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Motorola beats Samsung, Google to silicon-carbon batteries in the US (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] 72 points 4 months ago (7 children)

https://www.androidauthority.com/silicon-carbon-batteries-explained-3534045/

They're lithium ion batteries with a new type of anode, not a totally new type of battery.

Advantage: more capacity

Disadvantage: less cycle life.

Bring back swappable batteries. And also back off on higher and higher power draw in phones.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago* (5 children)

    back off on higher and higher power draw in phones.

    Thanks for the reminder to revisit my Droid's developer options and ensure my background processes are restricted to 4 at most.

    Anyway, less cycle life is disturbing. Why they don't try LiFePO4, I don't get.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    LFP has about 2x less energy density unfortunately. It's a lot cheaper and lasts longer so it's great for home storage and competitive for lower cost EVs. But phones are all about power hungry bloated apps and web sites.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    No chance these background processes are a relatively simple change for us less technical folks, hey?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    enable developer settings on android and just set it.

    I think it's different for all phones, but on my Samsung, I go to about - > software information in settings and press the build number a couple of times until developer mode enables. then, just set max background processes. doesn't even take 5 minutes to do lol

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Maybe lower cycle life. I've had my RM 11 pro for like 5 months and accubattery hasn't been charting me a very big decline yet. Of course, since it started at 7,500mah, it can lose a lot of capacity before it drops down to the 5,000mah range most phones new come with. I'll have the same issue as with Samsung flagships, though. Can't buy a new replacement OEM battery to save my life.

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