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10 hours of battery life in a device half an inch thick.

jonknee 17y ago
The iPod/iPhone lines already do that. Now that Apple has the flexible battery technology it's no real surprise--the battery is probably nearly as big as the iPad.
- prewett 17y ago
  10 hours of battery life playing video continuously. My iPhone (1st gen) gets maybe 2 hrs of continuous YouTube watching.
  - Goronmon 17y ago
    Was that actually stated? I thought they were just saying that use would last 10 hours and then made the separate statement that you could watch movies for an entire flight.
    - swilliams 17y ago
      Yes. The entire flight he was referring to was from San Francisco to Tokyo. http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-tablet-latest-creation-event/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-table... search the page for "hours"
    - thaumaturgy 17y ago
      Yep. Also specifically stated: a standby mode that lasts months.
      - jonknee 17y ago
        And Apple says my iPhone has 12 days of standby time. Ha. I'll wait for the reviews to believe anything about the battery life (as I do for all CE devices).
  - jonknee 17y ago
    Technically Apple says playing video, surfing the web or listening to music. It sounds like 10 hours of use to me, probably some of each. It has a 25 watt-hour battery. Nothing huge, for comparison the MacBook Air has a 40 watt-hour battery. They don't break out what the iPhone/iPod Touch have. http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
    - vitobcn 17y ago
      In the iPad specs page you linked, footnote #4 states: "Testing conducted by Apple in January 2010 using preproduction iPad units and software. Testing consisted of full battery discharge while performing each of the following tasks: video playback, audio playback, and Internet browsing using Wi-Fi. Video content was a repeated 2-hour 23-minute movie purchased from the iTunes Store. Audio content was a playlist of 358 unique songs, consisting of a combination of songs imported from CDs using iTunes (128-Kbps AAC encoding) and songs purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Internet over Wi-Fi tests were conducted using a closed network and dedicated web and mail servers, browsing snapshot versions of 20 popular web pages, and receiving mail once an hour. All settings were default except: Wi-Fi was associated with a network; the Wi-Fi feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto-Brightness were turned off. Battery life depends on device settings, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPad units; actual results may vary."

The iPod/iPhone lines already do that. Now that Apple has the flexible battery technology it's no real surprise--the battery is probably nearly as big as the iPad.

prewett 17y ago
10 hours of battery life playing video continuously. My iPhone (1st gen) gets maybe 2 hrs of continuous YouTube watching.
- Goronmon 17y ago
  Was that actually stated? I thought they were just saying that use would last 10 hours and then made the separate statement that you could watch movies for an entire flight.
  - swilliams 17y ago
    Yes. The entire flight he was referring to was from San Francisco to Tokyo. http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-tablet-latest-creation-event/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-table... search the page for "hours"
  - thaumaturgy 17y ago
    Yep. Also specifically stated: a standby mode that lasts months.
    - jonknee 17y ago
      And Apple says my iPhone has 12 days of standby time. Ha. I'll wait for the reviews to believe anything about the battery life (as I do for all CE devices).
- jonknee 17y ago
  Technically Apple says playing video, surfing the web or listening to music. It sounds like 10 hours of use to me, probably some of each. It has a 25 watt-hour battery. Nothing huge, for comparison the MacBook Air has a 40 watt-hour battery. They don't break out what the iPhone/iPod Touch have. http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
  - vitobcn 17y ago
    In the iPad specs page you linked, footnote #4 states: "Testing conducted by Apple in January 2010 using preproduction iPad units and software. Testing consisted of full battery discharge while performing each of the following tasks: video playback, audio playback, and Internet browsing using Wi-Fi. Video content was a repeated 2-hour 23-minute movie purchased from the iTunes Store. Audio content was a playlist of 358 unique songs, consisting of a combination of songs imported from CDs using iTunes (128-Kbps AAC encoding) and songs purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Internet over Wi-Fi tests were conducted using a closed network and dedicated web and mail servers, browsing snapshot versions of 20 popular web pages, and receiving mail once an hour. All settings were default except: Wi-Fi was associated with a network; the Wi-Fi feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto-Brightness were turned off. Battery life depends on device settings, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPad units; actual results may vary."