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Batteries don't have bigger capacities because people want to carry them inside of planes, which have a limit of 100Wh, the MacBook Pro has a 99.6Wh battery.
by vhcr 2y ago
Batteries don't have bigger capacities because people want to carry them inside of planes, which have a limit of 100Wh, the MacBook Pro has a 99.6Wh battery.
- r00fus 2y agoThis regulation is only because specific lithium battery chemistries like NMC or Li-Polymer. Once proven safer chemistries like LFP or sodium-ion are used more commonly in laptops (including SSBs like this Samsung one) then regulation should shift to accommodate. That said, who really needs over 100Wh of battery when most long haul flights have plugs available?
- whamlastxmas 2y agoPeople use laptops without chargers outside planes too, and processing intensive stuff drains batteries very quickly
- brookst 2y agoTrue, but who would buy a laptop that could never be taken on a plane?
- viewtransform 2y agoPeople with lengthy jail sentences ?
- hagbard_c 2y agoPeople who take trains instead of planes (like me), people who are off-grid, etc. There is a market albeit a smaller one than the main stream market. It might be a good market to launch these things for testing purposes.
- bagels 2y agoIt took decades to allow electronic devices to be used in flight, despite no evidence that they would cause a problem. I wouldn't count on battery chemistry changes leading to changes in FAA rules very quickly.
- heavenlyblue 2y agoIsn't the concern the fires caused by the batteries?
- mertd 2y agoInitially people assumed without evidence that the wireless signals from portable devices would interfere with avionics. It was the days where you could prophetically "hear" that you are about to get a call or sms through your computer speakers.
- TaylorAlexander 2y agoSounds like they did have evidence then...
- akira2501 2y ago> people assumed without evidence If you don't have evidence that emissions will be within acceptable limits and will not interfere with the planes avionics then you don't introduce things into life safety critical areas like planes. It's the same reason a captain can declare pretty much whatever they want on their plane and you as a passenger are _obligated_ to follow those orders. It's a felony if you don't. The captain doesn't have to present evidence just any concern that some action might interfere with the safety of his flight and that's the end of the discussion.
- fy20 2y agoThe ironic thing is that during the same period, 110V powered electric shavers - which most likely spurt out noise all over the RF spectrum - were perfectly acceptable to use on aircraft.
- surfingdino 2y ago> who really needs over 100Wh of battery YouTube video editors and idiots running LLMs.
- justinclift 2y agoGaming laptops are a thing too. ;)
- Aperocky 2y ago> That said, who really needs over 100Wh of battery when most long haul flights have plugs available? Plenty of laptops still run intel lol.
- threeseed 2y ago> then regulation should shift to accommodate You are talking about shifting regulations globally. Companies like Apple are not going to build products just for one or two markets.
- solarkraft 2y agoManufacturers (I can think of one in particular) would still like to make devices smaller and wouldn't mind faster charging.