Battery Drains Faster?

With pride, I noted that my 16GB WiFi iPad's battery would go down about 10 percentage points an hour. After waiting for over 2 hours for my 64GB WiFi + 3G (and it had recharged to 100%), I was down to 96% within about ten minutes, and well within a hour, I had already reached by 10% threshold. All settings are identical to the WiFi only model (I restored from a backup). Is anyone else seeing a faster battery drain with the new model?

First of all, Everyone knew the 3G would eat up slightly more power than the Wifi only model. This is common knowledge. So Whats the big surprise?
And why complain? Don't you realize that the 3G model has Wifi too??? If you want longer battery life, just turn off the 3G and use the Wifi only, and there is NO reason you won't get EXACTLY the same battery life.
I mean come on. Seriously. Think people.
I plan on getting the 3G, but always looked at the 3G as an insurance policy at best. A back up if you will, just in case I am not within range of a wifi hotspot. Personally, I plan to only sign up for the 3G feature when I am traveling or in absolute emergencies. The rest of the time, I'll just use wifi. Here in nyc, there re PLENTY of wifi hotspots, and most of the countries I've traveled to, have extensive wifi coverage. It's those odd spots in America, outside of major cities that I intend to use 3G if I ever do.
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