Apple's OLED iPhone to fit a 2,700 mAh battery while being around the same size as the iPhone 7
The barrage of
iPhone-related rumors continues today, bringing us news about the battery
capacity of the much talked about model that will sport an OLED panel made by
Samsung.
This handset,
probably to be called iPhone 8, will have around 2,700 mAh battery capacity
while its dimensions will be very similar to those of the iPhone 7 from last
year. That's quite a feat of engineering when you consider that the iPhone 7
has a 1,960 mAh battery and a 4.7-inch screen, while the iPhone 8 is expected
to pack a 5.2" to 5.8" display. The new device will have around 38%
more battery capacity compared to the iPhone 7.
That is, of
course, if this rumor pans out. The information comes from famous Apple
rumor-monger Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities. He has also shared the image you
can see above, which describes how Apple is able to achieve the increased
capacity in the iPhone 8 in such a small chassis size - namely, through the use
of a stacked "substrate-like" PCB mainboard. This makes the board
smaller overall, so there's more space for the battery inside the phone.
The iPhone 7s and
7s Plus which should be launching alongside the iPhone 8 will keep the LCD
screens of their predecessors. Not only that, but since they apparently won't
be using the new stacked PCB, their dimensions and battery sizes are expected
to be very similar to those of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, respectively.
The stacked PCB
design will result in 80% higher manufacturing costs for the iPhone 8, which
paired with the high-price OLED panels used lends more and more credence to
that rumor saying that this Apple smartphone will be the most expensive yet.
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