Multi-day battery life is lastly right here — and Apple and Samsung missed the memo

I can’t say I’m remotely shocked to see stories that the Apple iPhone Air and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge are struggling for gross sales. Nor that their successors may by no means even see the sunshine of day. Whereas the concept of a brilliant light-weight, completely pocketable powerhouse sounds good on paper, they’re simply not the sort of units most individuals wish to purchase. They’re prohibitively costly to start out with, although that hasn’t stopped booklet-style foldables from discovering a sustainable area of interest. No, the actual drawback — the one all of us noticed coming — is their dreadful battery life. And but, higher battery life constantly tops shopper wishlist