VickiFL
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Just make sure you ask someone who is technically qualified and you will of course get the right answer!
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Chris
I get different answers from everyone!
Just make sure you ask someone who is technically qualified and you will of course get the right answer!
Regards
Chris
Ask 10 Battery Engineers and you'll get 12 different answersI get different answers from everyone!
And heres mine (sorry I just copy-pasted it, too lazy to take a screenshot)
I drained my SP3 battery today. Started at 100% and drained down to 5%. I had screen brightness at 50%, and only surfed the web. I also had Pandora going via browser (Google Chrome), not app. I got a little over 6 hours of battery time. I need to repeat this experiment using IE. (btw, I am using my SP3 in desktop mode for this experiment because that's how I use my SP3 95% of the time)
You are comparing an arm device to an Intel device?I hate Apple but I have an ipad 2 (work) that is used daily that was bought on opening day that is still used daily with IOS 8.1.1 and while it's lagging today the battery will still last a week without charge. This is how devices should work, not running multi-line commands to generate html files of battery stats. Come on now....
When I was using my iPad2 daily on the web it didn't last all day without needing a charge but yes, if you don't use it that much then the battery will last longer.I hate Apple but I have an ipad 2 (work) that is used daily that was bought on opening day that is still used daily with IOS 8.1.1 and while it's lagging today the battery will still last a week without charge. This is how devices should work, not running multi-line commands to generate html files of battery stats. Come on now....
I get roughly the same runtime WITH music (20%), video (20%), and apps (15%), but mostly browsing (40%), but no Chrome. In case you didn't know, Chrome is one of the biggest battery power drain culprit.I used Chrome all day, and got 7 hours and 15 minutes. That makes me happy.
That test was done with no music, video or apps, and 50% screen brightness.
Maybe I'm getting more because I am working the battery.
Hence, I think you could get better runtime than that, if you didn't use Chrome.