(By Tang Penji, Edited by Lü Dong)

This year, battery capacity has become the focus of competition among phone manufacturers. Brands such as vivo, iQOO, Redmi, and realme have all launched products with large batteries, making 7000mAh no longer rare. On April 16th, Honor once again pushed the boundaries of battery capacity, with its new model, Honor Power, becoming the first smartphone in the industry to break through the 8000mAh barrier.

Honor stated that thanks to the third-generation Qinghai Lake Battery technology, its battery reached the highest silicon anode content currently available commercially, with an energy density of 821Wh/L. The company further explained that this is equivalent to compressing the energy of ten No. 5 batteries into a ping-pong ball. Honor also compared the battery of Honor Power with the current market's 8000mAh power bank during the event.

After testing, it was found that the long video playback endurance of Honor Power can reach up to 25 hours, short video playback endurance 23 hours, and navigation endurance 23.5 hours. In extreme environments, Honor Power supports continuous calls for over 31 hours at -30°C and over 27.5 hours at 55°C.

With this level of endurance, Honor Power achieved a slim design with a body thickness of only 7.98mm and a total weight of just 209g.

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Honor Power is also the first phone in the 1000-yuan price range to feature Honor's self-developed C1+ RF enhancement chip, optimizing communication stability in weak network scenarios. In scenarios without a network, the 512GB version includes two-way Beidou satellite messaging, allowing text messages to be sent even when disconnected from the network.

In terms of performance, Honor Power is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen3, manufactured using TSMC's 4nm process. This chip was released in June 2023 and lags behind mainstream flagship chips. In terms of imaging, Honor Power features a dual-camera setup consisting of a 50-megapixel main camera and a 5-megapixel secondary camera, lacking telephoto or ultra-wide-angle lenses.

In terms of pricing, Honor Power supports national subsidies, with a starting price after subsidies of 1699.15 yuan. Honor described it as "an affordable lightweight outdoor phone for everyone."

Through Honor's official promotional images, it can be seen that this model targets outdoor enthusiasts and workers. Hikers, campers, and travelers may lack charging conditions for extended periods, requiring high endurance; workers, food delivery personnel, couriers, and long-distance drivers frequently use their phones for long durations.

Honor Power comes with a 66W super-fast charging solution. Observers have noted that in recent years, fast charging power was once "over-engineered" to 240W, but in 2025, mainstream smartphones have largely returned to fast charging solutions ranging from 50W to 100W.

In addition to Honor, other manufacturers have also shifted towards larger battery solutions in terms of endurance. vivo launched the vivo Y300 in December 2024, featuring vivo's largest-ever 6500mAh ultra-thin Blue Ocean battery; iQOO's z10 series was reported to include the world's first 7300mAh battery; Redmi Turbo 4 Pro will be the first model in the entire Redmi and Xiaomi family with a battery capacity reaching 7550mAh; the upcoming realme GT7 will also come equipped with a 7200mAh battery.

In fact, since the breakthrough in silicon-carbon negative electrode technology in 2024, many leading mobile phone manufacturers have released or upgraded batteries using silicon-carbon negative electrode technology, promoting the penetration of related technologies from flagship models to mid-range and lower-end models, achieving both "weight loss and increased capacity." On the other hand, the efficiency of traditional fast charging has plateaued, with higher power requiring heavier chargers, and the efficiency gains are not significant. Moreover, in many scenarios, there may not be access to a plug-in charging environment.

Battery capacity is just one trend. As phone differentiation becomes smaller, manufacturers are increasingly focusing on niche markets. vivo's "loudest" phone ever, launched in December last year, the vivo Y300, boasts a maximum volume of 600%, a maximum sound pressure level of 91.7dB, and can transmit sound up to 100 meters at maximum volume. It also features an SOS alarm function, with an alarm sound that can travel up to 260 meters. Its "three-directional sound system" allows sound to emanate simultaneously from the top, bottom, and back of the device when playing audio externally.

The competition in the mobile phone market remains fierce. According to data released by market research firm IDC, in the first quarter of 2025, Xiaomi ranked first in China's smartphone market with a 18.6% share and shipped 13.3 million units, a year-on-year increase of 39.9%; Huawei ranked second with a 18.0% share, shipping 12.9 million units, an increase of 10%; OPPO ranked third with a 15.7% share, shipping 11.2 million units, an increase of 3.3%; vivo ranked fourth with a 14.4% market share and shipped 10.3 million units, a year-on-year increase of 2.3%; Apple saw a 9% year-on-year decline in shipments, shipping 9.8 million units and holding a 13.7% market share, ranking fifth. Honor did not appear in the top five.

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