IPhone 8 will install a battery of “Plus” form factor

This morning, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo issued a note to clients that was made available to

web portal "MacRumors" and in which itsuggested that Apple will use a form factor for the next generation iPhone 8 smartphone, comparable in size to a 4.7-inch device, but which will install a capacious battery comparable in capacity to the battery of iPhone Plus-sized devices. It is possible that the new device's battery life on a single battery charge will exceed that of iPhone devices with a 5.5-inch LCD screen.

This will be possible through the use ofa new motherboard design, namely, the LP approach will be applied (layout in the form of a stack of pancakes, a layered board), which in turn will reduce the size of this board. In production, such technology is more expensive, but the ability to install on a much more capacious battery will be a definite plus.

A similar design approach should allowApple engineers will install a battery comparable in capacity to the batteries of the device form factor Plus devices in a device that will use a more energy-efficient, edge-to-edge OLED screen, while maintaining dimensions comparable to a 4.7-inch iPhone.

Here is an excerpt from the Kuo report:

Due to the fact that in the next 3-5 years notIf a technological breakthrough is expected in the production of batteries, the only way to increase energy efficiency is to reduce the size of the motherboard (using the SLP method) to free up the internal space of the device, which can be used to install large batteries, which should increase the battery life of the device.

Thanks to SLP technology, OLED is expectediPhone will have dimensions comparable to the dimensions of the device 4.7-inch LCD iPhone, and equipped with a battery comparable in capacity to devices 5.5-inch LCD iPhone (with a capacity of about 2,700 mAh, L-shaped, two-section battery).

If your iPhone 8 will use a battery.similar to what is found in a 5.5-inch iPhone, we get a 50% increase in battery life compared to the same parameter for a device with a 4.7-inch diagonal. In fact, the iPhone 8 may use a battery with better battery life than the 5.5-inch iPhone 7 Plus's 2,900 mAh battery.

All this will be possible thanks to the useAn OLED screen, which is more energy efficient than an LCD screen because it does not require a backlight. Using a new motherboard design could result in an 80% increase in production costs, which also supports the assumption that the iPhone 8 will cost over $1,000.

Further, the analyst argues that the comingiPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus devices equipped with LCD screens are unlikely to be equipped with layered motherboards, which leads to the conclusion that the battery life of their batteries will be comparable to the same parameter of the current line of devices of the iPhone 7 family.

Assuming Kuo knows what he's talking about,then his analytical note can serve as further evidence that the iPhone 8 will actually use a completely new design with an edge-to-edge display and in the absence or with minimal frame sizes around the display and with a relatively large space under the display.

KGI report came out right after reportsthat Apple officially joined the Wireless Power Consortium consortium, I take into account all the rumors that the iPhone 8 will offer its users the possibility of wireless inductive charging based on the Qi standard technology that this consortium oversees.