2018 iPad Pro battery drain problem

Also meant to ask : are you use the location services? if so, that will also cause slight battery drain

https://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/

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I have the exact same issue with my 11” iPad Pro. Is the only solution to stop the battery drain to turn off Bluetooth?

It just seems a bit strange to build at “dock” for the Pencil ✏️ and then you have to turn off Bluetooth to not have your iPad drain. My regular 9,7” 2017 iPad can go for days with very little battery drain.

This is is the first time I have experienced this with any iPad. 😞

Hope Apple has a better solution than turning off all sorts of stuff. 🙈

I am having a similar issue. I put my iPad away fully charged yesterday and opened it up today and had 73% battery remaining. I’ve been using it about 15 min now only doing some light web browsing and the battery has dropped from 73% down to 58%. My 2015 iPad Pro could easily go a day or 2 without needing to be charged. My 2018 iPad Pro has to be charged sometimes in the middle of the day. This does not seem to be normal.

That's interesting because I keep my bluetooth off all the time, and I still experience a drop of about 7-10% battery drain every 12 hours with absolutely NO use at all. (I check the battery levels by tapping the screen around every 10-12 hours)

I don't understand how this thing drains so much when I turned off literally every background running apps and location services, and it's just sitting there on my desk (The ONLY thing that this iPad is doing is staying connected to Wifi).

I've tried hard resetting, factory restore, and setting up as new iPad.

Anyone else in the same boat? Should I be exchanging this for a new device?

We should not have to sacrifice base features to try and get a reasonable battery life. Turning stuff off is not a solution. Older iPad Pros, Airs and regular iPads don't have to turn these things off why should the MOST expensive iPad ever need to?

My daughter's ipad decided to shut down and not start even after charging. Took it to the dealer and they initially said it was a battery issue, then a screen issue but ultimately it was ruled as a software issue. Firmware was changed and the ipad came back to life again. However, now it takes over 14 hours to charge fully and drains rapidly on standby as well. Bluetooth is off. Only wifi is on. Not sure what is the problem. Anybody can help?

Isn’t the whole point of attaching the pencil to have somewhere to put it when its not in use? Can’t use it if its attached to the side of the iPad.

Yes - I meant when I don't use pencil, I turn off blue tooth. (I keep pencil attach to iPad - just not attach to Blue Tooth) sorry for the confusions.

I’ve noticed the same problem. I have the previous 12.9 inch iPad Pro which is now more than a year old and it’s battery lasts longer than this new one. My usage hasn’t changed at all. I’ve tried a soft reset but it doesn’t seem to have helped. The battery drain while in standby is most surprising. Detaching the pencil seems to have maybe helped but I can’t be sure.

How did it go?

when I’m not use the pencil, I turn WiFi completely off.

( not just in Control center, but in settings, too, so is complete off)

I leave wifi on all the time.