There were a couple of interesting reports this morning, as AnandTech reported they got an amazing 25.3 hours of LTE hotspotting out of a new iPad, and PCWorld reported that the new iPad runs only slightly hotter than some Android Tablets.
9to5Mac reports:
If used solely as an LTE Mifi, AnandTech got a mind-numbing 25.3 hours of Verizon LTE hotspotting out of it. That’s equivalent to about 5-7 Mifis. Obviously that’s with the display turned off, but with a 42.5Wh battery driving Qualcomm’s MDM9600 you get tons of life out of the new iPad as a personal hotspot.
So, at 2MB/sec on LTE, you could download 182GB of data on a single charge or over 18 times Verizon’s highest data plan in a single day.
9to5Mac also reports, “Also, PCWorld tested the heat of 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 much bigger battery after playing a game for an hour.”
So the new iPad runs only slightly hotter than high end Android tablets, and only when charging.
iPad 2 owners are the winner in the temperature sweepstakes, as the coolest of the cool is still the iPad 2 when playing graphic intensive games.
