Apple By Matthew Humphries Apr. 17, 2014 8:31 am
At this rate the iPhone 6 is looking likely to have more leaks pre-release than the iPhone 5 smartphones. A few days ago CAD renders, a detailed technical schematic, and the phone manufacturing mold leaked, and not long before that other schematic drawings were released allowing for a render of the phone to be created. Now we have an image of what is claimed to be the battery that will sit inside the iPhone 6.
The image you see above leaked to French website Nowhereelse and is apparently of the iPhone 6 battery. It looks like the iPhone 5S battery in shape, but is definitely longer, suggesting that the iPhone 6 is larger than the iPhone 5S. That ties up with the rumors that Apple is going to produce a 4.7-inch smartphone. A 5.5-inch is also expected, but production delays have put its launch back several months.
We can’t tell if the battery is any thinner than the iPhone 5S part, but I’d expect it to be because the iPhone 6 is thinner based on the schematics that leaked. Apple will want to at least match its previous smartphones on battery life, so a longer battery also makes sense in this regard–the iPhone 6 is losing space in terms of thickness, but gaining it in length, so the battery has to change shape.
We’re only in April, and the iPhone 6 isn’t expected to launch until September at the earliest. It seems likely more information will leak out, but also that these aren’t final parts. Apple will still be experimenting before settling on the final design. However, with molds, schematics, and components out in the wild, some copy cat handsets could start appearing even before the real iPhone 6 hits the market.
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The image you see above leaked to French website Nowhereelse and is apparently of the iPhone 6 battery. It looks like the iPhone 5S battery in shape, but is definitely longer, suggesting that the iPhone 6 is larger than the iPhone 5S. That ties up with the rumors that Apple is going to produce a 4.7-inch smartphone. A 5.5-inch is also expected, but production delays have put its launch back several months.
We can’t tell if the battery is any thinner than the iPhone 5S part, but I’d expect it to be because the iPhone 6 is thinner based on the schematics that leaked. Apple will want to at least match its previous smartphones on battery life, so a longer battery also makes sense in this regard–the iPhone 6 is losing space in terms of thickness, but gaining it in length, so the battery has to change shape.
We’re only in April, and the iPhone 6 isn’t expected to launch until September at the earliest. It seems likely more information will leak out, but also that these aren’t final parts. Apple will still be experimenting before settling on the final design. However, with molds, schematics, and components out in the wild, some copy cat handsets could start appearing even before the real iPhone 6 hits the market.
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