How Apple Crammed A Bigger Battery Inside the Compact iPhone X

Since 2014, the iPhones came in two sizes, one with a 4.seven-inch screen and some other with a 5.v-inch screen. This year, it'south no different if you don't accept the iPhone X into consideration. The smaller iPhone 8 packs an inferior 1821 mAh battery whereas the larger iPhone eight Plus packs a 2691 mAh bombardment. Now, I'd personally consider the iPhone X to be slightly larger iPhone 8 in terms of footprint, as it looks similar when y'all put them right adjacent to each other. Despite this compact footprint, the iPhone X packs a 2716 mAh battery, which is bigger than what's constitute on the larger iPhone 8 Plus. And so, yous might exist wondering how Apple made this possible. Well, allow me explain how.

iPhone X OLED display

Apple's latest and greatest smartphone so far, the iPhone Ten has undergone a major redesign since 2007. Yeah, I'grand talking about its bezel-less looks which about people are drooling over. Due to this design arroyo, the company had to sacrifice something that every previous iPhone used to have, which is the domicile button. Apart from this, it'south also the kickoff iPhone to boast a gorgeous OLED brandish. Now, every bit you all might probably know, OLED panels are considerably thinner than LCDs, because information technology requires no backlighting.

iPhone X Battery iFixit — Credits: iFixit

Cheers to these 2 changes and also the extra infinite that Apple tree got by ditching the headphone jack, the Cupertino-based company was able to cram a bigger battery at the bottom portion of the phone. Equally revealed by the teardown video, it was made possible by including two batteries inside the phone, which is a first for any smartphone. Recollect the early on iPhone Ten rumors which suggested that Apple would be opting for an "Fifty-shaped battery unit of measurement" manufactured by LG? Well, it looks like the company came close by using multiple batteries rather than a single unit.