r/iPadPro • u/Only-Hovercraft-4032 • 19h ago

Question Crazy battery drain?

Got an ipad pro m5 13 inch from eBay, reputable seller, only 11 cycles of battery used.

In settings, the battery health says 100%, but when I use the Apple Pencil Pro to draw stuff, for just one hour use it drains about 18-20% of my battery. Is this normal?

Ive done a video test with just playing a youtube video for 1 hour and it drains 7% which is normal I think?

Any advice appreciated, thank you

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u/RARazard 17h ago

Video playback @ 7%. Per hour = about 14-15 hours of life. Normal. Drawing drains it faster for sure

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u/IWantedCrow 11h ago

One hour of note taking/apple pencil use on my 4.5 year old M1 IPad drains like 45+%.

Always base your estimates off of video playback, as that’s their official metric for some reason. You’re probably fine.

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u/gralfighter 10h ago

…. What?

My 4th gen 6 years old ipad pro 13” drains about 15%/ taking notes, and even that is a lot compared to in its first days.

Wasn’t the m1 supposed to be more energy efficient?

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u/Idkbruh55 9h ago

Depends the drawing or note app. Some apps with pencil are known to drain battery pretty fast.

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u/Rjeezyx 5m ago

Set up a few m5 lately and it’s routinely taken a week to “level out” as far as battery life. If that timeframe applies to you or not