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Samsung To Reportedly Begin Applying Solid-State Batteries To Its Smartwatches, Smart Rings & Wireless Earbuds From Q4 This Year, But No Word On Smartphones (wccftech.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Silicon-carbon batteries have been widely accepted by the Korean giant’s Chinese competitors, giving them the freedom to cram in substantially larger capacities in devices without compromising the thickness.

I am surprised this is the first time I am hearing about this and that all smartphone companies haven't already adopted this technology.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's more expensive, it's right there in the article...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's refering to the solid state battery tech that Samsung is considering for some smaller devices. To my knowledge, Chinese OEMs haven't yet adopted this tech.

With silicon-carbon batteries, it seems design considerations play a bigger role, but that still doesn't really explain why Apple and Samsung have been relatively slow with adopting this battery tech (relative to Chinese OEMs).