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The iPad Mini doesn’t have many advantages over the likes of the Nexus 7, the Kindle Fire HD, or even the Nook HD, not least because it’s quite a lot more expensive. But, one thing Apple’s 7-incher does better than anyone else is battery life. Apparently it’s got whole 3.2 hours more juice in the tank than any of the others.
The testing gurus over at Which? performed a pretty thorough test comparing the battery life of the iPad Mini; the Kindle Fire HD and the original; the Nexus 7, and even the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. The result? 783 minutes of web browsing at 200 nits brightness for the iPad Mini (that’s some 13 hours), with the Amazon Kindle Fire HD coming in second with only 591 minutes. Google’s golden-boy came in at a just 550 minutes browsing time, but that’s still over nine hours, which seems like pretty good going to me.
Is the extra 3.2 hours worth another £100, probably not. But then, if you need your 7-incher to endure as long as possible, an Apple a day keeps the thumbs at play. [Which?]
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It probably lasts longer because it doesn’t do half of what the others do… (Forgive me Father Tim Cook for I have blasphemed).
what 50% other things do the other do then ?
Don’t get your knickers in a twist, Mac Monk. I was joking.
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I did notice the Which? report does not mention if the browsed sites used flash or not.
If you spend 5 minutes reading an article on Android with some flash content running on the sides of the page there will be more energy spending than on an iPad (which won’t play the flash content).
Ok that’s, erm, great to know. Thanks!
We like to keep you all informed
You, sir, are truly guilty of that!
I love which? but for tec it isn’t the best, my wifes phone was picked because it was a which? best buy and it’s the last piece of nokia crap I will ever touch again.
I don’t believe price is a massive factor in which tests,because for the extra £100 you could have brought an entire 2nd kindle fire (on monday) giving you 7 hours more battery life.
Or one of those portable battery packs giving you several complete recharges.
True, but adding a fire or a battery pack adds weight. For those of us who regularly fly long haul, the battery life w/o extra weight is a mark in the mini’s favour. The way the tablet market is right now, different tablets are right for different people.
41 Minutes isn’t all that much of a difference to be honest. If it was a couple of hours it would be different. If I am going long haul I would still bring a power pack, or fly an airline with chargers in the seat. Or better yet SLEEP, the trick to regular long hauls isn’t to occupy the time, it is to get some rack time so you hit the ground running.
Massively over due response, but if your bringing your tablet on a plane, then wouldn’t it’d be in your hand luggage, where weight isn’t really an issue.
is it because of the low res screen? it must use a lot less juice
My thought exactly. Compared to a certain other tablet that has a crisp 720p screen of course the mini has a better battery life. Funny how no one compared the retina iPads with other similar tabs
+1 on this plus the fact that it doesn’t truly multitask and will have less things running in the background like widgets.
This has made my tablet buying decision even more painful!
You didn’t even succeed in masking the sarcasm
Damn, didn’t I? Careless of me
It has got to destroy them on something, well done ipad you won the battery competition!
This article was worth it just for the “Apple a day keeps the thumbs at play”.
If only I could buy one. Online delivery estimated at 3 weeks. Nothing but the overpriced 32GB and 64GB ones in any shop I can find that stocks them.