from the new-battery-tech-that-isn't-vapor? dept.
Samsung could make the Galaxy S26 extra thin with new battery tech:
The batteries that power today's electronics are a lot more incredible than we often give them credit for. We've come a long way from the days of nickel-cadmium and even nickel-metal hydride cells, with lithium-based chemistry offering superior capacity and discharge characteristics (if only they didn't have that annoying tendency to burst into flame). But for as far as we've come, it always feels like the next big thing could be right around the corner, as advocates hype next-gen battery tech. We've only just started to see silicon-carbon batteries emerge, capable of storing even more energy in smaller spaces, and we've been hugely curious to see who might take advantage of them next.
[...] asserting that Samsung is planning to use a silicon-carbon battery in the Galaxy S26.
That could be a major step forward, and may not even be the only new battery technology Samsung could be thinking of using; this rumor arrives just a day after a report in South Korea's TheElec that discussed the company's interest in novel battery construction, and specifically, increasing capacity through stacked electrodes. Already used in larger solutions like car batteries, Samsung may be considering a similar approach for smartphones.
See also:
- Smartphone batteries got a major upgrade and you didn't even know it
- Lithium–silicon battery - Wikipedia
(Score: 5, Funny) by Tork on Saturday January 18, @09:52PM
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(Score: 5, Touché) by driverless on Sunday January 19, @01:54AM (1 child)
When I look for a phone I don't care if it has a battery that won't last for half a day between charges, a screen that you can't read in sunlight, signal handling that drops out all the time, or anything else like that, all I care about is that the phone is so thin it bends when I sneeze near it. Go Samsung!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by kazzie on Sunday January 19, @06:48PM
If they make the battery thinner, does that mean there's more room for when it fails and swells up?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Techwolf on Monday January 20, @06:41AM
"if only they didn't have that annoying tendency to burst into flame" LiFePO4 does not have this feature. You can drive a nail in it and it will smoke a bit then stop. They have nearly the same engery density as the spicy pillows type and is 5x lighter. Perfect for replacing those heavy batteries in cars.