Re:Apple Special Event [video]
by NeedMoreTea on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @05:55PM
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I would expect quite the opposite. The bigger the screen the more dramatic the power draw to illuminate all the extra square inches.
That was borne out by my experience with the SE when I first got it, having better battery life than any other smartphone I'd owned.
My plan for now is to hang on to the SE for another couple of years, with battery replacement when it gets too tired.
Re:Apple Special Event [video]
by michaeljbishop on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @07:26PM
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Small point, but you are assuming the only direction a phone can grow is height and width. Thickness would also allow a larger battery.
You can not extend a smartphone and give feature like OLED, Neural Engine etc without considering affect on the battery.
They want bigger device to solve many those issues. If they release the iPhone SE update they can not compete with other iPhones in terms of feature and performance.
Also it have huge involvement of iOS updates also. When they release iOS update you have to think all the device these updates support else people will make noises.