Apple is exploring using new expertise that may ease the method of changing the battery on future iPhone fashions, in accordance with a report. The Cupertino firm was beforehand mentioned to be remodeling the design of its battery casing, which might be used as a part of the corporate’s efforts to simplify the method of decoupling the battery from an iPhone. Apple has but to announce any plans to make iPhone batteries extra replaceable, which might be prompted by incoming EU rules which are anticipated to mandate detachable batteries on electronics.
The Info studies (by way of 9to5Mac) that Apple is engaged on a brand new technique to exchange the battery on an iPhone. The “electrically induced adhesive debonding” expertise will permit customers to take away the battery from the within of the iPhone by “administering a small jolt of electrical energy to the battery”, in accordance with the report, that cites folks accustomed to the corporate’s plans.
Apple’s present iPhone fashions are geared up with batteries which are lined in foil, and held in place utilizing strips of adhesive, which suggests customers have to utilise a pair of tweezers to pry the unit out of the handset’s chassis. This is not a user-friendly course of — you possibly can learn extra about it on Apple’s help web page.
Based on the report, the corporate might encase future iPhone batteries in steel as a substitute of foil, enabling the brand new expertise to “dislodge” the battery and change it. Whereas this may be simpler than making an attempt to tug the battery out of the handset, the corporate will reportedly proceed to advise customers to not try repairs on their very own.
The publication states that Apple is trying to equip one mannequin from the iPhone 16 collection of smartphones this yr with batteries which are simpler to exchange, whereas the expertise might be out there on all of subsequent yr’s fashions. Final yr, a picture of a purported iPhone 16 Professional battery with a steel shell was leaked on-line.
Given Apple’s tendency to maintain its {hardware} adjustments and enhancements beneath wraps till its units are unveiled, we will anticipate to study extra in regards to the expertise — if it exists — within the coming months, when the iPhone 16 collection is unveiled.
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