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.
It’s more expensive, it’s right there in the article…
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).
