Is it bad to stream/use iPad all day
Is it bad to stream/use iPad all day
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chml

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741 posts

139 months

Thursday 4th June 2020
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I'm currently using my new iPad Air as a second monitor when needed and to stream TV (Sky News/Sports etc) throughout the day. Is it bad for the life of the iPad to have it on continuously for 6+ hours per day? I'm thinking of the longer term battery life etc?

Won't be a problem mid to long term, as soon as I can get out to some shops and look at monitors and get an office chair then I'll be working from the spare room which will have multiple monitors/perhaps a TV etc.

Thanks

HRL

3,358 posts

249 months

Thursday 4th June 2020
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Should be fine but try not to run the battery out completely each time before charging it.

Plug it in at 15% or so and then just make sure to unplug it again once it's charged. The kids iPad in our house is used to death every day but the battery still holds up well.

nikaiyo2

5,974 posts

225 months

Thursday 4th June 2020
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No

We had 2 ipad airs (the original airs) in our reception that played the same st day in day out 8 hours a day 5 days a week for 4 or 5 years. They were hard wired into so no idea what the battery life would have been like on them.

They still worked when they were taken out.

chml

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741 posts

139 months

Thursday 4th June 2020
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Cheers both, I'll plod on then with impunity hehe