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by tooltalk 168 days ago
which "high-end" phones and laptops use LFP? This makes no sense.

Also, LFPs are mostly deployed in low-range EVs and mostly in China. Most EVs outside China still favor NCM/NCA, but I suspect that LFP is going to gain market share in budget friendly, low-range EVs.
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gamblor956 167 days ago
A number of Chinese brands use LFP batteries due to the local flight ban on lithium ion batteries.
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tooltalk 166 days ago
You are conflating power banks and smartphones.

In China, the current trend in "high-end" smartphones/laptop is to switch to higher-energy silicon-anode batteries. LFP is primarily for low-energy dense (gravimetric/volumetric) storage devices, such as power banks; or in vehicles, low-end/low-range EVs, or stationary energy storage (ESS) -- BYD being one notable exception.

China implemented rules in mid-2025 banning uncertified (no 3C mark) and recalled power banks from Anker & Romoss models, from domestic flights due to fire risks.

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