There are speculations suggesting that Honor intends to enhance battery capacities across two of its smartphone series.
What you need to know:
– Reports on Weibo indicate that Honor is channeling efforts into augmenting its battery capacity figures for its mid-range and flagship smartphones.
– Mid-range models might feature batteries within the 8,200mAh-8,400mAh range, while upcoming flagship models could have capacities between 7,020mAh-7,200mAh.
– These figures represent a significant upgrade over Honor’s Magic 7 Pro and 6 Pro devices, which were in the mid-5,000mAh range.
There are some circulating rumors purportedly shedding light on Honor’s intentions for its Android smartphones and their power sources.
These claims were shared by Chinese Weibo insider Digital Chat Station (DCS), which asserts that Honor is gearing up to enhance battery capacity totals (via GSMArena). It appears Honor is directing efforts toward its mid-range and flagship smartphone lines. DCS indicates the company is aiming to elevate its budget devices to a range of 8,200mAh-8,400mAh.
Likewise, the Chinese manufacturer’s flagship phones might feature batteries within the range of 7,020mAh and 7,200mAh.
The insider did not specify when consumers might encounter these mid-range and flagship Honor phones with this increase in battery capacity. Perhaps we should anticipate this supposed battery capacity enhancement by 2026. The publication theorizes we could witness this anticipated power enhancement sometime this year, so it will be interesting to see how things unfold.
Staying off the charger for an extended period
Honor users would likely appreciate these anticipated battery enhancements, particularly when reflecting on the company’s prior Pro flagship smartphones. The Honor Magic 7 Pro, which made its global introduction earlier this year in January, launched with a 5,270mAh battery. Although this is less than the Chinese variant (5,850mAh), the Magic 7 Pro still features the brand’s third-gen silicon technology. The phone can endure a full day, even with substantial usage, so it was a decent trade-off.
The Magic 7 Pro’s silicon battery technology from Honor already distinguished the phone at the time of its release. According to our own Harish Jonnalagadda, this innovation implies that Honor’s batteries will have “higher density.” In summary, “brands can capitalize on this technology to install larger batteries without augmenting the size or weight of their phones, and that’s always beneficial.”
Conversely, we have the Magic 6 Pro with its 5,600mAh battery. Moderate to heavy usage yielded comparable durations to the 7 Pro. If the insider’s information is accurate, elevating future flagship models to 7,000mAh or beyond would significantly benefit the devices, as users could likely extend their usage on a single full charge.
One exception could be its foldable, particularly the Magic V5 and its forthcoming versions. Honor has concentrated on minimizing the device’s thickness. Given Honor’s battery technology, perhaps it can incorporate larger batteries while maintaining an incredibly slim profile for its future Magic V foldables.
The Magic V5 features a 6,100mAh battery constructed on Honor’s “razor-thin” silicon-carbon battery technology.
