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Next iPhone 5 battery mah?
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My understanding is that the iPhone 4 battery was 1420mAh, and the iPhone 4S battery is 1432mAh. Given the negligible increase between those two, we should not be surprised by 1440mAh in the next iPhone. As excited as I am for the iPhone 5, I will not purchase a phone with a non-removable battery at only 1440mAh. I'm thinking they are going to do much better than that. So is ZDNet.chambone said:
From ZDNet: Could the iPhone 5 push Li-Ion batteries to their limit?
"The iPhone 5 battery is going to have to be notably bigger than its predecessor..."
Agreed. Lte with that small of a battery would be atrocious the s3 has 2100, I believe, and doesn't get through a day
smaller dock connector, new nano-Sim space, smaller LTE radio (new qualcomm ones), thinner screen according to rumor so it will be more efficient, so any gains will be offset by LTE....however if you don't use LTE should see a noticeable improvement because they will fill all that space with more battery....I am guessing 1700+
The s3 isn't using the new LTE radios that the new Iphone is going to have, its smaller and more power efficient, don't know exact numbers, but better is better especially when dealing with LTE....any batt gain is a +
I'll say 1700 mAh or 1800 mAh.
Either way, no way Apple will release an iPhone with a lower talk time than the previous generation, so I don't think it matters.
Either way, no way Apple will release an iPhone with a lower talk time than the previous generation, so I don't think it matters.
Take a look at the dramatic jump in battery capacity from the iPad 2 to the iPad 3 while still maintaining roughly the same size and shape:
iPad 2: 6944 mAH
iPad 3: 11666 mAH
I'd imagine something similar from the new iPhone. Apple has really been pushing the battery R&D field to get into gear (easily the biggest factor keeping us from utilizing alternative energy as a viable alternative to fossil fuels).
iPad 2: 6944 mAH
iPad 3: 11666 mAH
I'd imagine something similar from the new iPhone. Apple has really been pushing the battery R&D field to get into gear (easily the biggest factor keeping us from utilizing alternative energy as a viable alternative to fossil fuels).
I really hope they make the battery last much longer than any other mobile device they've released to date and over the competition. Would be a great thing.
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Yeah but I just hope that it's not "the same" as the iPhone 4s or a mere hour longer or something really insignificant. I want to get atleast a day possibly 2 without charging and heavy use, I know, probably not going to happen.
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Yeah but I just hope that it's not "the same" as the iPhone 4s or a mere hour longer or something really insignificant. I want to get atleast a day possibly 2 without charging and heavy use, I know, probably not going to happen.
Blame Broadcom and Qualcomm for making such energy wasting 4G radios....Yeah but I just hope that it's not "the same" as the iPhone 4s or a mere hour longer or something really insignificant. I want to get atleast a day possibly 2 without charging and heavy use, I know, probably not going to happen.
I really hope they make the battery last much longer than any other mobile device they've released to date and over the competition. Would be a great thing.
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Yeah but I just hope that it's not "the same" as the iPhone 4s or a mere hour longer or something really insignificant. I want to get atleast a day possibly 2 without charging and heavy use, I know, probably not going to happen.
It's all compromise right. To get something you have to give.
I'm not into that whole "Look how anorexic my brand X phone is" mind set.
If the iPhone 5 has a 4" display with the same thickness as the iPhone 4S and its jammed packed with battery power for a 10 hour + talk time, I'm okay with that.
But then you have no shortage of internet experts that will say the iPhone 5 is too heavy for their slovenly World of Warcraft loving physiques.
It's always something.
I'd expect Apple to make the new battery powerful enough to keep the talk/ browsing/ overall usage times about the same (or slightly superior) to what we're currently used to, but no more than that.
As I've posted elsewhere, most people are accustomed to charging their phone nightly. So long as that is the case, Apple has little reason to dramatically improve battery life.
Let the phone last, with decent-heavy usage, a full day, nothing more. Instead of increasing the battery size to more than that, I'd rather they used the extra space to enable more features or to make the phone more powerful overall.
As I've posted elsewhere, most people are accustomed to charging their phone nightly. So long as that is the case, Apple has little reason to dramatically improve battery life.
Let the phone last, with decent-heavy usage, a full day, nothing more. Instead of increasing the battery size to more than that, I'd rather they used the extra space to enable more features or to make the phone more powerful overall.
Here's a good read. Thanks for the lead, NT1440.Do a little digging on Apple's lithium-polymer battery patents guys.
Some real interesting stuff, eh?
Seriously, if anyone wants to see the future of devices, look at the patents....just another side note, take a look at Apple's physical touchscreen ideas
We really need a bigger battery for the iPhone 5, lower than 1500mah is no point because it's going to need so much more power to run the new cpu !
...No.
CPU's tend to get more power efficient as they shrink, its the GPU that tends to hog all the power. Take a look at Koomey's Law though, soon enough power requirements are going to be nearly an afterthought in our electronics.
Trivia: If an i5 2012 macbook air had the same power requirements of a 1992 intel chip, rather than getting the 7-10 hours we have today, the battery would be dead in two seconds. Power usage has dropped and will continue to drop dramatically as we continue with Moore's Law & Kooney's Law.
Truly an exciting time to be alive.
If recent leaked photo's of the iPhone 5 battery are for real, it looks like chambone was right. 1440 mAh would be a deal breaker for me