I love my new iPad and that isn't necessarily a good thing. I spend a lot of time on my iPad and the drawback there is the battery life. Yet after some trial and error I have discovered how to save battery life with just a few simple iPad tips and tricks.
One of the reasons I never jumped on the iPhone bandwagon was the battery life (and the dropped calls). As cool as the iPhone always looked, I had no interest in buying a phone that would die in just a few hours. I had those same fears about the Apple iPad. While iPad battery life is decent, unlike the iPhone the tablet allows users to extend battery life with just a few tweaks.
The general batter life of an iPad is expected to last for around ten hours. I say expected because mine hasn't made it quite to ten hours. In all honesty, ten hours is a lot of time but why settle at ten if you can get more? Here are a few simple steps to follow to get more from this wonderful piece of technology.
Turn off your iPad Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi can eat up your battery and if you are watching a movie or playing a game, you probably don't need it. Turn it off and keep it off unless you need it. Even if you aren't connected, your iPad is still searching for a hot spot and sucking away your battery time.
Turn off the Bluetooth. Chances are you will rarely be using Bluetooth. If you don't need it turn it off because keeping it on will help suck out a lot of battery life. My recommendation is to keep it permanently off in your settings.
Turn off your location services. Unless you really do need them on and you are hoping to be discovered by your friends, kill the setting.
Keep the brightness as low as possible. I do this on my Android phone as well. You would be surprised as to how much more battery time you will get with less brightness. Even more important, the full brightness may not be healthy for your eyes if you are an avid iPad user.
Turn off media you aren't using. If I am watching a movie or playing iPad apps, I tend to leave them on if I get a call or a distraction. Just make sure to turn them off when you aren't using them.
It is really that easy. Remember, your iPad will come defaulted to settings that may not be applicable to your usage. Go through the rest of the settings and make sure everything that is turned on is necessary for optimal use. Otherwise follow this check list and get even more out of your iPad battery than Apple intended.
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