iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus officially available, teardown reveals impressive battery
Alexandra BurlacuWith Apple's latest iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones now available, teardowns were only a matter of time and for iFixit, it didn't last long at all.
The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus officially hit commercial availability on Friday, Sept. 19, and some folks couldn't wait to get their hands on them to tear them apart. Various repair firms and blogs have already performed teardowns of the latest iPhones, and iFixit is one of them.
The folks over at iFixit got both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus and performed a detailed teardown of each smartphone. Amid the usual commentaries regarding repairability, iFixit revealed that both new iPhone 6 models boast significantly larger batteries compared to their predecessors.
"The iPhone 6 features an 1810 mAh, 3.82 V Lithium-ion Polymer battery with an energy rating of 6.91 Wh. Turning it over, the rating improves to 7.01Wh! Perhaps the engineers were able to squeeze an extra 0.1Wh in the battery after confirming the text on the front," notes iFixit in its iPhone 6 teardown. "Apple preaches that this 28-gram power pack will let you talk for up to 14 hours on 3G and offers 250 hours of standby time. This is a fair bit smaller than the iPhone 6 Plus's 11.1Wh, 2915 mAh battery - but still a notable bump from the 1560 mAh unit in the iPhone 5s."
In terms of repairability score, the iPhone 6 gained a 7 out of 10 from iFixit, again marking an improvement over the iPhone 5S. The iPhone 6 Plus, meanwhile, has the same 7 out of 10 repairability score, and comes with a more impressive battery.
"In line with rumors, the battery is rated at 3.82 V and 11.1Wh of energy, for a total of 2915 mAh - nearly double the capacity of the 1560 unit in the iPhone 5s, and slightly larger than the 2800 mAh burner in the Galaxy S5. Between the larger battery and improvements in power efficiency, Apple touts a talk time of up to 24 hours on 3G, and 384 hours of standby time," iFixit notes in its iPhone 6 Plus teardown. "The battery found in the Plus is larger than the standard iPhone 6's 6.91 Wh, 1810 mAh battery - which explains the longer life, despite the much larger screen."
For more details regarding the teardown of each device, head over to iFixit's website - you can find the iPhone 6 teardown here, and the iPhone 6 Plus teardown at this link.
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