A few weeks ago, there was a leak touting how much larger the batteries in the iPhone 15 series were going to be. They are quite a bit larger – that is, if it is true. With some sizes getting nearly a 20% bump over the 14 series. But how is Apple going to do this?
Well, as it turns out, Apple is stealing a technique that EVs use. And that is, stacked batteries. EVs use stacked batteries that go the length of the vehicle, which allows for more battery capacity, but also makes it safer as there is a lower center of gravity, so it’s less likely to flip over in an accident.
This comes from leaker RGcloudS, who claims that this could be used in the iPhone 15, as well as on the Galaxy S24 Ultra and Plus models next year. Which is going to help with Samsung using 65W charging on those models.
What does a stacked battery mean?
Well, it will mean more battery capacity, without making the phone a whole lot larger. It does explain why the iPhone 15 rumor mill is pointing to much larger batteries, of course.
On top of that, it could also let Apple move to faster charging on the iPhone 15. Apple currently limits the iPhone to around 20W charging, which is fairly slow. Especially when OnePlus is doing charging speeds above 100W. But keep in mind, iPhone battery capacities are typically a lot smaller than the Android side. For instance, the iPhone 14 has a 3279mAh capacity battery, in Android, that phone would get laughed out of contention.
But the rumor points that Apple could bump the charging speed up to 40W wired and 20W on MagSafe charging. That would be a nice bump, however, you’ll likely only notice the difference up to about 50% charge. As batteries will charge slower as they get to a higher state of charge.
This combined with a new energy efficient A17 chipset, the iPhone 15 models (particularly the Pro’s) could have some pretty spectacular battery life.
2023-07-17 15:05:32