The smart battery cases are just… so smart. Apple originally introduced them for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus but in the day… the 3 years ago day. And they confused the crap out of customers and reviewers alike. Here was Apple, the company everyone accused of putting form over function so damn always, giving their flagship product a huge old humpidity-hump.
Like with camera bumps, though, Apple was letting physics win.
iPhone 11 Smart Battery Case: Technology Review
See, batteries aren`t just thermal insulators, they block radio frequencies. And that meant they could waste a lot of the power they were supposed to be providing. Apple, by contrast, kept the battery away from the antennas and then added a passive radio array to preserve as much signal as possible.
Because of the tight hardware and software integration, Apple could also keep the iPhone in mobile mode, rather than plugged in mode, while charging. That meant more power-intensive processes and net...
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