iPad Air 5 poor battery life

iPad Air 5 battery is draining fast. After watching Netflix, about 2 and a half hours, my battery was already down to 40% from a charge of 100%. I have noticed that the life of the battery did not seem to match my last iPad Air 3 since I received it. Is this OS related?

iPad Air, iPadOS 15

Posted on Apr 4, 2022 6:08 AM

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Aug 29, 2023 5:21 PM in response to Jhmooney

So I have used the “new” iPad for 5 days. The first 4 days it performed the same as the one I exchanged. Meaning the battery was completely discharged after 3-4 hours of reading. Last night I turned the screen brightness down just a bit and today after 4 hours of reading the battery is at 75%, so pretty good. I hope the performance continues…


Whatever is going on with this generation and battery life seems to be related to the screen. However I haven’t been able to get Apple to acknowledge that this is a known problem or what the real issue is.

Oct 5, 2023 11:12 PM in response to Hadrielsfury

My IPad Air 5th Gen has the worst battery I've ever had in an Ipad. I've had 3 IPads in my life, 4 with the Air 5th Gen I just purchased and I've experienced very very bad battery life and overheating while using it without it being charging. They really need to fix this issue. I am coming from using an IPad 7th Gen and it had a wonderfu battery that would last days even with me using it all day. With the IPad Air 5th Gen I have to charge it around 3 times a day since I use it all day to work. Right now I was writing some notes and it lost 2% battery in 10 minutes while I was only using GoodNotes.

My IPad Air 5th Gen is NEW and it should not be having these battery issues.

iPad Air 5 poor battery life

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