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Verizon new iPad acts as 4G Hotspot, unlike that with AT&T

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Verizon and Apple’s new iPad has the ability to act as a 4G hotspot, but there are still some doubts about the battery life.

The Apple iPad’s new Verizon LTE-enabled version has many features but above of all it has an advantage over the AT&T counterpart i.e. its ability to act as a 4G hotspot. The questions usually arriving from this concern mostly performance and longevity aspects. For now, even the battery estimates from Apple are not clear as to how long the iPad can stand with the LTE connection turned on.  For now, the best assumptions available provide an hour-hour estimate for the users browsing the web on the LTE.

Although recent testing from AnandTech confirmed that the new Pad could easily make it to a surprising 24 hours of hotspot functionality under “the right conditions”. The “right conditions” is a very important point to know about. For the 1st point under the conditions is the turned off Retina Display from the iPad which helps reach the maximum hotspot endurance.  Notifications and push mails are the second feature to be turned down as they are known to slow down the chip and even eat away some battery percentage. After setting up a laptop to utilize the iPad’s LTE connection, the testing was carried out continuously cycled through all the web content on the machine. The observations were quite favorable, and the same as accomplished by AnandTech. The performance was mainly endured by the huge 42.5Wh battery which lies beneath the 9.7 inch display of the new Apple iPad. This testing proved out to be very helpful for all the users. The biggest advantage was no dropped or stalled connections. About the connections, Manhattan office still claims that the iPad’s functionaries would still be a doubt in far areas with weak signals.

With the new iPad’s reassuring, there are chances that Apple might advertise about its $629 tablet cum wireless router. For users falling in the LTE service, the opting up of the new Apple iPad on Verizon rather than AT&T would be a sure thing, unless and until Ma Bell enables the feature for its users.

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Pallab Jyotee Hazarika, 2012-03-31 (Update: 2012-05-26)