The new battery technology with Silicon-Carbon Element inside is quickly becoming a gold standard among Chinese flagship phones. It keeps the thickness in check and provides extra energy storage for essentially the same size as a Li-ion cell. Before long, we will find this tech in every modern smartphone.
The Chinese smartphone industry is already acclimating to the change. We hear a new rumor from China saying that the flagships coming toward the end of this year will have a baseline capacity of at least 7000mAh to energize those power-hungry Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 and MTK Dimensity 9500 SoCs.
We already know a few Chinese companies that plan to build handsets around those chipsets. Few of them will keep the 6000mAh standard that was set in 2024, but the rest will move on to add an extra 1000mAh capacity to their devices, which will make 7000mAh batteries a new standard next year.
Some flagships will even go higher and install 7500mAh batteries under their shells. There’s a chance that mid-rangers might take it a step further with 8000mAh typical capacity in the future. Honor could be launching a device next week with such a massive battery under the name branding “Honor Power series.”
We call the first Honor Power device a mid-ranger because it’s expected to use a Snapdragon 7 series chip. Digital Chat Station says that this phone will pair 80W charging with an 8000mAh battery. This goes without saying, but such a high-capacity cell needs faster charging support not to stay wall-tied for more than an hour.
Talking about the flagships that might appear in China at the end of 2025, it’s being said that they will bring at least 100W wired charging and a 7000 mAh battery, with some likely supporting 50W or even 80W wireless inputs. Not only is China pushing the envelope with higher-capacity batteries, but it’s also breaking the boundaries of wireless charging.
Hopefully, the Chinese flagship phones to debut by the end of 2025 will motivate American brands like Google and Apple to hop aboard this new trend. Samsung foldables can also be helped by Silicon-Carbon batteries, but the company hasn’t shown any interest in the technology so far. We’ll see what direction these brands will take in the year 2025 to compete with the Chinese smartphone makers. Stick around if you don’t want to miss anything.
