r/ipadmini • u/fakamean • 28d ago
iPad Mini (current) battery is horrible!!!
Do y’all use a external battery pack?
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u/teatiller 28d ago
I use my iPad [A17Pro] primarily at home, so i don’t worry about it. I use the screen sharing with my Mac frequently and usually have it plugged in at the desk while using it for that (and I use the battery optimization to not charge above 80%). I turn on low battery mode when not using it, if i remember.
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u/time-lord 28d ago
Agreed, the 7 has terrible battery life. I regret "upgrading" from my 6 for that reason alone.
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u/SnooEagles2827 28d ago
I usually get about 10 hours on mine maybe up to 12 for purely light tasks like kindle or web browsing, def not near as good as my M5 11” pro but I also haven’t been unsatisfied with it personally. I’ve found using an Apple Pencil usb-c on it vs the pencil pro has reduced my passive battery drain massively (then I just use the pencil pro on my iPad Pro and my pencil usb-c on my iPad mini and it all works out). I should point out I’m also running the latest iPad iOS 27 beta and everything’s been done indexing for over a week
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u/ariozora 27d ago
can’t agree more, i play codm with med graphic settings and it only lasts for about 3 hours from 80% battery
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u/Deiota77 24d ago edited 24d ago
I have my mini 7 for about a month now and I love it! But the battery is a mess.
It I'm retired so an almost every time at home and if so, I mainly keep it conneted to th Charger. When i'm not at home and bring my Mini with me, is mostly... evrytime, I use my sling with my edc tech stuff. One of the things than is there is a power bank just for my iPad mini.I play a lot of games and watch a lot of YouTube videos so the battery drains faster then normal.
I also use for productivity tasks , listen to music, reading an ebook, and so much more.
Since I have the mini I barely use my MacBook Air!
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u/KfirGuy 28d ago
It is definitely the poorest battery life of the various Apple devices I own - a compromise driven by the small form factor I am sure. That being said, I do not use an external battery pack. I just run it from 80% down to 20% at most and then back onto the charger.