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2015年9月9日星期三

Samsung using new free-form battery technology for the Gear S2

Samsung’s Gear S2 smartwatch is a bit smaller than the original Gear S, and it has a completely round design. Aesthetically, it looks fantastic, but typically small, unusually shaped electronics also have batteries that are way too small.

The good news, though, is that Samsung is using extremely new free-form battery technology for the battery in the Gear S2 that was critical to actually producing the device. Samsung’s SDI tech allowed the manufacturer to cram in a 250 mAh battery inside the Gear S2, since the battery can be manipulated to fit the limited space inside the watch much better than traditional batteries.

If a normal, squared battery like we’re used to seeing was used in the Gear S2, we’d likely be seeing a 200 mAh battery in the watch. That’s a 25% swing in favor of Samsung’s new technology, and even though the battery is still kind of small (it’s a watch, after all) the implications of that for bigger devices is huge.

The Gear S2 marks the first device to market with the free-form battery technology, but I’d bet we can expect Samsung to take full advantage of being able to cram as much battery into all of their high-end devices going forward.

source: Business Korea

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