An iPhone as thin as a credit card? This battery tech breakthrough could make it a reality
I marveled earlier this week at the incredible thinness of the Huawei Mate XT batteries. That's the world's first commercially available tri-fold foldable phone. Starting at almost $3,000, the foldable features three ultra-slim batteries. Each measures just 1.9mm, as they have to fit in sections that are 3.6mm slim at their thinnest points.
I said at the time that phones like the rumored ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air could benefit from similar battery tech. The battery life of any ultra-thin device will be a key selling point.
Smartphone battery tech can get even better thanks to a massive breakthrough from Sweden. Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology have developed a battery technology that would make credit card-sized iPhones possible. That's a so-called "massless energy storage" system that would actually double as part of the phone's body, if not the entire chassis.
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