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They also prioritize price, especially at the low end. If sodium batteries are significantly cheaper, it will be used to produce low cost devices.
by shkkmo 2y ago
They also prioritize price, especially at the low end. If sodium batteries are significantly cheaper, it will be used to produce low cost devices.
- rockskon 2y agoWhat? Smart phones are famously high-margin devices. What do you mean "prioritize price"? Not for most smart phones.
- IntelMiner 2y agoThere's a few billion people who can't afford the latest model iPhone or Google Pixel device each year
- rockskon 2y agoAnd that's a pretty big caveat! Helpful framing to highlight who'd be most likely to benefit from this.
- ekianjo 2y agothere are a lot of smartphones sold for low end markets like India and China. most of the worlds phones, actually. not everyone lives in California and makes a million a year
- spurgu 2y agoEven though I could easily afford an iPhone or Pixel my daily driver is a $150 Android phone. Due to the low margins of the manufacturer it's actually a very usable device.
- kube-system 2y agoThere are already batteries cheaper than lithium ion batteries, but they are not in low-end phones, because a low-end lithium ion phone battery is still only a few dollars.