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From: Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Laughably puny cheap iPhone batteries rumored to get slightly
 better with iPhone 16 due to EU regulations
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:30:45 -0400
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On 7/13/2024 12:31 AM, Andrew wrote:
> Cheap crappy garbage-bin batteries are part of Apple's product strategy.
> But the EU is calling Apple out on that long-standing practice.
> 
> There is no metric more important to battery lifetime than capacity.
> 
> While most iPhones miserably fail EU conditions for lifetime performance,
> these newer iPhone 16 batteries just barely eke it out under the line!
>   <https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/17/iphone-16-battery-density/>
> 
> If it wasn't for the EU requirement, every iPhone would die long before
> they even got close to the EU deadline for how long a battery should last.
> 
> Lifetime here means years, not a measly few hours (which zealots claim).
> 
> While Apple has always deserved just derision for their bargain-basement
> cheap batteries which lack the capacity of its Android competitors, at
> least the most expensive iPhone will finally have a batter *almost* as big
> as my free Samsung Galaxy A32-5G has had since it was released in 2021.
> 
> iPhone 15: 3,349 mAh ==> iPhone 16: 3,561 mAh (up 6.3%)
> iPhone 15 Plus: 4,383 mAh ==> iPhone 16 Plus: 4,006 mAh (down 8.6%)
> iPhone 15 Pro: 3,274 mAh ==> iPhone 16 Pro: 3,355 mAh (up 2.5%)
> iPhone 15 Pro Max: 4,422 mAh ==> iPhone 16 Pro Max: 4,676 mAh (up 5.7%)
> 
> Source:
>   <https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/12/iphone-16-new-features-worth-the-wait/>
> 
> Given the uneducated Apple zealots will scream about a 2% efficiency boost
> in iPhone battery use, the triple-digit smaller percentages outweigh that.
> 
> No unsupported and yet incredibly puny 2% increase in performance will fool
> the EU who is forcing Apple to either increase the lifetime of the
> batteries by not putting the cheap crap into the new iPhones, or for Apple
> to then comply with EU requirements for low-performing devices to be more
> easily repaired.
> 
> It's Apple's choice:
> a. Continue to put cheap crap into the iPhone & be subject to EU rules,
> b. Or, squeak under the EU requirement line and not be subject to them.
> 
> Cheap crappy garbage-bin batteries are part of Apple's product strategy.
> But the EU is calling Apple out on that long-standing practice.

FYI the Wife's 2 year old iPhone 14 charges to 97% of original capacity. 
That battery will easily outlive the phone.