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>I'll assume the batteries are 8 Wh for iPhone

8Wh is exceptionally low (even guessing), it's just 2.22Ah for a Li-Ion (cobalt based). IPhone battery is 3.2Ah ~ 11.5Wh.

52 Wh for the Mac; that's a rather low estimate for a Mac, it has 3 cells in series, likely 2 or 3 in parallel. 2.8-3Ah per cell (at 3.6 nominal voltage)




Depends on the model, the SE is 7.82 Wh and that model is still on sale.

But even doubling the combined total, let alone a mere extra 3 Wh * 232e6 = 696 MWh = 0.7 GWh, Apple is still a small battery user compared to Tesla cars.


I didn't doubt the conclusion, just the estimate was extremely low, I'd just not call it 'plausible'.




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