Published on: 2025-04-19 11:17:17
This fall Apple will launch four new iPhones, including the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air. But with the iPhone 17 Pro Max, the company is leaning hard in the opposite direction, and thus fulfilling the wish of many users over the years for the most battery life possible. iPhone 17 Pro Max battery getting bigger than ever In a year where a thinner, lighter flagship iPhone is being introduced, Apple isn’t forgetting the age-old request for a model that does the opposite. Do you want the most possibl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-19 19:40:30
is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. This week, Kia announced its affordable EV4 electric sedan will launch in the US early next year. While the US won’t get a hatchback edition of the EV4 that was mentioned when it was revealed in February, there will be two battery configurations: a 58.3kWh battery with a Kia-estimated range of 235 miles, and a larger 81.4kWh battery with a Kia
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-20 03:20:08
China is introducing new regulatory standards for electric car batteries that will represent some of the strictest safety and testing requirements in the world. Set to take effect on July 1, 2026, the “Safety Requirements for Power Batteries of Electric Vehicles” will essentially prohibit fires and explosions even after thermal propagation, or the spread of an uncontrolled temperature increase from one battery cell to another. Electric car fires are already rare, and some critics contend that C
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Kia's first all-electric sedan, the 2026 EV4, is making its official debut in the US at the New York International Auto Show, which runs from April 18 to April 27. The automaker first announced the vehicle in Spain back in February, with the promise that it will release the model in the USA, as well. It's built on top of the company's 400V Electric Global Modular Platform, which serves as the basis for all of Kia's electric vehicles. In the US, the EV4 will come with a built-in North American Ch
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is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. EcoFlow just announced improved versions of its Glacier refrigerator-freezer combo and Wave air conditioner-heater combo, two battery-powered off-grid appliances that can be recharged with the sun. The Wave 3 is more powerful than its predecessor, which means it can cool and heat larger spaces than the Wave 2 I reviewed last summer. Bu
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Ryan Haines / Android Authority Between the Google Pixel 9a, Apple iPhone 16e, and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, we’re spoiled for flagship-tier features without the price tags. Still, with prices ranging from $499 to $659 and a lot of differences under the hood, there’s plenty to weigh up when deciding between these three for your next purchase. Having previously examined the performance of these three plucky mid-rangers (TL;DR: the iPhone 16e and Galaxy S24 FE come out on top), it’s time to see whi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 15:02:05
ZDNET's key takeaways This ruggedized smartphone has a huge battery, a massive 800-lumen flashlight, and a night vision camera. The massive battery does make the handset weigh a hefty 2 pounds. The display can be a bit washed out in bright sunlight. $249.99 at Amazon At Amazon, the Blackview BV7300 is on sale for $250, a 7% discount. You can also apply a $20 coupon, lowering its price further to $230. I remember when smartphones started to use the built-in flash as a flashlight - it was quit
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-24 15:24:00
ZDNET's key takeaways Motorola's Moto G is available from the company's website for $200. The smartphone boasts a long-lasting battery, booming speakers, and a solid camera array. However, I wouldn't call it a "pocket-sized theater" due to its sub-standard screen. $191.05 at Amazon $199.99 at Motorola more buying choices In a world where flagship smartphones can cost $1,000 or more, key brands have carved a niche for themselves by developing midrange alternatives. These manufacturers equip th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-23 08:56:33
TL;DR The OnePlus 13T will officially launch on April 24. This will be a Chinese launch, and there’s no word on a global release yet. The phone has a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, a 6,000mAh or higher battery, and a 6.32-inch display. OnePlus has been teasing the OnePlus 13T in China for a while now, and this is expected to be a small yet powerful flagship Android phone. Now, the company has revealed a launch date for the device. OnePlus confirmed on Weibo that the OnePlus 13T would launch on Apr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-25 03:00:36
Kia's first all-electric sedan, the 2026 EV4, is making its official debut in the US today at the New York International Auto Show. The automaker first announced the vehicle in Spain back in February, with the promise that it will release the model in the USA, as well. It's built on top of the company's 400V Electric Global Modular Platform, which serves as the basis for all of Kia's electric vehicles. In the US, the EV4 will come with a built-in North American Charging Standard (NACS) port for
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Are you happy with Ring doorbells that are largely limited to Amazon Alexa compatibility? Does the Ring camera on the doorbell show a clear image with the right resolution for easy live viewing? Does the doorbell have any problems with latency and alerts? Can it be positioned close enough to your Wi-Fi network? Does the Ring doorbell have two-way audio, motion detection and other key features? Are you willing to pay for a Ring subscription to get features like video storage and object detecti
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is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Not to brag, but I’m somewhat of an expert in folding wagons. Huge flex, I know. But I’ve never tested one with a motor like BougeRV’s new Electric Foldable Wagon. I have a little surf shack that sits almost exactly 1km (0.6 miles) from the parking lot, where I regularly carry supplies and sports gear back and forth. I’ve used lots of
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-26 03:08:29
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has introduced a new metric in the Play Console beta to detect excessive background wake locks. The tool helps developers identify and fix app behaviors that drain batteries without the user’s knowledge. It’s part of Google’s longer-term plan to improve Android app performance consistency across devices. If your phone‘s battery has ever mysteriously plummeted overnight or died halfway through the day for no apparent reason, the culprit might b
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-27 07:45:13
If you’re shopping for a health and fitness smartwatch and you keep running into models with big price tags and relatively short battery life, you’re probably wondering exactly how are they supposed to get all of that amazing monitoring done when you keep having to put it back on its charger? Good question, but here’s a better answer: The Garmin vívoactive 5 health and fitness GPS smartwatch can go up to 11 days without needing to recharge, and it’s just $219 right now at Amazon thanks to a 27%
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The next Apple Watch (or watches) are months away from making their public debuts, but the rumors are already buzzing about what could be coming to the following generations of watches. From foldable displays to in-screen cameras and advanced health sensors, we're breaking down the most likely —and the most far-fetched— Apple Watch predictions. Apple Watch Series 11 release date Unless there's a massive glitch in the universe, I have it on good authority that we can expect the Apple Watch Seri
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Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR HONOR has launched the HONOR Power smartphone in China. The phone has an 8,000mAh silicon-carbon battery but maintains a relatively slim design. HONOR told us that it’ll share global availability details “in due course.” The first phones with silicon-carbon batteries arrived two years ago, and many Android OEMs have since embraced this tech. Now, HONOR has announced the HONOR Power, which offers a frankly ridiculous battery for a mainstream smartphone.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-28 11:15:00
TL;DR Even with foldable phones a reality, batteries have remained stubbornly solid. A new paper outlines a technique for replacing solid electrodes with toothpaste-like fluids. The resultant batteries aren’t just flexible, but can also be stretched. Smartphone manufacturers have pretty successfully proven by now that foldables phones are commercially viable. Granted, phones with screens that bend and flex may never be as durable as their flat, rigid brethren, but so long as you treat them wi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-28 10:38:37
Shared micromobility company Lime has reached an agreement to send batteries used in its scooters and e-bikes to Redwood Materials, which will extract and recycle critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and copper. The agreement announced Monday makes Redwood Materials the exclusive battery recycling partner for Lime’s shared scooters and e-bikes located in cities throughout the United States, Germany and The Netherlands. The agreement doesn’t cover every region in which Lime operate
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Shared micromobility company Lime has reached an agreement to send batteries used in its scooters and e-bikes to Redwood Materials, which will extract and recycle critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and copper. The agreement announced Monday makes Redwood Materials the exclusive battery recycling partner for Lime’s shared scooters and e-bikes located in cities throughout the United States, Germany and The Netherlands. The agreement doesn’t cover every region in which Lime operate
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-28 23:45:51
From our cell phones to our smartwatches and laptops, we’re surrounded by battery-powered devices. Today, batteries are solid, voluminous components of our technology—but what if they could be malleable, flexible, and even printable? Embracing this idea, researchers in Sweden have developed a fluid battery that can be shaped into different forms. As detailed in a study published April 11 in the journal Science, the battery makes use of electrodes—key conductive materials in batteries—in fluid f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-28 23:30:33
The Li-ion batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric cars are usually packed in rigid, sealed enclosures that prevent stresses from damaging their components and keep air from coming into contact with their flammable and toxic electrolytes. It’s hard to use batteries like this in soft robots or wearables, so a team of scientists at the University California, Berkeley built a flexible, non-toxic, jelly-like battery that could survive bending, twisting, and even cutting with a r
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-29 11:12:02
is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Samsung has announced new versions of its rugged tablets and smartphones designed for use in environments where they’re going to get dirty, wet, and knocked around. Both the Galaxy XCover7 Pro and Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro feature improved battery life, but the tablet goes one step further with a “dual hot-swap” feature allowing the battery to be sw
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is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Lime, the largest bike- and scooter-sharing company in the world, announced that it has struck a deal with Redwood Materials to recycle its lithium-ion batteries. Lime says its e-bike and e-scooter batteries typically last 500 charge cycles, or between five and seven years. Once those batteries reach their end of life, Lim
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Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority There’s very little more that I desire from the modern smartwatch. Sure, I wouldn’t say no to additional sensors to track even more health factors. I could also take slicker software and smoother animations. I’d even smile at brighter, higher-resolution screens. But beyond all those incremental improvements, I still yearn for a sizeable leap in battery life. Thankfully, that doesn’t seem too far off. We’ve already seen one of the most significant smartwatch l
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Supplied by Samsung TL;DR Samsung has launched the Galaxy XCover 7 Pro smartphone. The new rugged phone has seven years of updates and a removable battery. The phone launches in the US on May 8, but there’s no word on pricing yet due to tariffs. Samsung has long offered its XCover range of rugged Android phones, bringing a more durable design and some extras for enthusiasts. The XCover 7 launched over a year ago while the XCover 6 Pro was launched way back in 2022. Now, the company has revea
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-30 07:00:00
The Nintendo Switch 2 has entered the ring, possibly complicating your decision of which handheld to buy this year. While Nintendo’s new console, which comes out on June 5th, may seem similar to handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally, there’s a lot that sets them apart. Everything like how you buy and play games, their control methods, how powerful they are, and how you can expand their storage makes them different. Unique doesn’t always mean “good,” by the way. While tech-sa
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust In brief: Battery life remains a top concern for smartphone and portable device users. While researchers actively explore alternatives to lithium-ion, manufacturers often rely on software-based solutions to boost efficiency. A recent study suggests that anxiety over remaining battery life sets in surprisingly early – especially among younger users. An online survey by Talker Research found that Ame
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Some of you may not know this, but during a brief period from summer 2021 to fall 2023 – Apple made a battery bank. Of course, since it’s Apple, it was MagSafe. This MagSafe battery pack had a number of interesting features and quirks, and ultimately it only stuck around for two years. However, thanks to an interesting new Apple trend, I think it’s plausible that it comes back – but not as an Apple product. MagSafe battery history Apple’s MagSafe battery pack lived a short life. It was introd
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-01 03:06:00
ZDNET's key takeaways The Lorex 2K Wi-Fi video doorbell is available for $180. The doorbell comes in wired and wireless installations, communicates reliably, and includes a preinstalled 32GB microSD card for local storage so you can bypass subscription fees. Although it has a 2K resolution, the image is so wide angle that objects look distorted. $179.99 at Amazon Video doorbells are among the best ways to start your smart home journey. They are easy to use and often easy to install and provid
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Jason Hiner/ZDNET Apple claims that the batteries shipped inside the iPhone 15 and later models are designed to retain 80% of their original capacity after 1,000 complete charge cycles "under ideal conditions." When I acquired my iPhone 15 Pro Max, I decided to put this claim to the test. This smartphone was first used in March 2024 and has been my daily driver ever since. I have taken every possible measure to care for the battery: I have permanently set the charging limit to 80% (Settings >
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