Xiaomi has sold 1 million Redmi-branded power banks (10,000 and 20,000 mAh)

16 July 2021
Power banks have remain popular throughout the years despite the batteries inside phones growing ever bigger while chipset nanometers shrink.

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  • 19 Jul 2021

Rkm, 18 Jul 2021While theoretically true, in reality some fail more than th... moreWell, they don't have identical chipsets, identical cooling, identical phone chassis construction, they don't use identical charging standards or speeds and they aren't used identically by users either. My XR's battery behaves pretty much identical it has when I bought it. But I babysit it only charging to 80% and never deep discharge it. Battery has been at 100% only twice in its entire life time. It still lasts me up to 2 days depending on use. Basically the same it has when it was new. And it'll soon be 3 years old. Most people just don't treat phones like this.

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    • 18 Jul 2021

    AnonD-1003038, 18 Jul 2021It's a battery. There's no exceptional or average... moreWhile theoretically true, in reality some fail more than the others.

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      • 18 Jul 2021

      Rkm, 18 Jul 2021And thus disproving the guy I replied to that apple only ma... moreIt's a battery. There's no exceptional or average batteries. Especially not ones used by reputable phone makers who pretty much all use some shape or form of LG, Samsung or Panasonic cells.

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        • 18 Jul 2021

        AnonD-1003038, 18 Jul 2021What would cause batteries to wear so much? I don't kn... moreAnd thus disproving the guy I replied to that apple only make regular / average battery and not exceptional batteries on phones. Their phone batteries are average, nothing like macbook.

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          • 18 Jul 2021

          Rkm, 18 Jul 2021Yes, what you said is true. But what was the underlying cau... moreWhat would cause batteries to wear so much? I don't know, phone being on charger at 100% through every entire night, charging it while gaming for long time, having full 100 down to almost shutdown discharge cycles and given how long people generally keep on using iPhones, it wasn't actually "short time". People don't babysit batteries like we do. They treat them like trash. And if you treat batteries like trash they'll be in pretty bad condition. iPhone 6 was released in 2014, the 6s in 2015. Batterygate was in late 2016, early 2017. You'd be amazed how people can trash batteries in just 2 years. Admittedly, the size of iPhone 6 cells wasn't helping all of this and was a minor contributing factor for sure, but mostly batteries get shot by stuff I mentioned above.

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            • 18 Jul 2021

            Helo, 17 Jul 2021They used recycled lithium cells from laptops,.that's ... moreWhat is your source for this information? I'm using my Xiaomi powerbank foro ver 2,5 years now, and it works perfectly

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              • 18 Jul 2021

              AnonD-1003038, 16 Jul 2021Kindly reminding you that you have absolutely no clue what ... moreYes, what you said is true. But what was the underlying cause for them to underclock.
              Using your own words, "When battery is so worn it can't sustain CPU at high drain situations, only way is to replace battery or cap CPU so it doesn't cause insane battery voltage drops that cause phones to just blank out."
              Why did the battery wear out that much within a couple of years? The battery wore so much that they have to underclock from 1.2ghz to 600mhz. That dude said apple made super awesome batteries for MacBook which maybe true but isn't true for phones.
              Also it is planned obsolescence. Apple has a massive number of users. Even if 0.001% went for a new iphone, it was a great number. That was shady of them, they got caught, they tried to pass it out as a feature (which many people like you believed), they failed, they were punished by several countries.
              You defending apple over batterygate just shows that you're a fanboy. Even apple users/loyalists were pissed because of that.

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                • 18 Jul 2021

                Helo, 17 Jul 2021They used recycled lithium cells from laptops,.that's ... moreNice try to make everything about Xiaomi looks bad, hater troll. Even Panasonic, the main battery suppiler for Tesla is recyling lithium batteries because of environmental and cost concerns. Real users of Xiaomi and Redmi powerbanks can give testimony to the good value and longevity of their powerbanks.

                  Helo, 17 Jul 2021They used recycled lithium cells from laptops,.that's ... moreWhat about Anker I've seen a basic 10k mah for a decent price and it's almost close as the Xiaomi one idk if they put used battery in there. Maybe around 15 - 20 bucks (lazy to convert)

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                    • 17 Jul 2021

                    Helo, 17 Jul 2021They used recycled lithium cells from laptops,.that's ... moreSource? I have used a xaiomi 20k mah bank for 3 years and never had issues

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                      • 17 Jul 2021

                      I was the one in a million )

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                        • 17 Jul 2021

                        ae86, 17 Jul 2021No it's legit, if you want to complain something regar... moreThey used recycled lithium cells from laptops,.that's why it lasts only one year.

                        More expensive brands like tp link uses genuine LG out Samsung cells, I have one of those and it's still running good after 4 years.

                          bulbulito.bayagbag, 16 Jul 2021That really depends on how you use your phone, if you are a... moreMoto phones with 6000 and offlate Xiaomi phones with 5000 capacity have great battery life last couple of years. Even better on custom roms.

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                            • 17 Jul 2021

                            Anonymous, 16 Jul 2021Just propaganda fake numbers of these Chinese companiesLike their infection and cure rates. lol

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                              • 17 Jul 2021

                              I love to see a comparism of currently power bank, listed capacity and actual capacity, and how many last longer than a year

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                                • 17 Jul 2021

                                Carol, 17 Jul 2021How is this news? I mean, really? Maybe G A is owned by XM now! Therefore it is ground breaking news

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                                  • 17 Jul 2021

                                  How is this news? I mean, really?

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                                    • 17 Jul 2021

                                    Anonymous, 16 Jul 2021Just propaganda fake numbers of these Chinese companiesNo it's legit, if you want to complain something regarding these power banks, it's the quality. I bought one for a friend (10k mah)
                                    And my other friend bought one for herself, both didn't last a year or even half a year if Im not mistaken. It drains the battery so quickly.

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                                      • 17 Jul 2021

                                      Anonymous, 16 Jul 2021Just propaganda fake numbers of these Chinese companiesNo I would disagree. They seem genuine. They probably sold most of the million in China and u know how populated china is

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                                        • 16 Jul 2021

                                        Just propaganda fake numbers of these Chinese companies