There's a reason your Galaxy phone battery capacity isn't bigger

https://www.sammobile.com/news/reason-galaxy-phones-battery-capacity-isnt-bigger/

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ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 1y

I call BS on the regulatory argument. My previous cellphone, a Ulefone Armor 3W, came with a whopping 10,300 mAh Li ion battery. That\s almost 40 W/h, yet I could buy it freely.

colourlesspony@pawb.social · 1 pts · 1y

I'm not super convinced a 20 Wh battery is much safer than 40 or 50 Wh one. I guess if my phone's battery bursts into flames in my pocket I would want the smaller battery. I would like if the regulation required greater than 20 Wh batteries to use a non-flammable electrolyte chemistry like Lithium Iron Phosphate.