Battery life is solid, with the tablet clocking 6 hours, 27 minutes of full - screen video streaming over Wi -
Fi at maximum brightness.
It clocked 4 hours and 11 minutes in our battery rundown test, in which we stream full - screen video over Wi -
Fi at maximum brightness.
To test it, we streamed a video over Wi -
Fi at maximum brightness.
Not exact matches
Reviewers
at TPCR were also not impressed with the battery's performance, «When streaming HD content via the included YouTube app with the screen set to
maximum brightness and Wi -
Fi on, the Thrive 7 - inch's battery ran for just over 3 hours?»
Also, if the Wi -
Fi capabilities of the 3DS are turned on and if the top screen is set
at its
maximum level of
brightness, you can expect the system's battery life to fade even more quickly.
The TechRadar battery test, which involves playing a 90 - minute video
at maximum brightness with accounts syncing over Wi -
Fi in the background, drained 19 % from the M3's battery.
After spending a full week with the Quartz on - wrist with GPS and Wi -
Fi enabled and the screen set to
maximum brightness, I can safely say that it runs
at least a day without needing a recharge — and sometimes then some.
That said, we managed 5 hours, 15 minutes of Wi -
Fi video streaming
at maximum screen
brightness, similar to previous iPads.
The battery back - up is not
at par with the competition as it lasted for 4 hours 20 minutes in our video playback test (HD video playback with
brightness & volume
at maximum on Wi -
Fi).