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TL;DR
- HONOR has launched the HONOR Energy smartphone in China.
- The telephone has an 8,000mAh silicon-carbon battery however maintains a comparatively slim design.
- HONOR instructed us that it’ll share world availability particulars “in the end.”
The primary telephones with silicon-carbon batteries arrived two years in the past, and plenty of Android OEMs have since embraced this tech. Now, HONOR has introduced the HONOR Energy, which gives a frankly ridiculous battery for a mainstream smartphone.
The HONOR Energy ships with an 8,000mAh silicon-carbon battery. That’s twice as giant because the Galaxy S25‘s 4,000mAh battery and considerably bigger than the OnePlus 13‘s 6,000mAh battery. The corporate even claims that the telephone has a much bigger battery than the iPad Air (29.6Wh versus 28.93Wh).
What does this truly imply for real-world use? Properly, the corporate says you may anticipate 25 hours of video playback, 23.1 hours of quick video playback, 23.5 hours of navigation, and 14 hours of gaming. HONOR additionally guarantees that the battery ought to final for six years earlier than it wants changing, however the positive print notes that the battery is slated for 1,000 charging cycles earlier than it hits 80% efficient capability.
This big battery doesn’t appear to have compromised the telephone’s design, although. The HONOR Energy measures simply 7.98mm thick, excluding the digicam bump, and weighs 209 grams.
In any occasion, a silicon-carbon battery permits for larger power density than a standard lithium battery. Meaning corporations can choose for a bigger battery in the identical type issue or the identical capability in a smaller/slimmer type issue. Evidently, HONOR is leaning in direction of the previous strategy.
The telephone additionally helps 66W wired charging. HONOR claims you will get a 100% cost in a really respectable (for an 8,000mAh telephone) 68 minutes. Nonetheless, HONOR’s positive print notes that this charging time was obtained with a telephone at 3% capability reasonably than zero or 1%. However, that’s nonetheless a shorter charging time than some flagship phones. Sadly, there’s no wi-fi charging assist right here.
Greater than only a energy financial institution connected to a telephone?
As for core specs, that is successfully a funds system in some ways. Meaning a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, a 6.78-inch 1.5K OLED display (120Hz, 3840Hz PWM dimming), and a mediocre twin digicam setup. The latter consists of a 50MP foremost shooter and a 5MP ultrawide digicam, whereas a 16MP digicam handles selfies. The brand new handset additionally helps Beidou satellite tv for pc messaging by way of the customized C1 Plus communication chip.
By way of design, the HONOR Energy has a center-mounted pill-shaped cutout akin to the iPhone and the HONOR Magic 7 Pro. The model additionally talked about water resistance, however there’s no phrase on the particular IP ranking.
The 8GB/256GB HONOR Energy has a advisable value of 1,999 yuan (~$272) and a promotional value of 1,699.15 yuan (~$231). In the meantime, the top-end 12GB/512GB variant has a advisable value of two,499 yuan (~$340) and a promo value of two,124.15 yuan (~$289).
HONOR instructed Android Authority that it will share updates concerning the telephone’s world availability “in the end.” We’re a little bit nervous that this telephone will get a downgraded battery in some world markets, however the producer was solely in a position to say that it will share full specs for world fashions nearer to their launches.
