By comparison,
the average tablet lasts 6:41, and the iPad 2 lasted over 11 hours.
The average tablet lasts 8 hours and 48 minutes.
The latest Amazon Fire 7 with Alexa turned in a run time of only 6:53, while
the average tablet lasts 8:58
Not exact matches
The slate
lasted 8 hours and 40 minutes on the Laptop Mag Battery Test (Web surfing via Wi - Fi), which is a bit longer than the 8:20
tablet average.
On the LAPTOP Battery Test (Web surfing over Wi - Fi), the ChildPad
lasted 4 hours and 53 minutes, which is 2 hours less than the
average Android
tablet, but is an hour and half longer than the Kurio 7.
During the LAPTOP Battery Test (continuous web - surfing over 4G), the Springboard
lasted 5 hours and 10 minutes, about an hour and a half less than the
tablet average.
The Fire Kids Edition (6:42)
lasted more than an hour longer, and the
average tablet (9:04) has even more battery life.
On the LAPTOP Battery Test (Web surfing via Wi - Fi), the Kobo Vox
lasted just 4 hours and 40 minutes, about two hours less than the Android
tablet average.
By comparison, the TF300
lasted 7 hours on Balanced mode; the
tablet category
average is 6:51.
Surface Pro, which
lasted an anemic 4:37, it's nearly two hours worse than the
tablet average of 7:04, and about 50 minutes less than the ultraportable
average.
Its colorful 8 - inch display is brighter than the
average tablet and it's got enough battery life to
last more than 10 hours on a single charge.
The slate
lasted 7 hours and 35 minutes on the Laptop Mag Battery Test (constant Web surfing at 150 nits of brightness), which is better than the Fire Kids (6:42) and the Xtreme 2 (5:23), but shorter than the
average tablet (9:05).
On the LAPTOP Battery Test (Web surfing via Wi - Fi), the
tablet lasted 8 hours and 49 minutes, almost two hours longer than the category
average of 7:06.
At that brightness level, the Portege
lasted 6:44, which is well off the
tablet category
average of 8:02.
On the LAPTOP Battery Test (Web surfing via Wi - Fi), the Note 10.1's 7000 mAh battery
lasted 9 hours and 37 minutes, which is about 20 minutes less than the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, but more than two hours longer than the
tablet average (6:52).
Its 4,960 - mAh battery
lasted 8 hours and 25 minutes, more than the
average tablet (7:42) and the Venue 8 Pro (8:18).
Gaming is emerging as a major content category for
tablets and smartphones, with the
average tablet gamer downloading over 20 games
last year, according to a new study from Frank N. Magid Associates and PlayFirst.
On the LAPTOP Battery Test (Web surfing via Wi - Fi), the Xperia
Tablet S
lasted a strong 7 hours and 54 minutes, about an hour longer than the category
average, and better than the ASUS TF700 (7:39) and the TF300 in Balanced mode (7:11).
Bottom Line: The Lenovo Tab 4 8 is an affordable Android
tablet with a long -
lasting battery and decent performance for
average multimedia use.
While our LAPTOP Battery Test (web surfing via 4G) didn't run to completion, it
lasted 8 hours and 20 minutes with 25 percent left; extrapolating the results gave us an impressive estimated runtime of 10:35, well above the 6:48 category
average for
tablets..
The Lenovo Tab A2
lasted 11:32, while the
tablet average is 8:45.
This
tablet lasted 7 hours and 40 minutes on the LAPTOP Battery Test (Web surfing via Wi - Fi), which is a few minutes longer than the Tab 3 10 - inch (7:32) and about half an hour longer than the category
average.
That's better than the Asus Transformer Pad (7:18), but it's short of the category
average (8:32) and no match for the long -
lasting Lenovo Yoga
Tablet 2 (12:37).
The
tablet's battery
lasted 10 hours and 58 minutes in our battery test, which trumps the Fire 7's 6:53 time and beats the
average tablet battery span of 8:58.
The Toughpad
lasted only 4 hours and 37 minutes on the Laptop Mag battery test (continuous Web surfing over Wi - Fi at 150 nits), 4 hours less than the
tablet average of 8:37.
The G Pad has a 4,600 mAh battery inside it and seemed to
last about the
average 10 - 11 hour lifespan we expect from a
tablet.
Japan's notoriously small living spaces --- the
average single family home in Japan is half the size of the US
average --- and the introduction of the iPad
last April have caused many to digitize their large print libraries to be read on the compact new
tablets.
The 54Whr battery
lasts just under 10 hours of
average tablet use and the large battery size didn't tip the scales as the
tablet is still under 1Kg.
The device
lasted 9 - 10 hours with
average use, which is less than the 14 advertised by Samsung, but still better than most comparable
tablets.
However, the Tab A
tablets are designed with mid-range specs and features with a mid-range price, making them great choices for
average users who don't mind having
last year's technology on their devices.
Its colorful 8 - inch display is brighter than the
average tablet and it's got enough battery life to
last more than 10 hours on a single charge.
Battery: As a pure
tablet, the T100 will
last for about 3 hours of
average usage, and that doubles when you connect it to the keyboard dock.