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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 10:52:43 -0700
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On 2024-07-15 10:30, Tom Elam wrote:
> 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.

Careful, Arlen will tell you you're part of a cult.