Apple might fix biggest iPhone flaw with new handset

By | August 7, 2014

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Apple (AAPL) has heard iPhone users’ gripes about poor battery life and decided to do something about it with the upcoming iPhone 6. The 4.7-inch model of the iPhone 6 could ship with a 2,100 mAh (milliampere hour) capacity battery, rather than the 1,810 mAh battery previously speculated for the handset, ESM-China analyst Sung Chang Xu said on Weibo this week. She said her statement was based on supply-chain sources. The current iPhone 5S has a 1,560 mAh battery. The report was picked up by CNET and other tech news websites. However, given that the new iPhone will have a bigger display and faster components than its predecessor, the larger battery might not translate into longer battery life. The current iPhone 5 series has a 4-inch display. A second version of the iPhone 6 is expected to have a 5.5-inch screen. Rival smartphones already sport bigger batteries. … Scalper1 News

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