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Hang on, I had to read that a few times to make sure I got that right - why does the flagship get the lower capacity?
Seems to be the case with current phones where the flagship gets the smaller battery.
You know what, I’ve never noticed the trend. Will keep my eyes open a bit more.
We recently noticed this with Samsung’s line where my mom went from one of the flagships to the lower end. She was initially hesitant but has actually been much happier.
She got a removable battery, micro SD card slot, better battery life, among other features she came to love that weren’t on the flagship. It’s crazy they don’t, but my best guess is that all these features add doors/slots that “ruin” the aesthetic of the look of the phone? I’m not sure why else they choose to do this besides that. Though I have heard the removable battery loss is due to waterproofing, and it’s not possible to have that with a waterproof design.
I don't know why people keep parroting that crap. PHONES CAN HAVE REPLACEABLE BATTERIES AND STILL BE FULLY WATERPROOF.
I had a galaxy S5, it had an SD card slot, replaceable battery, headphone jack... AND WATERPROOF.
It was also thinner than my current OnePlus with the camera bump.
Yeah wasn’t sure how truthful that is, just what I had heard being touted.
But now that I think about it, some GoPros are waterproof and some of them have removable batteries too. So yeah, lazy excuse on their part. Probably being cheap or disingenuous.
It is insanely disingenuous to think that manufacturing capabilities that could cheaply mass produce waterproof cameras and consumer electronics for 30+ years couldn't handle miniaturization.
On that note, I never once had water ingress issues with my S5 in a few years of ownership, and I would shower and swim with it. Just had to make sure the back was all the way on for the gasket to seal (the phone would detect it and warn you)
My theory is that the flagship needs to be thiner and lighter than the "cheaper" models, thus reducing its battery capacity.
That’s a notable increase for Honor’s midrangers as last year’s Honor X60 shipped with a 5,880mAh cell while the X60 Pro featured a 6,600mAh capacity.
Honor X60 Battery Type: Li-Po 5800 mAh Source: GSM Arena
Honor X60 Pro Battery Type: Si/C Li-Ion 6600 mAh Source: GSM Arena
So if they are consistent with their releases last year, the mid rangers won't get a Si/C battery and the flagship will. If that is the case, my guess is cost.
Maybe the higher capacity one still needs guinea pigs.
Let me guess, it's a couple mm thicker right?
And they'll have something terrible on the back to protect it that doesn't crack as easily, like plastic or metal.
Joking aside, my brother gave me his old phone awhile back and I used it for awhile, the back was wood. Not sure why more phones didn't do that. It was light and had no issues with cracking. I suppose it wasn't as waterproof as phone are now, but I liked it.
His didn't have gold on it though, maybe it was silver or something
These Moto models were pretty nice.
A wooden backplate that thin isn't just wood so I don't see waterproofing as an obstacle. Totally doable
Yarp, a gasket, couple clips and adhesive and you can have a fairly user swappable battery as well.
Though I'd prefer a metal bracket surrounding the wood with a slide in and up push onto gasket mechanism, two screws at the bottom to hold in place. You can lose the adhesive and everything would be easily accessible.
(Think iPhone 4S with gasket)
Wood shifts, shrinks, and expands. You don't want something to shrink and put pressure on the highly flammable battery.
Uses the new Silicon/carbon battery chemistry.
Also maybe a little thicker. Don't know that
That allows a marginal increase in density. It's gotta be thicker. I'm being sarcastic as to how we can't possibly get 1-2mm thicker phones in order to get longer lasting batteries from the American or Korean manufacturers.
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2025
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