Wow! Battery life!

[BFizzzle]

Not that I was getting bad battery life on my new iPad. But I dropped the brightness down to like 75 or 80 percent from being on the brightness setting and I see a huge difference !

its great right? this is my first ipad, i looooooove how long the batter lasts. if you have the 4g, put it on airplane mode when youre at home or on wifi. will save even more.

just such a nice imporvement from my horrid iphone 4s. im lucky to get 8 hours of usage on that.

 

[No-Me]

I have always been impressed by the results of my iPad2 battery, how is the new iPad doing compared to that?

 

[hoon2999]

have you done the battery cycle? once you buy a product with lithium battery, you need to charge them for 8 hours straight for cycling the battery.
also dont forget that there is internal charging once it hits 100% on display. basically 100% is not accurately 100% from the battery. charge for about 30min-60min more when it hits 100%.


I been using my new iPad 3-4 hours a day. And I had to charge them once in 3-4 days. The brightness were remained at 50%, played 2D games, websurfing, play 720p avi files(heavy cpu loads). Very impressive compare to my old iPad 2.

 

[David Menzel]

I have always been impressed by the results of my iPad2 battery, how is the new iPad doing compared to that?

My iPad 2 battery lasts definitely longer. I would say 2 hours when using the iPad and much longer in standby mode.

 

[ZipZap]

Why the down voting? I am just stating the facts. 90-100% brightness is way overkill and also has a drastic effect on battery life. I love a nice bright screen but IMO that can be achieved at 60-65%. And at that brightness I am getting a full 2 days of usage.

Bacause many here cant make a statement or a point without belittling someone. I am not even sure they know they do it anymore, but they clearly dont re-read for tone.

 

[Batavian]

I have always been impressed by the results of my iPad2 battery, how is the new iPad doing compared to that?

iPad 3 has shorter battery life and longer charging than the iPad 2 based on Anand's testing.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5688/apple-ipad-2012-review/10

I think you should look at the positive. It's amazing they made a device that 4x the pixels without a greater compromise to battery. I only wish they could have provided a more powerful charger. Maybe that will be an accessory available down the road.

 

[Blakjack]

I keep my brightness between 18 and 25 percent all the time unless I'm plugged in and watching a video. I can see fine.

 

[Delighted]

what percent before you guys start charging the ipad again?

 

[MrXiro]

iPad 3 has shorter battery life and longer charging than the iPad 2 based on Anand's testing.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5688/apple-ipad-2012-review/10

I think you should look at the positive. It's amazing they made a device that 4x the pixels without a greater compromise to battery. I only wish they could have provided a more powerful charger. Maybe that will be an accessory available down the road.

I think the iPad's battery life "seems" longer now because the standby time is actually a LOT longer due to the battery size. So if you're like me, who throughout the day only checks his iPad for emails (when I hear the ding or periodically every 30-60 min) and leaves the screen off but wifi/data on, the iPad seems like it lasts forever. Mainly because the screen is OFF and that is the biggest reason the iPad even needs the bigger battery to begin with.

If it's just constant surfing then the battery is about the same or a little less. I feel like my iPad 2 would lose between 5-10% of battery life a day if not used and logged into wifi (and pushing/pulling email) while my iPad (gen 3) loses about 2% a day if left off at the most.

This is just perception or estimates, I haven't physically measured with a stopwatch

 

[Michael383]

I usually have my brightness set between 35-50 percent with auto brightness off. Battery life is great, I get 2-4 days of usage between charges.

 

[hoon2999]

what percent before you guys start charging the ipad again?

usually when its under 20%. below 10% is more recommended but its better to charge them when you have time.

 

[ntrigue]

My eyes are very sensitive to light. I use my iPad between 0-40% for it's life.

1000 hours
600 at 40%
200 at 10%
200 at 0%

 

[David Menzel]

what percent before you guys start charging the ipad again?

usually when its between 5-10%.

 

[ktmracer350]

Inside my house at all times I use 25% brightness. When the battery was fully charged I got 13 hours of video and Internet browsing use on wi-fi and 100 minutes of standby and still had 10% battery left.

 

[Eadfrith]

Imagine the battery life of the iPad 2 if it used the same iPad 3 battery

 

[dukeblue91]

Thank you for the fast reply and sad news because that means that I have to install everything (apps, music, videos, newsstand magazines ...) again. If a as new fresh installed iPad improves the battery life and fixes the issues, then I have to congratulate Apple and say WOW! What is that for a "wonderful" cloud back-up service if I have to install everything again .

If you did a setup from iCloud you do not have to worry about this.
It is only if you set this up from iTunes backup.
Now go congratulate Apple again

 

[Macman45]

Why the down voting? I am just stating the facts. 90-100% brightness is way overkill and also has a drastic effect on battery life. I love a nice bright screen but IMO that can be achieved at 60-65%. And at that brightness I am getting a full 2 days of usage.

Don't worry about the down voting, it's something I ignore, you can help people out, make constructive comments and there is always someone who thinks its funny. Ignore it...

 

[Batavian]

Why the down voting? I am just stating the facts. 90-100% brightness is way overkill and also has a drastic effect on battery life. I love a nice bright screen but IMO that can be achieved at 60-65%. And at that brightness I am getting a full 2 days of usage.

Really depends on individual usage. I like mine at 100% when I'm on the patio reading the morning paper (aka the USA Today app). I use the iPad in lots of bright areas...at the coffee shop, outside at a cafe, in the car during the day.

I agree with you that at night, in bed, on a long overseas flight, or other dark ambients, it's easier on the eyes even well below 50%.

 

[plucky duck]

During the day around 55%, at night in bed around 25% or less. I don't keep track of battery life all that much because I charge it nightly, but I am not worried about it at all.

 

[David Menzel]

If you did a setup from iCloud you do not have to worry about this.
It is only if you set this up from iTunes backup.
Now go congratulate Apple again

I already did it

But I would be very interested in knowing the differences between iCloud and iTunes backups. Could you please tell me something about differences?