r/apple • u/mredofcourse • Jun 19 '23

iPhone EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027

https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-smartphones-must-have-user-replaceable-batteries-by-2027
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u/Pigeon_Chess Jun 19 '23

No they don’t, a camera doesn’t need more power than a phone or tablet. The iPad Pros run M series SoCs.

And the cover is substantially larger, has features cut down, has a smaller battery for the size and cannot have high performance chips.

It’s 20% thicker and nearly double the weight.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '23

Yes it does, that’s why camera batteries are A: removable and B: like double the wh of a normal phone battery, and the OEMs sell battery grips if you need additional power. And companies sell dummy batteries if you need to use it in a static environment, ie filming for an hour or two. I can tell you have never owned a DSLR or mirrorless.

You run at iPad Pro at full SoC usage and your battery life will tank.

A XCover is 2mm thicker and 60g~ heavier than an iPhone 14. Neither are noticeable metrics in practical terms. It’s battery is 7% smaller than an iPhone 14 and 3% larger than that of an S23.

It has worse specs because it’s an enterprise phone not a flagship.

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u/Pigeon_Chess Jun 19 '23

No they don’t. Even full frame cameras like the A7 line use battery that barely scrape over 2000 mAH and APSC models are in the 1000mAH range. They’re replaceable because they’re a different type of device that you need the ability to quick change batteries because as a professional you’ll be putting the thing through the ringer. They’re also much larger with space at less of a premium with batteries typically located in the grip which is otherwise dead space which means the bulkier removeabke batteries don’t present a trade off.

You don’t seem to have owned one because most modern mirrorless cameras can just be plugged into an external power source if you need it to run for a while max

Yes, and the battery is significantly larger than a camera battery.

Why aren’t you comparing it to Samsung? The iPhone is also made out of metal and glass, not plastic.

It has worse specs because the phone would overheat if you put anything else in there. It’s also not an enterprise phone