The iPad 1 - Hackdot

Re:The iPad 1 by mark_l_watson on Sunday September 30, 2012 @08:05PM (#4594710)

What annoys me: the expensive to replace batteries on iOS devices. My wife and I have new Samsung Galaxy III S phones and I was giving her a little lecture on recharging strategies for maximizing battery life (same lecture as for our iPads, BTW). Then I checked out how incredibly cheap Samsung replacement batteries are on Amazon. Husband fail, but recovery :-)

So, I asked her to be careful of her iPad recharging strategy, but recharge the III S at will. BTW, both devices seem to have about 10 hours of active use time between charges. Also with the III S's higher resolution screen I have started using it for watching Netflix, TED talks, etc., etc., so the battery life of my iPad may not be an issue.

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Re:The iPad 1 by robterrell on Sunday September 30, 2012 @11:11PM (#4595140)

What recharging strategies are you suggesting? I'm not aware of any need of strategies for modern lithium ion batteries aside from the storage case, so I'm genuinely curious.

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Re:The iPad 1 by chid on Monday October 01, 2012 @12:38AM (#4595343)

don't charge to full, charge to say 80%

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Re:The iPad 1 by mark_l_watson on Monday October 01, 2012 @07:24AM (#4596316)

I charge to full if I will be using the device. If I am charging a laptop that I will not be using for a long while, I only charge it half way.

I try to minimize the number of charges so I usually use a device until the battery is mostly discharged before charging.

If this is wrong, please let me know!

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Re:The iPad 1 by rweir on Monday October 01, 2012 @12:52AM (#4595373)

[citation needed]

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Re:The iPad 1 by bpaluzzi on Monday October 01, 2012 @06:21AM (#4596117)

Uh, what?

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