You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

S_hno Author

Level 1

47 points

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

I got myself the new IPad Pro M4 13-inch (512Gb) this week, and it feels like the battery is draining really quickly. Went down 5% in just 15 minutes using standard apps like Outlook and Pages. Overnight it also lost 5%, with background activity being switched off as well as “Find My” being switched off. Currently running iOS 17.5.

Anyone else been experiencing the same? There are so many great reviews talking about the battery life of this new iPad, but the experience is proving otherwise?

[Re-Titled By Moderator]

iPad Pro, iPadOS 17

Posted on May 16, 2024 1:30 AM

Top-ranking reply

DekuOni

Level 1

26 points

Posted on May 25, 2024 9:50 PM

My battery on my new iPad 13 in M4 model has been draining too, i charged it to 80% (12 am) went to sleep got up and it was at 49% (9 am) went to work and got back home checked the battery and it was at 23% (9 pm) I use to have the 11 in 2022 iPad pro and I never had this issue, it would last for at least 4-5 days if i didn’t use it charge would go down but not as fast as my new one. If it helps, the thing that says that drained my battery is Siri and Find My, which makes no sense how Siri would drain since I wasn’t even using Siri… and for Find My it makes no sense that it would drain over 60% of my battery in the span of a day.

View in context

87 replies

sberman

Level 10

268,263 points

May 16, 2024 3:28 PM in response to S_hno

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

sberman

Level 10

268,263 points

Jun 8, 2024 11:24 AM in response to cloves4js

cloves4js wrote:

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

Certainly. Here they are.

S_hno Author

Level 1

47 points

May 16, 2024 3:40 AM in response to Branta_uk

It makes sense. Will give it a bit more time to see if it stabilises. I did only set it up yesterday.

S_hno Author

Level 1

47 points

May 17, 2024 4:56 AM in response to MP5_Mitch

That is insane. Any background activity that is indicated over the evening?

S_hno Author

Level 1

47 points

May 24, 2024 6:43 AM in response to Vovakorol

Did you exchange it for a replacement or just returned it?

sberman

Level 10

268,263 points

Jun 6, 2024 10:59 PM in response to AHard78

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.”

Mljy

Level 1

31 points

Jun 20, 2024 11:07 PM in response to Anarchy2Chaos

Anarchy2Chaos

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

Mljy

Level 1

31 points

Jun 21, 2024 10:50 PM in response to Anarchy2Chaos

Anarchy2Chaos

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

Mljy

Level 1

31 points

Jun 27, 2024 5:55 AM in response to LeKeiser

LeKeiser

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

phalco95

Level 1

8 points

Jul 2, 2024 1:30 AM in response to Mansanas_pula

Les batteries ont augmenté en capacités sur les deux modèles , la preuve qu’ils savent très bien que la puce M4 a une gestion de l’énergie moins bonne .

comme tu écris là ils ont fait une erreur

Jul 2, 2024 3:40 AM in response to AHard78

Has something to do with the new update. I have the iPad Pro 12.9 2020 4th gen… it started this a few days ago after I updated it…

Mljy

Level 1

31 points

Jul 2, 2024 5:12 AM in response to jenniferkirby

jenniferkirby

When was the latest update released by apple? Did your 12.9 iPad pro have battery drain issue after you update it?

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