Letter from Tim Cook to Apple Investors

Re:Letter from Tim Cook to Apple Investors by jdietrich on Thursday January 03, 2019 @06:50AM (#18814448)

>The root issue is that batteries degrade over time, for everyone, not just apple. iPhone’s did a good job hiding that away by degrading performance along with it.

Apple sacrificed battery capacity for size and weight. They built several generations of phone that had just barely enough capacity for a full day of use and could just barely deliver enough current for peak performance. Unlike their Android rivals, they failed to over-provision the battery to account for degradation over time.

The Xiaomi Mi 6 had a 3300mAh battery. The Samsung Galaxy S8 had a 3000mAh battery. The Huawei Mate 9 had a 4000mAh battery. The iPhone 8 has an 1800mAh battery. See the problem?

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Re:Letter from Tim Cook to Apple Investors by ___alt on Thursday January 03, 2019 @07:06AM (#18814512)

Isn't the iPhone more power-efficient than many Android counterparts? That would explain why they can afford a smaller battery (but may not explain all the gap).

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Re:Letter from Tim Cook to Apple Investors by dwighttk on Thursday January 03, 2019 @07:02AM (#18814492)

Yeah: those first few phones are really inefficient.

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Re:Letter from Tim Cook to Apple Investors by izacus on Thursday January 03, 2019 @07:13AM (#18814542)

No, since they actually last for at least twice as long as iPhones.

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Re:Letter from Tim Cook to Apple Investors by dwighttk on Thursday January 03, 2019 @09:11PM (#18821418)

So about 3 days of solid use on a single charge? I'm surprised, I've never heard any reviewers say anything about a phone that lasts that long.

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