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until phone makers realise they can shave 1mm off the thickness of the phone by cutting the battery size by 66% (and they will) Then we're back to barely-a-day
by desultir 10y ago
until phone makers realise they can shave 1mm off the thickness of the phone by cutting the battery size by 66% (and they will)
Then we're back to barely-a-day-of-charge
- jfoutz 10y agoOr 33% thinner and double the life. I'd take that trade, for sure.
- kbenson 10y agoBut why not 0% thinner and 3x-3.5x times the life? Are we really plagued by thick phones right now?
- drcross 10y agoThe real reason is that if you make several million phones that a certain percentage is always going to explode, either by manufacturing defect or a user pierces the cell through accident. This might mean the difference between some light leg burns or your death and phone makers are not going to take the negative press of the latter scenario. Their only answer is better power usage.
- jandrese 10y agoOne of the big advantages listed in the article is that these batteries don't explode like today's Li-Ions. Maybe in a few years we'll look back at this time and wonder how people were ok with putting a bomb against their face every day.
- thecrazyone 10y agoand also how we drove vehicles powered by explosions? :)