iPhone 13 battery leaks might be the best reason to upgrade
Save for a catastrophic event, there’s nothing to stop Apple from launching the iPhone 13 on time this year. That means a mid-September launch event and a late September release date. Apple has not cautioned investors that the next-gen iPhone will see delays this year, as it happened in 2020. On top of that, a variety of reports from Apple’s supply chain indicate that Apple has started procuring key parts well in advance of production. Taken together, all these developments solidify the idea that the iPhone launch is returning to September. If you’re already looking for reasons to upgrade your device to the latest iPhone generation, there’s something that might top everything else. That’s the iPhone 13 battery size rumors.
The iPhone 13 will not be a major upgrade over last year’s model. It’ll be more like an “S” generation. Some rumors say Apple will launch the new series as “iPhone 12s” to avoid unlucky 13. According to rumors and leaked schematics, all four iPhone 13 handsets will feature almost the same dimensions as their predecessors. They’ll have the same height and width, but they’ll all be thicker by about 0.2mm.
It might not seem like much, but that extra width could let Apple increase the battery capacity significantly on all four iPhones. It’s all about the extra volume that the extra millimeters buy.
iPhone 13 battery size explained
There’s a good reason for the battery size upgrade too. The iPhone 13 might feature a more energy-consuming 120Hz ProMotion display. The screens you’ve been asking for are only coming to the Pro models, however. Even though they’re supposed to feature Apple’s more efficient dynamic refresh rate tech, those screens will need more energy than 60Hz panels. That’s where a bigger battery will help.
But it’s not just the iPhone 13 Pro phones that are getting bigger batteries, even though they’d be the only ones to sport 120Hz screens. We saw a bunch of iPhone 13 battery leaks this year, all saying that all four handsets are getting larger batteries.
