Lab Report: iPad 2 battery life tests and GarageBand speed

14.03.2011

I've seen reports on and at where iPad 2 owners have complained of excessive light leakage and color differences on the tablet's screen. I didn't find such problems with our two new iPads, and the displays in our test units had a similar small amount of light leakage. Overall, I found the iPad 2's colors to be richer than the original iPad; the viewing angle performance was also quite a bit better, with the original model losing contrast when looking at it from a distance or off-angle.

As for the iPad's new cameras, our colleagues in the PC World Labs comparing the front- and rear-facing cameras to those found in the Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab.

And we're not done testing the new iPad 2. If there are any other tests you'd like to see run, please suggest them in this story's comments section and we'll do our best to include them in upcoming stories.