There are two interesting pieces of information this morning on the new iPad.
If used solely as an LTE MiFi, AnandTech got a mind-numbing 25.3 hours of Verizon LTE hotspotting out of the new iPad. That is equal to about five to seven MiFis.
By my calculations, that means you could download 182GB of data at 2MB/sec on LTE through a single charge or over 18 times Verizon’s highest data plan in a single day.
In addition, PCWorld tested the heat on the new iPad and compared it to the ASUS Eee Transformer Prime and Samsung Galaxy Tab under the same conditions. Without the charger plugged in, the new iPad was actually cooler than the Samsung Galaxy Tab—even with a bigger battery after playing a game for an hour.
The point is that the new iPad runs only slightly hotter than high-end Android tablets and only when charging. The cool champion is still the iPad 2 when playing graphic intensive games.
- New iPad’s Color Filters Alone Eat 30% More Battery (cultofmac.com)
- LTE iPad pricing now live from Verizon and AT&T (9to5mac.com)
- Could charging the iPad battery beyond 100% ‘harm the longevity of the battery’? (9to5mac.com)
- Skype for iPad updated for Retina display, VGA front camera still 640×480 (9to5mac.com)
- As of now, neither AT&T nor Verizon are supporting the hotspot feature of the 4G iPad (9to5mac.com)
- 5 reasons why the new iPad runs hotter than the old ones (9to5mac.com)
