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Originally Posted by Stuart
Time has a little more detail.
Basically, the battery is a lower capacity than the standard battery, the charger is currently twice as expensive and huge and the battery needs a considerably higher current to charge than the standard, so the phone needs to be modified.
Still, they are targeting late 2016 for a launch, so they may be able to iron out those problems.
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Ah, thanks. Yeah I was pretty sure phone modifications would be necessary but just how much was the curious part. Even half the capacity of the original phone battery (1.3 amp-hours) would require a current of over 150 amps to charge in that time, even assuming 100% efficiency.
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Originally Posted by techguyone
I'd sooner have a battery that lasts 30x longer personally...
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Well if you can charge it to full in less than a minute, then you can practically recharge it several times a day... Helps as bit IMO.
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
The currents involved are frightening: If you were recharging a 200AH vehicle battery for example in an hour that takes 200+ amps, make it a minute and it's 12,000 amps! You'd struggle to lift the cable and just think of the size of the plug.  |
It's not
that bad.
These cables take 50,000 amps and aren't much thicker than a petrol hose.