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The S5's battery will also be a new type of Li-ion battery that can store 20 percent more energy than batteries currently on the market, allowing it to offer more battery capacity in the same size as a lower capacity battery not using the new Li-ion tech. These batteries are made by Amprius, a battery startup based in Silicon Valley, and have been shipping to smartphone makers recently, and the Galaxy S5 could become one of the first smartphones to be powered by one.
How well will a 2,900 mAh battery cope with the insane hardware inside the Galaxy S5, especially the QHD (2,560×1,440) display? Well, that remains to be seen, but hopefully it will be good enough for at least a day's worth of use with medium usage, or consumers might just start hating all the hardware advancements if they can't manage to get through the day with their new and shiny flagship.
Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.
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