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iPad iPad Air - post your battery usage
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Backlight level is the biggest factor in battery life - try to keep it at 50% at most. I tend to run between 40-50% most of the time and it's plenty bright enough but then I've not been trying to use it in direct sunlight really.
GPS is another battery killer (if you have a cellular model) so make sure it's not being used unintentionally by disabling stuff in Location Services. One thing to watch out for is the Traffic setting - regardless of whether you use maps of any kind, this will periodically use the GPS to send data to Apple's crowd-sourced traffic system for those that do use it. Personally I have no interest in my battery or data being used for this so turned it off.
GPS is another battery killer (if you have a cellular model) so make sure it's not being used unintentionally by disabling stuff in Location Services. One thing to watch out for is the Traffic setting - regardless of whether you use maps of any kind, this will periodically use the GPS to send data to Apple's crowd-sourced traffic system for those that do use it. Personally I have no interest in my battery or data being used for this so turned it off.
The battery life is probably the least talked about of the great features on the iPad Air, it's outstanding.
Yesterday my usage was:
Battery: 21%
Standby: 2 days, 5 hours
Usage: 13 hrs, 14 mins
And this is lots of browsing, lots of app usage, and a few hours of gaming.
I have a 4 hour train ride this afternoon, so look forward to seeing how it does with movie playback.
Yesterday my usage was:
Battery: 21%
Standby: 2 days, 5 hours
Usage: 13 hrs, 14 mins
And this is lots of browsing, lots of app usage, and a few hours of gaming.
I have a 4 hour train ride this afternoon, so look forward to seeing how it does with movie playback.
Battery life on these things is incredible. Currently at 47%
Usage: 12 hours 4 minutes
Standby: 1 day 3 hours.
It just goes and goes.
Usage: 12 hours 4 minutes
Standby: 1 day 3 hours.
It just goes and goes.
That's ammo against the Android crowd right there. I don't think there's an Android device in existence that can last 18 days on standby.
That's about what I get and since Apple says "up to 10 hours" I think it is OK. About all I do is web surf and e-mail and it is at about 60% brightness.
