Ipad Pro 10.5 Battery wear 7% after 2 months!

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Ipad Pro 10.5 Battery wear 7% after 2 months!

I bought an ipad pro 10.5 64gb WiFi about two months ago, and i can see battery wear persentage increasing really fast. I have been checking it with applications like "battery life" in ios and "CoconutBattery" in MacOS with very similar results. Battery capacity is steadily reducing about 2% every 10 charges cycles!

As of today my battery capacity is at 93% (7500mAh) with 7% wear after only 30 charge cycles, over nominal 8134mAh!!! I have already read some reports from users with the same issue. Think is, that devices like ipad pro 10.5 are designed to have at least 80% battery capacity left after approximately 500, 600 cycles (two years), not 100! It is simply absurd that "pro" devices like the IpadPro 10.5 have such low quality battery component. I can smell some fishy Apple move here with overall frustrating experience because of that. I guess the solution is to wait for the capacity to reach 80% after a few months, take the device to official Apple Service (as in my country we haven't any Apple stores), make them measure the capacity and ask for an exchange with another (refurbished) device.

Posted on Oct 25, 2017 1:55 PM

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nekrik Author

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Oct 26, 2017 11:12 PM in response to i2be

That's what i am trying to understand. See! Something is wrong here with battery design. According to Apple ipad battery should retain 80% of it's charge after approximately 1000 cycles, but what some users are seeing is about 2% capacity degrade per 10 cycles , which if extrapolated tells us that after roughly 200 cycles battery capacity will be about 80% which is considered BAD by apple itself! For comparison my iphone 7plus has 97%-98% battery capacity left after 170 cycles. My personal opinion is ,that maybe the 12W charger which comes with it somehow shortens battery capacity by fast charging it.

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ChrisJ4203

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Oct 27, 2017 7:48 AM in response to pouriar

That would lead me to question the quality and accuracy of the app you are using to monitor the battery. The possibility of the battery being defective is there, of course, however not as probable as the app being incorrect.

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ChrisJ4203

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Oct 27, 2017 1:07 PM in response to pouriar

pouriar wrote:

all people that have ipad pro 10.5 are defective battery? i don’t think so, this issue is similar with all of who had ipad pro 10.5

I did not say that all iPad Pro 10.5 are defective battery. Three people have posted here. I said I have a feeling the reporting app that you are using is not accurate. You have the ability to have your battery checked by Apple. Take advantage of that. I believe this infatuation with constantly checking battery status is useless. Just charge your battery, use your device and recharge when it needs it. If the battery fails to charge, does not hold a decent charge, then contact Apple for service.

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ChrisJ4203

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Oct 27, 2017 2:12 PM in response to pouriar

Again, you don't need to calculate your battery health unless your battery is not functioning properly. You say above it is working just fine. Don't look again until you start to notice the battery seems to be failing, or after 11 months, whichever comes last.

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nekrik Author

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Oct 25, 2017 2:15 PM in response to nekrik

Sorry! forgot to attach images 🙂

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ChrisJ4203

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Oct 25, 2017 2:19 PM in response to nekrik

Or you could take it now and find out if it is normal as well. While I realize their threshold for battery replacement, they should at least be able to tell you if the wear you are seeing is normal.

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