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Rumor: Samsung looking to adapt technique used to make batteries for electric vehicles to next-gen iPhone batteries

Samsung is apparently looking to use a battery production technique generally used for electric vehicles in order to create more energy-dense smartphone batteries as a move that could improve the battery life of future iPhone models. The batteries, which would be manufactured by Samsung SDI (Samsung’s battery and energy division), would be used to create […]

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Investigators may be closer to discovering cause of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 battery issues

They may be that much closer to finding out why the batteries in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 have been overheating and catching fire. Investigators who’ve performed preliminary examinations of the handsets and batteries have suggested there is an issue with the batteries made by China’s Amperex Technology Ltd., which were supposed to be a […]

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Samsung reportedly ends flow of MacBook, iPad battery supplies

The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys continues. Per the cool cats at The Mac Observer and China Business News, Apple has apparently turned to Amperex Technology Limited and Tianjin Lishen Battery for its laptop and iPad battery needs after Samsung reportedly stopped supplying the components. If true, it underscores the ongoing tension between […]