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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: I think it's funny how desperate Apple is on its crappy overall
 iPhone battery life
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 14:09:41 -0700
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On 2025-03-08 22:22, Marion wrote:
> I think it's funny how desperate Apple is on its crappy overall iPhone
> battery life given the single most effective way to increase overall
> battery life (i.e., number of charge/discharge cycles before dropping below
> 80%) is, OMG... what shocking science this is... a BIGGER battery.

You know a method that is just as effective:

Use less power.

> 
> Since Apple always puts garbage batteries in iPhones, that "bigger" battery
> translates to a "normal-sized" modern battery (which no iPhone ever had).
> 
> It's no wonder the EU won't allow Apple to sell the iPhone 14 & older in
> the EU this summer - because Apple can't certify the battery will last.
> 
> Now comes Apple's sheer desperation as outlined in this recent article:
> *Apple might have a way to boost battery life in the iPhone 17 Air*
> <https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/iphone-air-high-density-battery/>
> "If correct, the iPhone 17 Air would be the first Apple iPhone
>   to make use of high-density battery cells, which can pack more
>   energy into a small package."
> 
> Only Apple marketing can make the outlandish propaganda claim that a 1%
> efficiency can beat a 100% deficiency in battery capacity, when it comes to
> cycles before it drops below 80%.
> 
> The real question is who is *that* stupid to believe Apple's propaganda?

1. You aren't bright enough (apparently) to realize that a "100% 
deficiency in battery capacity" would mean no batter capacity at all"

2. Even if we unpack your ignorance, iPhone batteries aren't half the 
size of the batteries in other smartphones, doofus.