* The Official iPad (Early 2012) Thread *

Pate · 21 Jun 2012 at 15:32

Bloody thing is roasting hot!

scratch · 21 Jun 2012 at 15:52

oli356 said:
Well I've just watched my battery go from like 40% at least to 13% within a few hours by just browsing the web.. I swear it goes down quicker than my iPad 1

Surely that sounds about right? 40%-13% is a drop of 27%, which means it would last around 11 hours at that rate of discharge.

oli356 · 21 Jun 2012 at 17:48

scratch said:
Surely that sounds about right? 40%-13% is a drop of 27%, which means it would last around 11 hours at that rate of discharge.

I'm going to restore and setup as new, and see how it goes.. I just feel like the battery is dropping far to quick.

Last night it was on 70% and then a while later it was on around 30%.
40% drop in 2/3 hours of browsing, that's not right. I am on iOS6 beta at the moment though..

Pate · 27 Jun 2012 at 15:33

I have to say that the battery life is pretty poor. Getting a days usage of it isn't happening and thats just on high brightoness and simple surfing.

Load up any appications and you're down to a matter of hours.

toasteh · 27 Jun 2012 at 20:00

Turn the brightness down then you muppet

Somnambulist · 27 Jun 2012 at 20:13

I commute with mine and play with it on/off all week. Have to charge it once every few days. Herp le derp.

rp2000 · 27 Jun 2012 at 21:07

I am finding mine very much like Android tablets I have used (Touchpad and Transformer Prime). Battery lasts ages for web browsing only, but very few hours if you play games on it. I don't think any of the games I have even render at the native resolution but battery seemed to die fast (although I never play it in long enough sessions for it to really bother me, but I appreciate others might).

Burnout Crash and TowerMadnessHD (especially) seemed to take a lot out of it. 20%-25% in less than 1 hour. Mine is normally on full brightness, but I don't see the point in running it any less. It's not as "blinding" at full brightness as people mention (if anything I think my SGS2 is brighter on full). Plus, it's not that viewable in sunlight unless it is at 100% brightness and even then it is not as great as I thought it would be.

rp2000

toasteh · 27 Jun 2012 at 21:55

I run 60% brightness with auto-brightness on, I've never noticed a poor battery life

Jimbeam3678 · 27 Jun 2012 at 22:59

I run mine on about 25 % brightness unless in full sunshine never had a problem

shipinabottle · 28 Jun 2012 at 10:03

divaboy said:
I run mine on about 25 % brightness unless in full sunshine never had a problem

Can't do that, way too low for even an average lit room.

50% is my usual setting, unless i know it's going to get a chance to charge between now and any travel, in which case, 100% and all it's glory

Vertigo · 28 Jun 2012 at 20:37

I keep my brightness at around 40% most of the time.

Battery life is all about the brightness. Turn it up and it'll flatten in no time.

Yaka · 28 Jun 2012 at 23:01

sound also play a part, playing it ganes with louda sound outta the dinky speaker drains it quicker

Pate · 29 Jun 2012 at 13:08

toasteh said:
Turn the brightness down then you muppet

Because I definitely want to be running at 10% all the time. It looks rubbish. I'm not talking about being on 100% either.

My feelings on the pad thus far are:

Good for reading and light surfing, but the interface is dire, and I personally can't wait for the windows version.

This one is for my dad anyway.

Alpherah · 29 Jun 2012 at 14:07

My retina iPad lasts about 6 hours continually streaming sky go content with 70% brightness, basically exactly the same as my iPad 1. If I turn the brightness down to 30% (evening ) it lasts well over 8 hours streaming video via sky go... What more can you ask for really?

Edit

A colleague who recently got an iPad 2(new die shrunk version it seems) manages 11 hours of content which is just awesome.

BiGT- · 1 Jul 2012 at 00:45

I can't seem to transfer purchased items from iPad to iTunes even when it is authorised, anyone having or had the same problem before?

Yaka · 1 Jul 2012 at 13:26

had that problem once or twice. think it transfered over when i synced at some point

dannyjo22 · 3 Jul 2012 at 09:14

What's the best way to reboot the iPad? I notice after around 5 days of the iPad being on all the time the memory seems to need a refresh as it no longer remembers web page tabs and has to reload them like my iPad 1 does.

Even when I hold the power button and home button when I reboot it seems to remember my web pages when I launch safari. Whats the best way to reboot and dump?

oli356 · 3 Jul 2012 at 11:13

beachBOYken · 7 Aug 2012 at 12:16

Hi

Im sure this has been asked a few times , just want to confirm, I wish to buy the new ipad this Christmas in the US ,when I'm visiting.

I would like to get the basic model with just the wi-fi (16gig / wifi ) model.

Will it work fine in the UK with all software such as uk itunes account and so on also is it just the charger plug that would need changing.

thanks

crinkleshoes · 7 Aug 2012 at 12:19

Yes, will work without issue... the only thing (obviously) is you'll have a US charger

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