s6 batteryWith every major phone release, the company behind the phone usually tries to improve upon its battery life. This usually comes in the form of battery-saving features and better optimization, or the good old fashioned way which is to pack a larger battery into the device. The latter option is more straightforward but at the same time can come at the expense of the device’s size.

However it seems that Samsung does not want batteries to be the reason they compromise their phone’s design, which is why the company has recently announced that they are working on creating higher energy density batteries along with thinner camera sensors, all of which will allow the company to create slimmer handsets in the future.

So what does this mean exactly? Basically by creating higher density batteries, it means that Samsung can keep the current physical size of the battery, but be able to pack more energy into it. Samsung’s progress has so far resulted in 700Wh/l batteries but the company is aiming to increase it to as much as 780Wh/l by 2017. They are also looking to increase the battery’s voltage to 4.40 volts in the coming months, and ultimately aim to get it to 4.5 volts by 2017.

Along with the higher density batteries, the company also announced that they are working on new camera sensors that comes with smaller pixel sizes from 1.12 microns to 1 micron, which in turn will decrease its size from 5.2mm to 4.5mm for a 13MP sensor. These are exciting developments and we can’t wait to see what Samsung has in store for us in the future.

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