Is my iPad Pro 10.5 battery life normal?
Hi there.
Disclaimer:
I experience this behaviour on both of my iPad Pro 10.5 Cellular 256 GB.
Both have the same settings:
AirPlane Mode
Wifi + BT on
Almost all location services off + Most apps on While Using only and none on Always
BAR off
Health of both acc to Coconut Battery - Usually 85-90% or so. Acc to Apple 95% and 96% respectively. Both have around 250 cycles.
Both have been setup as fresh and not restored from a backup. Both via DFU restore iOS 12.3.1.
Usage Pattern Drain per hour (approx) (40- 50% brightness):
Reddit / Tapatalk - 9-10% per hour
Safari - 13-15% per hour
NetFlix / Prime (Full Screen + Speakers off) - 10-12% per hour
NetFlix / Prime (Full Screen + Quad Speakers on full) - 15% per hour
Intense Apple Mail sessions with constant momentary swapping back and forth with Safari - 20% an hour
Multitasking Usage Pattern Drain per hour (approx) (40-50% brightness):
NetFlix / Prime PiP mode (Quad speakers on full) + Safari = Almost 20% drain per hour
Apple Mail + Safari + Pip mode = Easily 20% drain per hour minimum.
Standby Drain Overnight:
Minimum 1-4% overnight over 8 hrs or so. Sometimes a lot more.
Also, every time I start using the iPad after a few minutes/hours of standby, I lose the first 5-10% very quickly. Like 1% every 1-2 minutes or so.
Typing or using much touch also drains the battery very quickly. For both my iPads.
Is this normal?
Thank You!
Aakshey
Update:
I checked out the iPad Pro 11 at the Apple store and it exhibited the same type of battery drain. It wasn’t much better. Maybe very slightly. So I guess my usage just isn’t typical.
Hi there.
Disclaimer:
I experience this behaviour on both of my iPad Pro 10.5 Cellular 256 GB.
Both have the same settings:
AirPlane Mode
Wifi + BT on
Almost all location services off + Most apps on While Using only and none on Always
BAR off
Health of both acc to Coconut Battery - Usually 85-90% or so. Acc to Apple 95% and 96% respectively. Both have around 250 cycles.
Both have been setup as fresh and not restored from a backup. Both via DFU restore iOS 12.3.1.
Usage Pattern Drain per hour (approx) (40- 50% brightness):
Reddit / Tapatalk - 9-10% per hour
Safari - 13-15% per hour
NetFlix / Prime (Full Screen + Speakers off) - 10-12% per hour
NetFlix / Prime (Full Screen + Quad Speakers on full) - 15% per hour
Intense Apple Mail sessions with constant momentary swapping back and forth with Safari - 20% an hour
Multitasking Usage Pattern Drain per hour (approx) (40-50% brightness):
NetFlix / Prime PiP mode (Quad speakers on full) + Safari = Almost 20% drain per hour
Apple Mail + Safari + Pip mode = Easily 20% drain per hour minimum.
Standby Drain Overnight:
Minimum 1-4% overnight over 8 hrs or so. Sometimes a lot more.
Also, every time I start using the iPad after a few minutes/hours of standby, I lose the first 5-10% very quickly. Like 1% every 1-2 minutes or so.
Typing or using much touch also drains the battery very quickly. For both my iPads.
Is this normal?
Thank You!
Aakshey
Update:
I checked out the iPad Pro 11 at the Apple store and it exhibited the same type of battery drain. It wasn’t much better. Maybe very slightly. So I guess my usage just isn’t typical.
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