iPad charging,

[Mattprice]

Hey guys,

I've recently bought a iPad and heard it can only be charged 1000 times before it starts to lose it compascity to hold the full ten hours?

Does this mean, even if I put it onto charge to topic up from 75% to 100% that counts as one of it's charges? Because thats what I like to do,

Cheers!

Matt
Twitter - @_mattprice_

 

[EvenStranger]

Honestly not sure about the iPad, but traditionally on the Macs, that would be considered a 1/4 charge.

 

[Tritons]

Only 1000 times?

 

[poloponies]

Honestly not sure about the iPad, but traditionally on the Macs, that would be considered a 1/4 charge.

Yes. A "full" charge is from empty to 100%, anything less than that is a fractional charge.

Read more here:

http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html

 

[palpatine]

Only 1000 times?

that's about 3 years (assuming you have to complete a charging cycle every couple of days or so). seems fair to me. by this time the ipad 6 will be out and you'll have passed your ipad 2 onto some family member long ago

 

[accessoriesguy]

I got the first generation unibody mbp, where they implemented this technology. They said 1000 cycles. I have had the computer for over 2 years and It is between 300-400 cycles. It varies on usage but it is about less than 1 cycle per day, for me at least. Even at a cycle a day that's close to 3 years. That is impressive for a battery since all rechargeable batteries eventually no longer hold a good charge.

 

[Tritons]

that's about 3 years (assuming you have to complete a charging cycle every couple of days or so). seems fair to me. by this time the ipad 6 will be out and you'll have passed your ipad 2 onto some family member long ago

I'll get iPad 3 when it comes out, so 1000 is ok for me, I guess.

 

[SXR]

And even if the ipads battery life will get worse over time, its still gonna be more than usable i think. Battery life on ipads is amazing.

 

[poloponies]

And even if the ipads battery life will get worse over time, its still gonna be more than usable i think. Battery life on ipads is amazing.

The claimed battery performance is 1,000 charges before it drops to 80% of "new" battery life. So it's not like it dies the next day.