Samsung to use 5000mAh LG batteries in the Galaxy S11+ for the first time
| Galaxy S10 series | Galaxy S11 series (expected) |
|---|---|
| 3100mAh (Galaxy S10e) | 3730mAh (Galaxy S11e) |
| 3400mAh (Galaxy S10) | 4300-4500mAh (Galaxy S11) |
| 4100mAh (S10+) 4300mAh (Note 10+) 4500mAh (S10+ 5G, Galaxy A71) |
5000mAh (Galaxy S11+) |
The reasoning? Well, the 120Hz displays and 5G versions of the S11 series are going to be battery hogs, so Samsung will have to up the ante in the endurance department. Also, Huawei, and even, surprisingly, Apple with the 11 Pro Max, are eating its lunch in the flagship battery life department.
That huge 5000mAh or so battery pack will be supplied by LG, it turns out, in addition to whatever Samsung’s own SDI subsidiary can muster. “LG Chem currently mass produces the cells for the up-and-coming Galaxy phones from its Nanjing plant in China,” tipped industry sources.
That’s explicable, given that LG Chem is the world’s largest lithium-ion battery producer by capacity, but also marks the first time that LG batteries will be used in the Galaxy S-line. Samsung is obviously content with the job that LG did with the batteries of the Note 10 series, and has tasked it with the initial S11 series supplies, too.
We already told you how Samsung has arrived to this drastic bump in capacities – by using a custom PMP packaging method for the cells that reduces the size of the wrapping significantly, and allows for either smaller packs with the same capacity, or way more juice content in the same battery size that is in the S10 series.