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jocampo · 11-10-2013, 11:09 AM

Well,

Decided to make my own test and tethered my iPad air for over of 3 hrs using my Tmobile iPhone 5. And while not impressed, the cellphone's battery consumption was not too bad. It used an average of 15% power every hour. Extrapolating those numbers, I would say the iPhone should give around 9 hrs of tethering.

Here's what I got:

LTE hotspot test (via Bluetooth )

77% at 7:41pm
62% at 8:43 pm
48% at 9:45 pm
40% at 10:58 pm
27% at 12:00 am

Few clarifications: cellphone was not fully charged, and 1st two hours I browsed Internet a lot. I didn't stream videos.

I also used Bluetooth, not wifi, to save some power. It wasn't shocking fast, but good enough for downloading webpages.

11-10-2013, 11:09 AM	#1
jocampo Layback feline Posts: 3,034 Karma: 6980745 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Oasis 2nd gen, Sony DPTS1, iPad Pro 10.5"	LTE tethering as 4G replacement ( my own test ) Well, Decided to make my own test and tethered my iPad air for over of 3 hrs using my Tmobile iPhone 5. And while not impressed, the cellphone's battery consumption was not too bad. It used an average of 15% power every hour. Extrapolating those numbers, I would say the iPhone should give around 9 hrs of tethering. Here's what I got: LTE hotspot test (via Bluetooth ) 77% at 7:41pm 62% at 8:43 pm 48% at 9:45 pm 40% at 10:58 pm 27% at 12:00 am Few clarifications: cellphone was not fully charged, and 1st two hours I browsed Internet a lot. I didn't stream videos. I also used Bluetooth, not wifi, to save some power. It wasn't shocking fast, but good enough for downloading webpages. Last edited by jocampo; 11-10-2013 at 11:14 AM.