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I think Apple's focus up until this point has been to make the devices thinner. That's meant that as the SoC has been getting smaller and more efficient, the ba

I think Apple's focus up until this point has been to make the devices thinner. That's meant that as the SoC has been getting smaller and more efficient, the battery has also been getting smaller due to the reduced phone size. Now in the case of the iPhone 6 it can't get any smaller as its only slightly thicker than the headphone jack. Removing the headphone jack only gets you an extra few millimeters before you hit the Lightning port. So without a major redesign it's as thin as it can get for the moment. So from this point onwards I would expect so see battery life increase as extra space in the case grabbed from size reductions from the SoC goes to battery. The 6 plus seems to follow this design pattern. (Assuming there isn't a major advance in battery technology)

jessriedel 12y ago
You could put the jacks on the center (or end) of the sides of the phone and make the back side sloping, giving the phone a much thinner feel even if its maximum thickness doesn't change. This is exactly what Apple did on the MacBook Air, and it worked.
skywhopper 12y ago
It won't go to battery life, it'll go to higher performance, more screen brightness, additional sensors, more allowed background processing by apps, more GPS check-ins, more chatting with your connected devices like the Watch, and more awareness of the radio-transmitting devices around you. There's a LOT more our phones could be doing if they had 2x, 3x, 10x battery life, that would eat up every bit of juice within a typical day.