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iPhone 15 Lineup Rumored to Feature Significantly Larger Batteries [Updated]
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Adding more weight isn't the answer imo. I'm looking for a new battery technology that reduces weight or significantly increases lifetime.
As a battery hobbyist I am amazed at all the battery articles we get promising a revolutionary technology and how it'll be here in 5 years or less - I remember reading those 10-15 years ago, every year. And here we are with relatively the same tech, albeit a little smaller and moldable (Lithium ion polymer).
LiFePO4 and LFP batteries are promising for longevity but nowhere near the weight of current Lithium Ion batteries, for now.
My 14 Pro Max barely sips 20% of its battery per day. I want something more mobile as holding the 14 Pro Max and trying to read a book on it is not comfortable.
As a battery hobbyist I am amazed at all the battery articles we get promising a revolutionary technology and how it'll be here in 5 years or less - I remember reading those 10-15 years ago, every year. And here we are with relatively the same tech, albeit a little smaller and moldable (Lithium ion polymer).
LiFePO4 and LFP batteries are promising for longevity but nowhere near the weight of current Lithium Ion batteries, for now.
My 14 Pro Max barely sips 20% of its battery per day. I want something more mobile as holding the 14 Pro Max and trying to read a book on it is not comfortable.
Finally bit the bullet, and finally waved buh-bye to my 12-mini...
Upped to a 13-mini (same 256GB capacity)...
Should hold me over for a few more years
Upped to a 13-mini (same 256GB capacity)...
Should hold me over for a few more years
I am reminded (and partially embarrassed (as I cannot--for the life of me--find the textual reference)) of Peter F Hamilton's description of the advent of high-powered, minimally-sized battery technology.
Maybe first-referenced in the Mandell Series (?).
See: "butterfly-effect", or "armada storm".
I can't re-read the entirety of all his volumes in-time to provide a contextual quotation.
With the ability to house the equivalent power-capacity of 'a diesel locomotive engine into a device the size of a 9v battery', humanity became quite enamored--and quite beholden-to--empowering their everyday activities to such a degree that the collective emissive heat byproduct helped (and ultimately) collapse Earth's eco-system.
As fantastic--and priescentally erudite--as such a cautionary tale may be, our enthusiasm waters the seed of such futures.
To forestall that end (though it may mean that the devices I have, and love to use, will ultimately be remitted to recycled waste) I can't help but support most of AAPL's efforts to reduce power usage.
power-capacity ≠ efficiency