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>The root issue is that batteries degrade over time, for everyone, not just apple. iPhone’s did a good job hiding that away by degrading performance along with

>The root issue is that batteries degrade over time, for everyone, not just apple. iPhone’s did a good job hiding that away by degrading performance along with it. Apple sacrificed battery capacity for size and weight. They built several generations of phone that had just barely enough capacity for a full day of use and could just barely deliver enough current for peak performance. Unlike their Android rivals, they failed to over-provision the battery to account for degradation over time. The Xiaomi Mi 6 had a 3300mAh battery. The Samsung Galaxy S8 had a 3000mAh battery. The Huawei Mate 9 had a 4000mAh battery. The iPhone 8 has an 1800mAh battery. See the problem?

dwighttk 8y ago
Yeah: those first few phones are really inefficient.
- izacus 8y ago
  No, since they actually last for at least twice as long as iPhones.
  - dwighttk 8y ago
    So about 3 days of solid use on a single charge? I'm surprised, I've never heard any reviewers say anything about a phone that lasts that long.
___alt 8y ago
Isn't the iPhone more power-efficient than many Android counterparts? That would explain why they can afford a smaller battery (but may not explain all the gap).
- chatterbeak 8y ago
  This is exactly why people are scared away from the Apple community. Apple "true believers" ignore facts. For example, they pretended they had a "supercomputer" and the Intel was slow until the company almost died.