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Electric car battery tech will supercharge your next smartphone

The Honor Magic V5 packs a massive 5,820mAh battery inside a 4.4mm thin frame.

Cars, after all, require a lot more power to function than your average smartphone, so it was important to figure out how to get a larger capacity battery that also charges quickly into the same size form factor. (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)It's always peculiar when three of the world's largest smartphone manufacturers don't follow a trend. (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central) The Verge wrote about how silicon degrades faster than graphite, a legitimate concern considering companies like Google are actively throttling phone batteries as soon as 200 charging cycles.

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