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iPad So... they said the Air has the same or better battery life.
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Yeah battery life is absolutely fantastic. I topped it off straight out of the box on Friday. I just charged it earlier today at 23%, run time was 13.5 hours and over 3 days standby with 23% left. My plan was to trade my Mini for the retina Mini, but I'm going to keep it. In fact I bought another Mini from GameStop for $168 so no one but me in this household will use my Air 
Great deal on the preowned Mini. It was $225 plus I bought their mystery coupon which gave another 25% off. Looks like new and original Apple warranty until 8/2014.
Great deal on the preowned Mini. It was $225 plus I bought their mystery coupon which gave another 25% off. Looks like new and original Apple warranty until 8/2014.
I can't get over how long the battery lasts. My MBP and IP5 don't come close to the Air's longevity.
Pretty impressive given the reduction in battery capacity. Much better than the iPad 3 although it might be a wee bit shorter compared to the 4.
Third day with my new iPad Air cellular version
Right now I'm at 47% battery left.
Usage is 9 hrs 45 min. Standby is 1 day 12 hours.
Never had such a good battery in an iPad!
Edit: I've never had this good battery life from ANY Apple product I've ever owned.
Right now I'm at 47% battery left.
Usage is 9 hrs 45 min. Standby is 1 day 12 hours.
Never had such a good battery in an iPad!
Edit: I've never had this good battery life from ANY Apple product I've ever owned.
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Coming from the Mini the battery is incredible. I would usually get around 8 hours on the mini, with the Air I get around 12-13. To be honest I am expecting many people to be disappointed in the Retina Mini's battery life, as it is one thing many people haven't considered in switching to the smaller size.
I realize but I don't care. I'm expecting the retina Mini to have similar battery life to the iPad 3. As long as it can manage that, I won't be disappointed.
I realize but I don't care. I'm expecting the retina Mini to have similar battery life to the iPad 3. As long as it can manage that, I won't be disappointed.
Oh it won't be bad, surely close to 8-9 hours, but there are just crazy people on here that can't see any reason for the Air to exist. But they are completely different devices in terms of how you use them.
That's why the new Mini is slightly thicker than the previous version, to incorporate a slightly larger battery to make up for the retina display.
In fairness, there are plenty of crazy people on here, too, that can't see any reason for the Mini to exist.
That said, I'm not getting the Air this year but I expect I'll buy the next iterations of both Air and Mini next year (different use-case).
2 days, 1 hour of standby
7 hours, 21 minutes of usage
30% still to go!
Mostly on wifi, but some on LTE.
my 7+ hours of usage consisted mostly of graphics-intensive gaming, like Asphalt 8, Infinity Blade 3, Nova 3.
VERY impressed with the battery life. A very nice change coming back to iOS after using the Nexus 7 (2013). The Nexus 7 is a fantastic device, but run the same graphics-intensive games and you're going to run out in just a few hours.
iDevices consistently have better "usable" battery-life. I'm not going to be watching a video for 10 hours straight, I'm going to be doing lots of different things, and the iPads have always met my expectations or exceeded it. The iPad Air definitely has exceeded my battery life expectation thus far.
7 hours, 21 minutes of usage
30% still to go!
Mostly on wifi, but some on LTE.
my 7+ hours of usage consisted mostly of graphics-intensive gaming, like Asphalt 8, Infinity Blade 3, Nova 3.
VERY impressed with the battery life. A very nice change coming back to iOS after using the Nexus 7 (2013). The Nexus 7 is a fantastic device, but run the same graphics-intensive games and you're going to run out in just a few hours.
iDevices consistently have better "usable" battery-life. I'm not going to be watching a video for 10 hours straight, I'm going to be doing lots of different things, and the iPads have always met my expectations or exceeded it. The iPad Air definitely has exceeded my battery life expectation thus far.
I see better battery life as well. I also really like how fast it charges. Much faster than the iPad 3.
Battery life alone should cover at least $100 of the $399 iPad Mini vs. $229 Nexus 7 debate. I've been able to squeeze just 8 hours max out of my Nexus 7 and that was just doing light browsing and some Plants vs. Zombies 2. If I did that on an iPad it would probably last 16 hours.
Ditto. I always felt the battery performance of my iPad 2 was damned good but the Air is out of control! I joked in another thread that my Air doesnt even use the battery - it uses the heat from my hands and breath to operate itself....