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Seriously, isn't this discussion of the wrong topic altogether? CPU is not too strong, battery is too weak by design. Am I missing the point in this and other articles arguing about everything else but not about battery capacity? What if we had 10% more battery capacity and (oh horror) 0.1 mm thicker phone?

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I recently swapped the battery on my iPhone 6. I can tell you that if the battery is too weak it is due to space constraints. Mabe that's what you mean by design, but given the form and space available, I don't think the battery could be stronger than it is.

Sorry I wasn't completely clear. When I say 'by design' I don't really mean 'planned obsolescence', I mean 'system design problem' because somebody wanted to shave another 0.01 mm of thickness. I would be surprised to see any other reason than stupid form over function that causes this.

You mean what they did in the recent round of iPhones?

Maybe. I hope so but we can't really tell if new batteries have security margin or not. It will show in 12+ months.

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