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cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/3524209

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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/wish-u-well on 2024-07-27 02:37:53+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)

How about phones? Surely Samsung would put their own new battery tech in their own phones right?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

Where would you drive in your phone, bro? Don't be silly.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Based on the article they are more expensive than li-ion batteries (for now), so probably not yet. And the article doesn't mention anything about this, but I imagine there would be scaling issues.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Do you know how big and heavy that phone would be with a car battery in it?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

yeah but imagine the screen size though

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

A couple of these would be perfect for my flight sim!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You can even take it with you on the train!

[–] Reverendender 3 points 2 months ago

If it doesn’t fold into eighths I’m not interested

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Especially if the battery is 600 miles long like the title says.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I don't think solid state batteries provide as much benefit in smaller devices.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

SSB can be a quite a lot denser compared to existing ones. Up to 2.5x if I recall correctly. Also less flammable. Edit: consider -> compared