iPad Pro iPad 12.9 2018 worst battery life compared to other iPads ?

[SoYoung]

A couple of days I bought an iPad pro 12,9 2018 to upgrade my first gen iPad pro 12,9. I restore my new iPad from my Air 3 backup and start using it since. The battery life seems to be worst compared to my Air 3 by a significant marge. With the same setting and brightness, the iPad pro will lose 1% every few minutes while browsing web or things like that. Also, standby mode seems to be worst as well. Is it normal to lose 10% in standby in like 39-40 hours of standby?

My first gen 12.9 also had poor battery life so I'm a little disappointed to see the new one seems to suffer from the same problem. Other than that I love it but for the price I expected a way better battery than this.

 

[Ungibbed]

It almost sounds like you’re using some sort or rogue app thats draining your battery or you have your screen in torch mode. Just grabbed mine a few hours ago and watched some Ren & Stimpy, learned a bit while toying with Procreate while blasting the Smash Bros. Brawl soundtrack with my screen at 60% brightness (dark mode) and my battery is at 83%.

oh, charging Apple Pencil while on these boards.

 

[aevan]

A couple of days I bought an iPad pro 12,9 2018 to upgrade my first gen iPad pro 12,9. I restore my new iPad from my Air 3 backup and start using it since. The battery life seems to be worst compared to my Air 3 by a significant marge. With the same setting and brightness, the iPad pro will lose 1% every few minutes while browsing web or things like that. Also, standby mode seems to be worst as well. Is it normal to lose 10% in standby in like 39-40 hours of standby?

My first gen 12.9 also had poor battery life so I'm a little disappointed to see the new one seems to suffer from the same problem. Other than that I love it but for the price I expected a way better battery than this.

The screen is quite brighter than Air but that also drains battery - do you have it set at max? Personally, I find the battery life the same on my gen 1, 2 and 3 iPad Pros.

 

[SoYoung]

The screen is quite brighter than Air but that also drains battery - do you have it set at max? Personally, I find the battery life the same on my gen 1, 2 and 3 iPad Pros.

The 2018 iPad pro have a brighter screen than the 2019 air? I didn't know that. And what's the average battery loss when your iPad pro is on standby?

 

[aevan]

The 2018 iPad pro have a brighter screen than the 2019 air? I didn't know that. And what's the average battery loss when your iPad pro is on standby?

It’s around 500 vs 420 nits in favor of Pro, but I think that could influence battery only at maximum brightness. Perhaps I’m mistaken, it was more of a guess. Since I don’t have the Air, I’m not sure.

On standby my battery is quite good, it looses around 1-2% over 10 hours in standby, and that’s due to notifications that keep coming. I have the wifi-only model.

 

[someoneoutthere]

I would do a factory reset on your iPP and set it up as new rather than restoring from a backup. You never know if any of the prior iOS/iPadOS updates caused any bugs on your Air 3. When you set up a brand new device using an older backup, you risk the possibility of moving all that fun stuff over to your new product.
Hope it helps.

 

[aevan]

I would do a factory reset on your iPP and set it up as new rather than restoring from a backup. You never know if any of the prior iOS/iPadOS updates caused any bugs on your Air 3. When you set up a brand new device using an older backup, you risk the possibility of moving all that fun stuff over to your new product.
Hope it helps.

Yup, I always set up devices as new. It’s a bit of a hassle, but it’s probably worth it. I even do it for new iOS releases sometimes.

Actually, no, it’s not a hassle for me, I love that stuff - I was thinking of normal people

 

[AutomaticApple]

Yup, I always set up devices as new. It’s a bit of a hassle, but it’s probably worth it. I even do it for new iOS releases sometimes.

Actually, no, it’s not a hassle for me, I love that stuff - I was thinking of normal people

I also love to just set up devices as new! It's a habit.

 

[stanza.richi]

I set up every new device as a new device. And no problem with my iPad Pro 12.9: actually I’m using it a lot everyday, with external ssd, and generally I end my day without problems.