iPad Pro Battery drains very quickly.

[indefinite]

My M2 iPad Pro 12.9 drops by 15% overnight and lasts for 3 hours on a full charge with 500+ cycles.

 

[MacCheetah3]

If the battery in your iPhone or iPad drains too quickly - Apple Support

"Battery life" is the amount of time that your device works before it needs to be recharged. Battery life is a combination of many factors, such as how much you use your device and which apps you use. Learn what to do if you think your battery is draining too quickly.

support.apple.com

 

[TechnoMonk]

iPads have always had bad standby life. When I had a M1 Pro it would drain 30% in half a day. Not kidding. I would keep the Ultra, it's a far superior device.

My m1 iPad Pro after years of usage on degraded battery health doesn’t come close to this and lasts multiple days. What were you doing with iPad that was draining 60% a day in standby?

 

[muzzy996]

Logic dictates that between two identical devices (hardware), the device that is exhibiting higher standby drain is simply doing more work in the background that is keeping it from staying in the lowest power state for a longer period of time. The challenge for users who have poor battery life is to determine the software and settings that are contributing to it and evaluating whether the benefits of those are worth the extra drain, so it's great when feedback on potential places to look is given. Posts about having great standby drain are certainly valid in that they prove that better performance is achievable but at the end of the day the variation is still going to exist between different users.

 

[TechnoMonk]

Logic dictates that between two identical devices (hardware), the device that is exhibiting higher standby drain is simply doing more work in the background that is keeping it from staying in the lowest power state for a longer period of time. The challenge for users who have poor battery life is to determine the software and settings that are contributing to it and evaluating whether the benefits of those are worth the extra drain, so it's great when feedback on potential places to look is given. Posts about having great standby drain are certainly valid in that they prove that better performance is achievable but at the end of the day the variation is still going to exist between different users.

Yeah but draining 60% on standby in a day isn’t logical unless it’s faulty battery. I could leave iPad with cellular in a dead zone trying to connect to network all day won’t degrade the battery to that extent. In fact iPad Pro is excellent hot spot and battery last lot longer than tethering from iPhone.

 

[DeepSix]

My m1 iPad Pro after years of usage on degraded battery health doesn’t come close to this and lasts multiple days. What were you doing with iPad that was draining 60% a day in standby?

I'm serious my iPad M1 would drop 20% overnight, 30% over 12 hours. It's one reason why I got rid of it. Not only that but it would take 10 hours to charge 10%. Not kidding. And it wasn't the charger I've tried multiple chargers. 20 watts, 45 watts, 60 watts 100 Watts I have them all.

 

[sparksd]

I'm serious my iPad M1 would drop 20% overnight, 30% over 12 hours. It's one reason why I got rid of it. Not only that but it would take 10 hours to charge 10%. Not kidding. And it wasn't the charger I've tried multiple chargers. 20 watts, 45 watts, 60 watts 100 Watts I have them all.

Clearly had a bad battery.

 

[muzzy996]

Yeah but draining 60% on standby in a day isn’t logical unless it’s faulty battery. I could leave iPad with cellular in a dead zone trying to connect to network all day won’t degrade the battery to that extent. In fact iPad Pro is excellent hot spot and battery last lot longer than tethering from iPhone.

True, most likely was.