gone up 3% in 20 minutes. Doing the same stuff as before.

So for those of you lamenting the charge rate, are you using both the factory provided charger AND cable, the provided charger, or neither?

C

I can now confirm this as well: Running iPad "3" 64GB, using AT&T 4g, wireless off, Apple iPad charger, aftermarket Monoprice 6 foot cable - iPad stayed at 76% while it was being used lightly (email and web), stayed that way for 4 hours.

Swapped out the cable to the factory 3 foot cable and now the iPad is fully charged while it was being used in same manner in less than 3 hours.

Looks like I will be swapping out all my long aftermarket cables for the shorter factory ones at my normal iPad charging points for now until someone can start making better long cables.....

 

[CNeufeld]

I can now confirm this as well: Running iPad "3" 64GB, using AT&T 4g, wireless off, Apple iPad charger, aftermarket Monoprice 6 foot cable - iPad stayed at 76% while it was being used lightly (email and web), stayed that way for 4 hours.

Swapped out the cable to the factory 3 foot cable and now the iPad is fully charged while it was being used in same manner in less than 3 hours.

Looks like I will be swapping out all my long aftermarket cables for the shorter factory ones at my normal iPad charging points for now until someone can start making better long cables.....

Interesting... It's likely my 6' cable was Monoprice too...

C

 

[Lontano]

This battery sucks. Was much much better on the ipad2

I am disappointed with battery life compared to my iPad 2. With my first two iPads I never got close to running it down with a day of heavy usage. Not so today with my newbie.

 

[jclardy]

This battery sucks. Was much much better on the ipad2

Disagree. Had iPad 1 when it came out, battery was great. Got iPad 2 when it came out. Battery lasted around an hour less on average. Now new iPad. Battery seems more on par with iPad 1 again.

Of course, it depends on what you do with it. My usage is mostly internet, some streaming video, email, twitter, Facebook, and some productivity apps.

The main battery annoyance for me is charge time. I just have to remember to plug in every other night.

 

[wmagnum1]

I plugged in the new iPad last night at 48% with an iPhone wall charger overnight, just to see how long it took to get to 100%. After 5 hours, it was at 100%. Worst case scenario, you can charge the iPad with an iPhone wall charger in 10 hours or less. Not bad charging time for such a giant battery.

 

[Crosbie]

I was a bit alarmed that an overnight charge only brought my new iPad to 85%. But when I checked, realised I'd been using an old iPod Touch charger. Fine for iPad 2; too weak sauce for the new battery.

 

[onthecouchagain]

I'm using the same old 30-pin connector that came with my iPod classic a few years ago. It's just easier to have one 30-pin cable. It connects to my Air which connects to the Air's Magsafe. Seems to be charging fine.

 

[Jazwire]

I'm letting mine run completely down at the moment in hopes mine gets better.

Mine seems to take 3 x longer to charge and lasts 1/2 as long as my iPad2.

All in wifi mode, have cellular off.

Maybe I got a bum battery.

 

[Djentleman]

Mine only took about 4 hours to charge. Pretty standard I would think.

 

[Techwriter]

The Apple cables are so short. With my new iPad, I've been charging instead using this 10 foot Griffin cable:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003T5JJVY/ref=oh_o05_s00_i01_details

The iPad has been charging quickly. If the battery App says it should take 20 minutes, it's taking about 12.

The cable is very thick and sturdy. I've been using it on all my Apple devices for over a year and it doesn't have a single flaw.