Started listening to pandora at work on wifi Wednesday morning. Listenined about 6 hours. Browsed Internet that night for an hour. Listened to pandora today for 4 hours and been browsing since 9:30 tonight and still at 41% battery life. Any thoughts on this
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Crazy battery life
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Battery life for music only (with the display off) is 140 hours. I'm assuming your display was not in heavy use.
I've had impressive battery life too. Not many things I do are processor intensive so I rarely charge out of necessity. Usually I end up charging it when I happen to need to sync with iTunes and just leave it connected to charge.
"Not many things I do are processor intensive so I rarely charge out of necessity."
That's not really a concept that applies to the iPad. Your primary drains on the battery are powering the display (and brightness levels), 3G (if in use) and Bluetooth. Every other action is pretty much in the same range. As I noted above, with music only and with the display off it can go up to 140 hours
That's not really a concept that applies to the iPad. Your primary drains on the battery are powering the display (and brightness levels), 3G (if in use) and Bluetooth. Every other action is pretty much in the same range. As I noted above, with music only and with the display off it can go up to 140 hours
I plug in my iPad to charge once every 3 or 4 days unless my son "makes" me play a marathon session of Plants vs. Zombies or pinball. Then I have to charge it sooner.
I never turn it off either. With WiFi off, the battery percentage doesn't move in the ~20 hours it waits for me to use it again.
I never turn it off either. With WiFi off, the battery percentage doesn't move in the ~20 hours it waits for me to use it again.
Hell-to-the-no. I travel a lot and this is where the iPad really shines. Cutting battery life would make it a far less desirable item. I already have a MacBook Air which I'm very happy with aside from battery life. My iPad more than doubles the MBA's battery life and that's what makes it worth the price.