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Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid... by Arizhel on Thursday March 02, 2017 @10:27PM (#13780530)
>Phones do not have square millimeters to spare.

Actually, they do, when you're replacing the battery with one with 3 times the energy density. Use some of the saved space for your DC-DC converter.

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Re:94-year-old Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces Solid... by hwillis on Friday March 03, 2017 @01:07AM (#13781065)
Its like... adding a turbocharger to a car. Yes, it is possible. There are even kits, after a fashion. But it is still not simple.

Also, its not even at the stage of a hypothetical question yet. This battery would last about two weeks in an iphone under these load conditions. The only reason it "looks" possible is if you're considering a battery that is not this one.

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