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Battery news covering capacity jumps, silicon carbon cells, charging speeds, degradation and the safety recalls that follow the worst designs.
Apple never publishes battery capacities, but EU energy labels force the issue. The filings show the iPhone 18 Pro Max cell grew 11.8 percent while the iPhone 18 Pro gained just 68mAh.
Oukitel brought a rugged phone with a 16,000mAh battery to IFA 2026, roughly triple what an iPhone 17 Pro Max carries, in a body 16.4mm thick. The battery gets the headline, but the thermal camera and night vision sensor are what make it worth understanding.
Battery demand grew 16 percent in 2026, yet most battery stocks fell. A layer by layer look at cell makers, grid storage, lithium miners and solid state developers, with the numbers behind each.
The Enough Phone targets a 5.3-inch screen, a battery you can swap by hand, and a Kickstarter campaign that needs 20,000 backers. It arrives four months before an EU rule that was supposed to make swappable batteries normal, and that rule has a loophole.
Chinese flagships are shipping 7,000mAh and larger silicon carbon batteries while Apple, Samsung, and Google stay near 5,000mAh. The split comes down to one tradeoff: capacity now against cycle life later, and both sides have a real argument.
A passenger’s laptop went into thermal runaway on approach to Dallas Fort Worth, the crew put it in a containment bag, and the FAA opened an investigation. Here is what actually happens inside a failing battery, and the rules almost nobody reads before flying.
We compare Apple’s claimed iPhone 17 battery hours against real-world lab tests for the 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max, plus what actually drains it.
Google Pixel 10 battery sizes explained: 4,970mAh, 4,870mAh and 5,200mAh, charging watts and tested screen-on time for the whole Pixel 10 family.
Check battery health on Android without root. See the new Android 16 indicator, Samsung One UI stats, the *#*#4636#*#* code caveat, and AccuBattery.
How iPhone 17 battery life stacks up across every model, what Apple’s official video-playback numbers mean in real life, and practical tips to stretch each charge.