The Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, set to be launched to the general public tomorrow, is powered by an exterior battery pack with a capability of three,166 mAh, in comparison with the three,274 mAh battery that powers the iPhone 15 Professional, though it ought to be famous that the voltages are completely different.
As revealed by Daring Fireball‘s John Gruber, the Imaginative and prescient Professional battery is roughly the identical width and peak as an iPhone 15 Professional, however thicker. The battery can be heavier, weighing in at about 325 g, in comparison with 187 g for an iPhone 15 Professional.
“It’s nearer in thickness and weight to 2 iPhone 15’s than it’s to 1,” says Gruber.
The burden of the battery was additionally famous by Marques Brownlee in his unboxing video, describing it as “fairly heavy.” Brownlee in contrast it to smartphones with bigger capability 5,000+ mAh batteries that really feel “a lot lighter.”
The silver Imaginative and prescient Professional exterior battery pack is supplied with a proprietary connector for attaching it to the Imaginative and prescient Professional headset. It additionally features a USB-C port for charging with the 30W wall charger that’s included within the field. The connector attaches to the Imaginative and prescient Professional by rotating it 1 / 4 flip to lock the ability twine into place.
Apple says the Imaginative and prescient Professional boasts as much as two hours of operation general (as much as 2.5 hours for 2D video playback). This implies many customers will seemingly determine to buy a further $199 battery pack to energy prolonged Imaginative and prescient Professional classes.
Gruber warns that there is no such thing as a built-in energy reservoir within the headset, that means the Imaginative and prescient Professional will instantly energy off when the ability cable is disconnected. This implies a handbook reboot will probably be required to alter batteries.
Nonetheless, there’s a bit of fine information for Imaginative and prescient Professional in the case of the system’s battery pack. Whereas the cable that connects the battery pack to the headset seems to be mounted in place, it will probably truly be eliminated if mandatory.
Journalist Ray Wong posted on X that he was in a position to make use of a SIM card pin to “unlock” the cable and take away it from the battery pack. A small gap positioned subsequent to the cable apparently incorporates a locking mechanism.
Whereas the battery pack to headset cable seems to be just like a Lightning cable, it has too many pins to be Lightning (as seen within the tweet under). As a substitute, it’s a proprietary cable that received’t have the ability to be related to different equipment or used for an additional objective.
Apple seemingly designed the cable to be detachable, permitting it to be swapped out without having to interchange the whole battery pack ought to the cable be broken.
The Imaginative and prescient Professional bundle features a single battery pack, and as talked about above, extra modules can be found for $199 every. The battery features a USB-C port that enables charging the battery with a USB-C cable. Passthrough charging is supported.
The Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional launches in US shops this Friday, February 2. Apple will launch the Imaginative and prescient Professional in extra international locations later this yr. The system is at present within the arms of builders and reviewers.