Early Battery Tests Between Wi-Fi and 3G iPad

ilounge posts preliminary findings between ipad wi-fi , ipad 3g models. 3g model released on friday , includes 3g cellular data capabilities gps functionality.

data services on 3g cellular tend draw more power on wi-fi alone. apple's official specs show 10% hit when using 3g vs. wi-fi. apple claims 10 hours of continous web usage on wi-fi, , 9 hours of usage on 3g single charge. ilounge's tests show these numbers seem reasonably accurate:

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our prior ipad wi-fi battery tests found apple @ least little conservative in estimates; instance, put wi-fi model through web torture test repeated 1-minute refreshes of large, loaded page 10 hours , 21 minutes on 50% brightness on 802.11n. repeating exact same test on wi-fi + 3g model 3g turned on , wi-fi turned off, ipad achieved 8 hours , 38 minutes of continuous reloading , displaying—22 minutes shy of apple’s estimate.

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oooh, she's battery sucker...

interesting stuff!

jack

 

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