Flashback: the phones that weren’t, part 1 – is 18,000mAh big enough?

30 April 2023
One phone shown off at MWC 2019 had a battery that was about as big as it could get - it slinked just under the 100Wh limit for boarding a plane.

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Daemon Targaryen, 30 Apr 2023Unihertz Tank is better priced than the Doogee V Max but th... moreExaxtly. Ouktiel WP19 too with its 21k mAh cell or Oukitel WP15 which had only 15600 mAh but capable of 5G.
Oukitel WP22 is the most unique for sound but you have to see for your self and Oukitel RT2 is first tablet with 20 000 mAh cell for fair price with great specs.

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    Stoon, 30 Apr 2023It's a time bombe ... imagine all that power exploding ?!Man if a powerbank even twice as big cant explode then why this phone should???
    Lastly apart Note 7 no other phone had heavy explosive sticker on it.

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      • 01 May 2023

      Pumpino, 30 Apr 2023Why did the pop-up selfie camera die off? Not having a punc... moremaybe because it would lose water and dust proofing as well as more likely to mechanically fail, would be my guess, altho i wonder why under display camera hasn't taken off

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        • 01 May 2023

        lol no wonder, that boy thick

          Consumers wouldn't be asking for bigger batteries, if the batteries where easily removable. 5,000 mah is plenty, but the issue is even a 5,000 Mah won't last more than 5 years before the battery won't hold a charge anymore.

            Anonymous, 30 Apr 2023Solid State Batteries are something like a unicorn in tech ... moreSemi-solid is out there in power stations

              Why did the pop-up selfie camera die off? Not having a punch hole or notch made sense.

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                • 30 Apr 2023

                18000 may be too brick-like, but there's plenty of room for phones with more than 5000.

                All these new flagship phones fit 5000 mah in a 9mm body... and then add a 15mm camera bump. Just make the whole body 15mm thick and it'll be easy to fit 7000-10000 mah batteries.

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                  • 30 Apr 2023

                  Anonymous, 30 Apr 2023Yeah, a battery that does not lose 20% of its original capa... moreSolid State Batteries are something like a unicorn in tech world. Everyone has heard and read about them a lot, but no one has actually seen them IRL or in any gadget. They just never make into production. And probably never will because of "costs"

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                    • 30 Apr 2023

                    Bring back POP-UP cameras!!!!

                    The back of this P18K looks like a mix of the OG Find X (one of the most beautiful and sexiest devices I've seen) and the camera layout of the Huawei P20 Pro!

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                      • 30 Apr 2023

                      Irwanchel, 30 Apr 2023We need solid state battery or new battery technologies, we... moreYeah, a battery that does not lose 20% of its original capacity in 3 years and does not have the risk of spiking flames or inflating and ruining the device would be a nice feat. At that point, I might even be ok with sealed batteries.

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                        • 30 Apr 2023

                        I guess saying that 5000mAh is enough, and that I‘d prefer to see density gains being put towards lighter phones, is an unpopular opinion.

                          Energizer even made a foldable phone called Energizer Power Max P8100S, which also got cancelled and never released to the public.

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                            • 30 Apr 2023

                            Wow too thick like a brick. And too heavy like a chevy. But too ugly like a ducky.

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                              Anonymous, 30 Apr 2023As funny as such phones looks like, they still have a marke... moreIt also needs to charge bruh

                                Lol. Why not make a sleek phone and bundle a customized power bank with it. That could have sold.

                                  Maybe if they limit the battery to 8000mAh, the phone will be much more interesting...

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                                    • 30 Apr 2023

                                    hope it doesnt go boom

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                                      • 30 Apr 2023

                                      The literal definition of brick. But hey, at least they can act as powerbank or mobile wifi for tethering thanks to the massive juice capacity.

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                                        • 30 Apr 2023

                                        Daemon Targaryen, 30 Apr 2023Unihertz Tank is better priced than the Doogee V Max but th... moreYea that's strange. Unihertz they even released a Nothing phone (1) clone called Luna. It was a shameless copy but perhaps newsworthy at least. Or maybe not

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