Apple Vision Pro’s battery are now known, thanks to the reviews. The battery’s two hours of “general use” and 2.5 hours of video watching were the only details Apple provided when pre-orders first opened. As it happens, those projections were reasonably accurate—possibly even slightly underestimating.
You might have been wondering the entire time what the battery’s true capacity is, though. That’s 3,166 mAh, therefore the enigma is now cleared out. Given its size and 353g weight, that might not seem like much, but there’s a catch.
And that is that its maximum output voltage of 13V 6A is significantly higher than the voltage of any 3.8V phone battery. Its capacity would be 9,440 mAh at an equivalent 35.9 Wh for the normal phone battery voltage, so yes, if you were thinking something like, “That looks just like a 10,000 mAh power bank.”
As you are undoubtedly aware by now, the Vision Pro’s battery is external. It features a proprietary connector for attaching it to the headset in addition to a USB-C port for charging it with the very large 30W wall charger that Apple included. Without much fiddling, the unique connector connects to the headset using a twist-to-lock mechanism.
While additional Vision Pro power packs are available from Apple for $200 apiece, keep in mind that they cannot be hot-swapped. The headset dies when the cord is removed, and when a fresh battery is inserted, it restarts.
This Friday, February 2, exclusively in the US, will see the release of the Vision Pro. It is scheduled for release later this year in other nations.
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