For years, Apple has been able to equip its iPhones with smaller batteries than its Android counterparts thanks to the strong energy efficiency of the company’s A-series chips, but it seems that for the iPhone 13, Apple would finally resize the iPhone. can enlarge. power packs.
The latest information comes from well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (via MacRumors) who said in his most recent report that the iPhone will have “a greater battery capacity than the iPhone 12 series, thanks to the space-saving design of many components. That is why the new 2H21 iPhone models are also slightly heavier than the iPhone 12. The space-saving design includes the integration of the SIM card slot with the motherboard, reducing the thickness of the front optical modules, etc. “
By reducing the size of other internal components, Apple can free up the inside of the iPhone 13 for larger batteries for all different models. While Apple traditionally doesn’t list the size of the iPhone’s battery on its website, it is based on iFixit’s teardown we can do the Apple uses a 2815 mAh battery in the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, which is significantly smaller than the 4000 mAh battery used by Samsung in the same size and price Galaxy S21.
And while in many cases the iPhone’s smaller battery capacity isn’t an issue, with the increased power consumption caused by 5G (especially mmWave 5G), many users have noticed that the iPhone 12 is sucking up more power than usual, especially the iPhone 12 Mini whose even smaller 2,227 mAh battery and mediocre battery life are often cited as one of the phone’s biggest shortcomings.
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The obvious disadvantage of placing larger batteries in the iPhone 13 is that the devices will be slightly heavier than the current generation of iPhones. However, because the smartphone industry has largely passed the time of phone manufacturers often trying to outdo their competition in thinness and lightness purely for bragging rights, adding a bit of weight to ensure longer battery life is something almost everyone can get behind.
In addition, Apple’s upcoming A15 chip is expected to take another round of energy efficiency upgrades combined with the improved performance of future 5G modems, it appears that Apple has a number of solutions to offset the increased power needs of 5G networks.
And while we’ll still be a way out of the iPhone 13’s anticipated debut later this fall, previous reports indicate that other improvements are a smaller notch, new support for Wi-Fi 6E, improved camera stabilization and more.