Ah, the dream smartphone!

We’ve got been slowing getting there ever for the reason that first iPhone began the fashionable smartphone trade in 2007. Most of the items have already fallen into place, and nowadays plainly we’re specializing in three elementary components. 

First, you might argue that smartphone chips at the moment are lastly quick sufficient. New processors like the most recent Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset ship huge beneficial properties and at last convey smartphone to actually desktop-like efficiency. You may argue that smartphone chips had been quick sufficient already earlier, however with this newest huge step we’re coming into a brand new period. And with the appearance of AI, we’re additionally lastly getting bonkers quantities of RAM, which ensures a telephone will stay quick for years to return.

Secondly, I may argue that we’ve lastly reached peak smartphone cameras as nicely. The one lacking piece was lastly added once we acquired compact telephones with a devoted telephoto digital camera in 2024. Positive, there are methods to enhance, however the main digital camera improvements have allegedly already occurred.

After all, the “dream smartphone” is an elusive idea and one thing that’s barely totally different for everybody, however one factor is obvious: it’s NOT a telephone you must cost each single day.

So what concerning the third component, battery life?

7,000 mAh telephones are coming

The battery module is already in manufacturing

A battery pack with the identical measurement as present ones, however a lot larger capability

The excellent news is that this final stumbling block of battery life will seemingly be eliminated subsequent yr.

A recent leak out of prolific leaker and trade insider Digital Chat Station tells us that the primary 7,000 mAh battery is now a actuality, and it is solely a query of when it will likely be applied in an actual smartphone.

Listed here are the specs of this new spectacular battery cell:

What is that this mysterious Ouga Group? 

It seems that that is an inside Oppo/OnePlus collaboration, so mainly it will likely be below the large umbrella of BBK company (the entity behind Vivo, Oppo and OnePlus telephones).

The important thing time period right here is “excessive silicon”. This new materials replaces the graphite anode of a standard battery with a brand new silicon materials that may seize extra lithium ions, or just mentioned, it may possibly maintain WAY extra capability.

This know-how has been in improvement for years by Washington-based Group14, and plainly the fabric has lastly graduated to a stage the place it may be safely applied in actual world batteries.

It is coming subsequent yr

We’re used to reporting about battery applied sciences far out sooner or later, however this one will not be that.

This can be on actual telephones launched subsequent yr, in 2025.

Naturally, the primary corporations to implement it’s going to in all probability be Oppo and OnePlus, however we’ve already seen some type of a silicon-anode battery within the Xiaomi 15 Professional collection.

And simply to be completely appropriate concerning the pioneers of that know-how, we’ve to call Honor which first launched a smartphone with a silicon-anode battery practically two years in the past.

We must also say that some current telephones have already got a battery of practically that measurement. For instance, the mid-range Vivo Y300 Professional incorporates a 6,500 mAh battery, and you may already purchase that telephone (for those who reside in Asia the place it is offered, that’s).

Two-day battery life

We have already got telephones that get 1.5 days of use, and we would lastly get to the 2-day mark subsequent yr

Few corporations give us “Days of Use” battery estimate for his or her smartphones, which is a disgrace, however we’ve one such firm, Xiaomi.

The fresh-out-the-oven Xiaomi 15 Professional is formally estimated to final 1.5 DOU (days of use), and it has a 6,100 mAh battery inside.

That is wonderful longevity, however it’s nonetheless a bit wanting that coveted two-day battery life.

And with that 7,000 mAh battery due subsequent yr, we’re getting a 15% enchancment. This implies we would lastly attain that long-awaited milestone of not having to cost your telephone every single day on flagships, and mid-range telephones might truly get to 2.5 days of use.

Take into account that with lighter use, which means that you’ll in all probability have the ability to prolong battery life to 3 days between costs.

However iPhones, Galaxy and Pixel telephones will get that a lot later

I’ve painted a rosy image as a result of I certainly consider that is what we’ll see subsequent yr, however I wish to set the suitable expectations. Extra particularly, I wish to make it clear that I do NOT count on the iPhone 16 Professional Max, Galaxy S25 Extremely or Pixel 10 Professional XL to have a 7,000 mAh battery.

They may, nevertheless it’s simply not very seemingly.

These corporations are well-known for being extraordinarily conservative with implementing new applied sciences they usually simply can’t threat it on a flagship product made in hundreds of thousands of portions. An excessive amount of is on the road.

So chances are high they’ll wait and let different corporations get the honors of being first, but additionally take the chance. And solely then, a yr or extra down the road, we would lastly see this know-how adopted in mainstream smartphones.

However in case you are able to make the leap with a OnePlus or a Xiaomi telephone within the close to future, and if all the celebs align,, I feel this time subsequent yr we are going to lastly have the ability to name it: the dream smartphone has arrived. And I for as soon as, can’t look forward to that second.