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Subject: Re: Rumors Apple may improve the biggest iPhone weakness: The crappy battery
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 22:47:31 -0600
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Using <news:v643hj$29pf5$1@dont-email.me>, Alan wrote:

> On 2024-07-03 09:39, Andrew wrote:
>> If you're charging every night - you definitely have a crappy battery.
>> 
>>   "Another angle to this story is the influence of the EU, which
>>    requires customer-friendly battery replacement in some circumstances.
>>    If the cell does not reach 83% of capacity after 500 full charges,
>>    or 80% after 1,000 full charges, then the phone is required to have
>>    greater access to make replacement easier. While all the latest
>>    iPhone 15 models meet the 1,00-charge test, earlier phones do not."
>> 
>> The introduction of a new battery technology like this is a strong message
>> for Apple to stop putting the crappiest batteries they can into the iPhone.
>> 
>> But time will tell how Apple works on the problem that all iPhones have the
>> crappiest batteries in the smartphone industry by a huge failure margin.
>> 
>> Why Apple puts the worst batteries in the industry in iPhones is up for
>> conjecture (e.g., to shorten iPhone lifespan, for greater profits), etc.
> 
> Yada, yada, yada.
> 
> Battery capacity needs to be matched with energy USAGE.
> 
> You can tell what kind of a match you have simply by comparing the run 
> times of various devices.
> 
> There are only 12 smartphones tested by tomsguide.com that outlast the 
> best iPhone for battery life.
> 
> <https://www.tomsguide.com/us/smartphones-best-battery-life,review-2857.html>
> 
> It really isn't any more complicated than that.

The batteries failed Apple's own tests which followed EU test protocols.

Why do you think Apple reported every iPhone battery except the battery in
the iPhone 15 failed the standard test which every OEM has to obey today?