Is it normal for my new iPad Pro to drain 5% charge with normal use?

I have my new M4 iPad sitting right next to the 2018 pro I am replacing and the M4 is losing battery faster. This is a week after delivery, when it is just sitting with a 5 apps open but no active use. (The 2018 has 16 apps open...) Not what I bought this for.

I’m 9 days in and super unimpressed with the battery life.

At this very moment flying NYC to LA and with two hours to go, I’m down to 33%. I should have plenty of battery left, and simply not the case.

My previous 4th gen iPad Pro seemed to last much longer. 🤔 don’t quite know what to do, can’t get the old one back - and don’t really want it back, this generally performs much better, but the battery is not performing as expected nor as represented by Apple.

Whoa. June 8th (today) bought new iPad Air 13inch.

the battery drain is wild. I acknowledge setting up new iPad drains battery. Went from 100% to 27% in just 3 hrs of usage. Very normal stuff. Chess app, some Netflix.

I’m READING on the kindle app now which is the lowest possible battery usage, brightness is half, and it went from 35% to 27% in about ten minutes.

there must be something wrong with the software that it’s draining like this.

im tracking for, at most, 3-4 hours of usage

It is not acceptable to have large amounts of battery drain with no app activity. I personally think that some battery drain while iPad is on standby of around 3 percent overnight is acceptable. Here is an interesting point. If you charge your iPad to 100 percent and leave it charging for say 5 hours past when it says 100 percent yiu will notice that it never uses any battery drain as it sits at 100 percent for ages. Very strange.

I‘m experiencing the same, although not quite on this extreme level; I purchased the new iPad Pro 13“ a couple of weeks ago and wasn‘t impressed by its battery life; it certainly isn‘t as advertised.

Charged the iPad yesterday to 100%, haven‘t used it since, and this morning it‘s down to 83%.

A few days back I spend several hours working on Affinity Designer, which drained the battery completely. At this rate of energy consumption, how could someone ever hope to do any really heavy lifting (3D graphics, audio or video editing, gaming) without constantly being connected to the power grid? -- Kind of beats the purpose of having a mobile device in the first place.

Find this totally unacceptable -- haven't been to the Apple shop yet, but I'm hoping this will soon turn out to be a bad production batch (and lead to a replacement) or a software issue. But it mistifies me how one of the most valuable and prestigious global brands like Apple doesn't consistently treat quality as its top priority. Shame, shame.

Lots of people have battery problem on the m4 iPad pro but why does all those youtubers making reviews of the iPad don’t talk about it, it looks like their iPad doesn’t have any battery problem at all??? Anyone know why?

You’re absolutely not alone. I just bought the iPad Pro M4 11in so I wouldn’t have to squint at my iPhone 15 Pro Max screen anymore (I used to do everything on the phone until I got the iPad). The charge is supposed to last 10 hours but I’d say it’s more like three …. I can go all day on the phone without issue.

I’m tipping this is a software issue which will be fixed when the new OS comes out. It really needs to be ‘cause there’s little point in owning a portable device that needs to be plugged in all the time.

Mine the 11in feels like a higher drain but it's only few days old even if I transferred use case from my old ipad this ones gotta learn my usage and the battery I'm sure will adapt plus I'm confident in the next update to address and Improve battery life. Cause if this ipads using my previous ipads battery use memory it's going to be bad as it's was the 2018 pro 6yrs old. From my experience with apple don't panic it is inconvenient I get it but they will address it. The hardware won’t fail leave the upsets to iPadOS

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No I just live in the tech world both apple and android, and updates and optimization is apples territory. So I’m confident. It’s their first product with the m4 chipset it won’t be perfect out the gate. But it’s def future proof.

I bought it to power use, draw. Edit and watch content and it handles it all well I came from a 12.9 in pro 2018. But iv seen many reviews and such and my personal experience with battery life is fine now. Don’t let reviews discourage your purchase buy it cause you want it not cause someone’s opinion. Iv watched several newer more recent reviews on YouTube and they address good battery life. I think it’s ppl unaware that the Magic Keyboard draws power when attached to run the back lights and connection as does charging a pencil on it constantly. But any battery would drain with something drawing from it simple logic. Coming from a verified user lol the 11in is a sweet move and the battery is running smooth now. Also side note I got the esr keyboard over the Magic Keyboard.

Just received my iPad Pro 11" m4 yesterday. I first charged it fully before turning it on. I started the basic configuration, the iPad downloaded the latest iPadOS. And it rebooted. I then installed everything from scratch. I downloaded all my apps and I configured them. I played a little with my new Precious till late at night and I opened the case again today when I came home. The battery was 86%. Now, after playing with it for an hour, it shows 75%.

So I'd say that I'm pretty happy with the autonomy so far. I will let the battery drain till 10% is left, then a full load. And then I will try to do the 20-80 charge.

It seems nobody claiming excessive battery use has discussed battery usage by app. I would think that would be important in discovering the cause.

I had the same issue – I was trying to use my 13 inch pro for video calls but it could only last three one-hour calls. The battery was draining like crazy. Eventually I returned it after one week.

As I said above:

”It seems nobody claiming excessive battery use has discussed battery usage by app. I would think that would be important in discovering the cause.”

Same for me

had 2018 iPad lost charge mid afternoon but not nearly as fast as this new M4

web and email in the am from 100%, down to 63% in a few hours, down to 5% before noon