This week and last week I spoke about a small "problem" related to the battery of the new iPad tablet which it continues to charge for another two hours after the iOS says it would be fully loaded. Because the discussions got out of control, the Apple company finally offers an official explanation, through those from AllthingsD, for additional charging of the iPad tablet. Basically, the device shows that it is 100% charged before this happens, but it continues to charge, then it discharges a little, it is recharged and the process continues until we disconnect the device from the power supply.
So, here's how things work: Apple does in fact display the iPad (and iPhone and iPod Touch) as 100 percent charged just before a device reaches a completely charged state. At that point, it will continue charging to 100 percent, then discharge a bit and charge back up to 100 percent, repeating that process until the device is unplugged. Doing so allows devices to maintain an optimal charge, Apple VP Michael Tchao told AllThingsD today.
"That circuitry is designed so you can keep your device plugged in as long as you would like," Tchao said. "It's a great feature that's always been in iOS."
The explanation comes from a vice president of the Apple company and he says that this system existed in iDevices from the very beginning and its role is to protect the battery. Although the explanation is logical, it still does not cover the sudden stop of charging after only two hours because this should not happen if we take into account everything I have detailed above. Even so, those from Apple say that we will have an autonomy of 10 hours regardless of how many hours we keep the iPad tablet charged after it says that it is fully charged, and the same thing seems to apply to all iDevices.
