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

Apple please delete this reply … I accidentally did it twice.

Got mine in store I don’t like waiting for things.

Oh I know latest and greatest tech is my kryptonite. Also the battery drain isn’t like holy it’s just slightly faster but it’s also like i said new. Here’s mine there might be ppl out there with some crazy drain but either they got a dud or they just don’t know what they doing lol and my drop was from usage there is no phantom drain issue on my unit. So don’t be discouraged also obviously mine is the 11in you’ll prob get better results on a 13in.

Mine was the same. Took it to Apple genius/ bar twice and was told it is normal. Apple failed on this one.. Thinner is not always better if battery has to suffer. Hoping for a fix…

Je confirme ayant un pro 11 5G M2 et maintenant un pro 11 5G mais M4 .

En veille l autonomie diminue plus. Maintenant c est surement iCloud aussi mais un iPad même en sycho qui diminue de 40% en une nuit c est anormale

jdinla wrote:

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.

You have asked us to guess what the state of charge might have been when you left NYC. You also are asking us to guess what you might be doing with your iPad on board the airplane.

De mon cote c est un peu mieux meme si l écran consomme bien plus que mon M2 , j'ai les deux versions en 11 inch .

Pour l'autonomie ou je suis vraiment déçu c est en standby je réfléchit meme a faire un retour .

Je pense que le problème va être résolu dans le futur , il ne faut pas oublier qu'il s'agit d'une nouvelle puce qui doit pas être encore optimise

My battery on my 13 inch M4 is draining faster than advertised. I drain about 2 to 3% overnight (with or without the Low Power Mode) - which is acceptable I guess. But I am only getting maybe 8 hours of screen time per charge (100% to 5%) when using light work, Y-Tube videos, and movie watching. I also keep my screen down to about 25%. Other than this battery issue, I am most satisfied with the iPad Pro. If I completely power down, the battery does stop draining - which I find myself doing when traveling. I have an iPad Mini 6 with even worse battery drain. My AirPods Pro also drain when not in use more than they should too. So I have concluded that Apple products have battery drain issues and have learned to accept this shortfall. In summary, my new M4 iPad Pro drains faster than advertised - but that seems to be par for the course with Apple. The only exception has been my iPhone 14 Pro which seems to drain it’s battery as advertised. I could hope for an Apple software fix for this - but I have been waiting too many years for these fixes with no resolution.

drbliss wrote:

I posted earlier in this thread about my 13" M4 draining fast; well now I also have an 11" Air and that seems even worse. Drains from fully charged to >30% overnight. I bought this for my wife, and all she does is some Instagram and reads a book before she goes to sleep.

@apple any thoughts on this? Do I need to return both units?

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I am agree with you i dont know why this is happening it’s draining so fast like a tap water.i love my previous m2 ipad great battery life no draining issues now what’s happening i dont know.please fix this issue apple.I already reset it restart it nothing improvement.

I want to buy the M4 iPad pro 11 inch but I'm thinking twice now because I seen so many of you having ridiculous battery drain issues. Does this only happened when you choose to restore the backup files from your old iPad or does it also happened when you just set it up as brand new device without restoring backup files? If anyone knows please reply as it would help me with my decision, thanks a lot :)

@Mansanas_pula

Can you explain how your battery drained and what did the Apple Store told you when you went there? Also when you went to sleep and woke up next morning, how many percent does it drained?

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.

While I am glad to know I am not the only one with this problem, it is very disheartening to see considering how much people have payed for these devices. I had my 13” Pro plugged in since last night yet when I unplugged it this morning and immediately went to use it the thing was at only 97% and I have lost 2% just while typing this out. Very disappointed and am hoping there is a fix for the drainage issue soon.

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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