Apple just keeps identifying little ways to squeeze more life out of the iPhone's battery -- and thank heavens for that.

With an iPhone 13 Pro in my pocket, I don't experience that awful dread of running out of juice nearly as often as I used to. But things can always get better.

The latest rumor indicates a new 5G chip will give the iPhone 14 battery a boost.

And there's an additional perk: Since the new 5G chips will be produced using an advanced manufacturing process, they will be even smaller than the ones in iPhone 13. And that will free up some space inside iPhone 14 ... which could mean a bigger battery!

In the meantime, we've got a how-to on maximizing the battery life of your current 5G iPhone.

Here's to putting an end to nomophobia, one way or another.

– Lewis Wallace, managing editor.

New 5G chip could mean even better battery life for iPhone 14 — www.cultofmac.com

Apple’s most recent iPhone models offer better battery life than any of their rivals — and it could be about to get even better. Cupertino is reportedly preparing a new 5G chip that is even more efficient for iPhone 14.

How to save battery life when using 5G on iPhone — www.cultofmac.com

5G consumes significantly more battery life than 4G, but there are some things you can do to minimize its impact on iPhone 12 and 13.

Apple tasks South Korean firm with building autopilot chips for its first car — www.cultofmac.com

The two companies reportedly joined forces a year ago, working on a chipset package likely to include a CPU, GPU, memory and imaging interface to "oversee AI computations" for the self-driving car.

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Unclutter your desk with an invisible wireless iPhone charger — www.cultofmac.com

If you suffer from a cluttered desktop — and who doesn’t, at least sometimes? — Choetech has something for you. Right now you can preorder its new Invisible Wireless Charger and take one more item off the junk pile.

'The Snoopy Show' returns along with new 'Peanuts' holiday specials — www.cultofmac.com

Season two of The Snoopy Show premieres on Apple TV+ in March, with fresh adventures of Charlie Brown’s irrepressible pooch, his pal Woodstock and the rest of the gang. A new trailer shows the fun to be expected.

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"I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of. But I don't have any skeletons in my closet that can't be allowed out." – Steve Jobs, talking to his future biographer