[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-iphone-duo-teardowns-show-two-batteries-totaling-4883-mah":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},12341,"iphone-duo-teardowns-show-two-batteries-totaling-4883-mah","iPhone Duo Teardowns Show Two Batteries Totaling 4,883 mAh","Early iPhone Duo teardowns find two battery cells, a modular USB-C port and a Touch ID button that comes out only with effort.","The iPhone Duo carries two separate battery cells with a combined 4,883 mAh, according to the first teardown videos from the YouTube channels REWA Technology and Phone Repair Guru.\n\nThe larger cell is rated at 2,962 mAh (11.56 Wh) and the smaller at 1,921 mAh (7.5 Wh). Milliamp-hours measure charge, while watt-hours also account for voltage, which makes them the better figure for comparing phones. Together the cells come to 19.06 Wh, with the bigger one supplying about 61 percent. Both are held in by electrically activated adhesive, a glue that lets go when electricity is applied.\n\nREWA Technology's video includes a labeled breakdown of the logic board, the main circuit board, which holds Apple's A20 Pro chip and C2 cellular modem, among other parts. Phone Repair Guru said the Touch ID button can technically be removed for repairs, though the channel called the process difficult. It also said the charging port is apparently a fully modular USB-C unit, meaning it can be swapped as its own part. The phone is eSIM-only worldwide, so there is no physical SIM card to remove at all.\n\nTwo videos do not add up to a repair verdict, but they sketch a mixed picture. A battery that releases on demand and a port that is its own module point toward easier service. A Touch ID button that fights back points the other way. The split battery adds one more consideration: repairers now deal with two cells of different sizes rather than one.\n\nThe repair site iFixit will likely publish a more detailed teardown in the coming days. The question there is how it weighs the easy battery and port against that stubborn fingerprint button.","[\"iphone-duo\",\"teardown\",\"apple\",\"repairability\"]","2026-10-24T15:02:56.000Z","2026-10-24T16:01:55.704Z","2026-10-24T16:01:56.290Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The numbers check out against the MacRumors source, but remove or source the claims it doesn't support ('Apple has used that technique in recent iPhones' and 'the parts that wear out most often'), cut the speculation about the interior being 'shaped around something other than a single block of space', and drop the 'as described' hedge, which reads as an admission of partial sourcing, while adding real context beyond the source.","resolved","consumer-tech",[32,33,34,35],"iphone-duo","teardown","apple","repairability",[37],{"name":38,"url":39},"MacRumors","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.macrumors.com\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F24\u002Fiphone-duo-teardown-videos\u002F",0,{"sections":42},[43,48,53,58,63,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101,106],{"name":44,"slug":45,"count":46,"latest_published_at":47},"AI","ai",7076,"2026-10-23T21:11:07.000Z",{"name":49,"slug":50,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"Security","security",1064,"2026-10-23T23:25:00.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":55,"count":56,"latest_published_at":57},"Policy","policy",584,"2026-10-24T11:35:00.000Z",{"name":59,"slug":60,"count":61,"latest_published_at":62},"Deals","deals",571,"2026-10-24T09:00:00.000Z",{"name":64,"slug":30,"count":65,"latest_published_at":18},"Consumer Tech",298,{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Hardware","hardware",294,"2026-10-23T20:00:00.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Science","science",218,"2026-10-23T22:48:25.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Startups","startups",148,"2026-10-23T16:26:29.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Software","software",143,"2026-10-23T19:28:10.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",122,"2026-10-21T16:00:00.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general",102,"2026-10-24T15:34:10.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Gaming","gaming",88,"2026-10-22T22:25:33.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]