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Old 07-30-2021, 05:36 PM   #56 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Piotrsko View Post
I'll add: your phone doesn't draw 800 amps to produce a couple hundred KW dissipated. And 100% indicated charge is about 4.2v per cell, mine is 3 cell in parallel but still 4.2 max voltage oyherwise you'd need a buck inverter in the phone because supply maxes out around 5 volts except for the really new stuff running USB "C".
No phones don't draw 800 amps but I wonder about the ratio of maximum current draw to battery size.

My iPhone XR has a 2.94 Ah battery. When it came out a Model 3 long range had a 230 Ah battery.
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