Watch out, Samsung: This new phone has a crazy 8,000mAh silicon-carbon battery

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR HONOR has launched the HONOR Power smartphone in China. The phone has an 8,000mAh silicon-carbon battery but maintains a relatively slim design. HONOR told us that it’ll share global availability details “in due course.” The first phones with silicon-carbon batteries arrived two years ago, and many Android OEMs have since embraced this tech. Now, HONOR has announced the HONOR Power, which offers a frankly ridiculous battery for a mainstream smartphone. The HONOR Power ships with an 8,000mAh silicon-carbon battery. That’s twice as large as the Galaxy S25‘s 4,000mAh battery and significantly larger than the OnePlus 13‘s 6,000mAh battery. The company even claims that the phone has a bigger battery than the iPad Air (29.6Wh versus 28.93Wh). The phone also measures just 7.98mm thick, excluding the camera bump. In any event, a silicon-carbon battery allows for greater energy density than a conventional lithium battery. That means companies can op ... Read full article.