New IPad Pro M4 13 inch battery draining fast

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.

Anarchy2Chaos

I feel like it’s somewhat a waste of money if I buy it and used it for only watching videos, browsing the web and social media lol. I recently (3 weeks ago) got a monitor, pc and speaker to do all those things because I want a nice set up in my room lol. So now I really dk if I want to buy or not. If it’s you, what’s your take and decision on it?

I did the exact same thing except mine was gaming laptop setup with monitors but I like using the iPad for drawing and mobility plus I use it for zoom or teams calls as my gaming laptop camera is not good and I like the center stage. I wanted the iPad so got it I also like having new tech and I felt getting it now was a worth while upgrade and in my case Canadian it cost me 1300$ do I regret it nope cause that’s what I paid six years ago for my 12.9 so might as well future proof myself now vs when they get more expensive later. Plus if you use it for editing, on the go emails, drawing, document scanning or like a discord sidecar it’s got its uses and I like the portability it’s not a laptop replacement at 11 in it’s productivity enhancement. And the future ai stuff looks useful whenever we get full access to it all.

Mljy wrote:

You fully charged it before turning it on? I thought when you plug the cable in the device will automatically boot up?

It will turn on when you plug it in. However, you can then turn it off again and it will stay turned off until you start it again (or until there is an interruption in the power supply). There's not really a whole lot to be gained by doing that, though.

iPad Battery usage - Apple Support

Hope this helps!

Here’s what I see in my iPad Pro 11” M4. Looks good!

cloves4js wrote:

Could you please share your settings, so I can learn from that?

Certainly. Here they are.

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.”

hi, I did not backed up mine as I want to start fresh with my new 11 inch m4. Still drains battery significantly faster than my previous ipad’s. Took it to Apple Store and I was told it is normal.

Anarchy2Chaos

Did you get your M4 iPad at the apple store or from the website and get it delivered you?

Anarchy2Chaos

Tbh it’ll be my first ever iPad so I’m thinking hard if it’s worth spending the money for it😂

LeKeiser

You fully charged it before turning it on? I thought when you plug the cable in the device will automatically boot up?