Phone batteries are getting more compact, but the US is missing out
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Smartphone batteries are bigger than ever, while the phones themselves are shrinking. But whether you’re seeing the benefit – thin phones with big batteries – depends on where you live.
The key is the introduction of silicon-carbon batteries, which make it possible to fit more battery capacity into the same size cell, as in phones like the Honor Power, whose 8,000mAh …
