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Standard battery technology in smartphones to improve marginally
this year
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Any major inflection in battery performance would require the
use of different technology, or a new material
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The gains from new or larger batteries are likely to be balanced
out by greater usage
Deloitte predicts that the standard battery technology used in
all smartphones will improve only marginally in 2015. Those getting
new smartphones this year should enjoy an increase in battery life,
but this will mostly be due to other factors, principally
efficiency improvements in processors, radio transmitters and
screens as well as from better software.
The smartphone has benefited from Moore's Law – the
consistent, significant increase in performance at the same price
point – with processor and connectivity speeds seeing the
biggest increments. Consumers have often yearned for a similar
breakthrough for battery. However since the introduction of
Lithium-Ion technology they
