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Samsung considering using ATL’s batteries for new foldable phones
Samsung considering using ATL’s batteries for new foldable phones
  • Stan Lee
  • 승인 2022.04.28 14:41
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The company likely to use Samsung SDI, LG Energy and Chinese firm for batteries
Image: ATL
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Samsung was reviewing using batteries from Chinese battery maker Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) for its upcoming foldable smartphones, TheElec has learned.

If Samsung’s MX business, the name of its mobile business, approves of the use, it will be the first time that it is using batteries from ATL for its Galaxy Z series of foldable phones.

ATL once lost the South Korean tech giant as a customer in 2017 following the controversy around the Galaxy Note 7 phones catching fire.

Samsung had blamed faulty batteries as the cause of the debacle at the time.

However, since then, the Chinese battery maker had resumed supplying batteries to the tech giant for the Galaxy A and M series of smartphones. It also started supplying to premium smartphones again with the Galaxy S21 last year.

Samsung had so far mostly used affiliate Samsung SDI for the batteries used in the Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy Z Fold series.

The company is likely considering including ATL as a supplier for its foldable phones to save on costs as South Korean analysts expect Samsung to lower the price tags of its latest foldable phones launching later this year.

Batteries account for around 5% of the cost of manufacturing smartphones. It is not a crucial element when companies decide on the price tag of their products. But nonetheless, Samsung can use ATL to cut unit prices down of its exiting supplier Samsung SDI.

ATL already supplies batteries to Apple for iPhones, making it a reliable supplier.

Samsung is also planning to use batteries from LG Energy Solution on its latest foldable phones.

The battery maker began supplying batteries for flagship smartphones of the tech giant, starting with the Galaxy Note 10.


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