Re:iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
by oceanplexian on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @03:43PM
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Running an Air Conditioner in a small room for an hour (~500Wh) uses the same energy an iPhone would take in ~40 complete charge/discharge cycles. Of course, the numbers look big when you scale them up but as a percentage of total energy use, it's marginal to non-existent.
Re:iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
by johnmaguire on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:29PM
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> Especially if wireless charging prevents premature replacement by reducing port failure
Interesting. I wasn't aware this was a common problem? It's not something I'm used to hearing about as an Android user.
I'd be more interested in whether Magsafe or USB-C wears the battery out sooner.
Doubling that power use if everyone switched to low quality wireless charging (50%) would require another 5 gigawatts, or a few thousand more wind turbines.
Bigger than I thought in a worst case scenario, but still not too bad.
Especially if wireless charging prevents premature replacement by reducing port failure, as the embodied energy is estimated to to be the majority of the energy involved in the lifecycle of a smartphone.