upcoming OnePlus device, rumored to have a massive 7800mAh battery (per Wccftech).
and it would absolutely smoke the 5,000 and 4,685mAH batteries in the Galaxy S25 Ultra and iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Instead, Apple and Samsung seem to be prioritizing thinness at all costs, for reasons that aren’t entirely clear beyond aesthetics and bragging rights. It’s been years since I’ve heard anyone complain about how thick a phone is, if not a decade or more. Complaints have trended in the opposite direction, I’d say – without a case, some phones can be so thin and slippery that they’re hard to grip securely. Even my wife’s OnePlus 9 5G has that issue. A few foldables, like Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold , are so thin when open that they feel like they might bend or snap.

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        Because nobody who isn’t sleeping next to an outlet is using their phone for more than 12 hours a day

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      Depending on your usage - current phones don’t last 12 hours.
      My wife latest iPhone cannot last through the day

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        Your wife is using more than 12hours of screentime away from an outlet everyday?

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          Oh u giving apple too much credit. They won’t last nowhere near 12 hours.

          They don’t last through the day. And yes by the time iphone dies she might not be near the outlet.

          And adding insult to injury - apple charging is what 15-30 watts?

          It’s 4x slower charging than modern androids. Like my wife is tech illeterate but was genuinely impressed how fast OnePlus charges. I didnt even bring it up, she don’t even know the brand name, we used 8t as baby monitor - she was like “I cannot believe how fast this phone charges”

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    Or you could have a normal phone and a phone-sized power bank in the other pocket and have balanced pants.

    My 5Ah Sony 1 V is too big and heavy. The battery lasts a week in sparse use with /e/OS.

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      Same! My Sony Xperia 1 VI just never fricking dies LMAO

      And that’s already with my VPN app periodically prevents the phone from staying in low power state to maintain VPN connection (standard behavior of VPN apps on Android)

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    It’s like RAM and processing power.

    “Oh we have 70% more battery, now we can spend less time optimizing apps for power usage”

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    How much does it weigh? I don’t want to almost double the weight of my phone when I can fast charge in 15 minutes and I rarely ever need to do that.

    S24U user.

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      As someone who until recently had a Ulefone 27T pro with a 10600 mAh battery (that’s not a typo) the weight gets real boring real fast. Mine weighed over half a kilo.

      I still have it and I’ll use it for camping and travel because it will go 5 days on idle without a charge but I bought a different phone for EDC

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        i have a phone with 21000 mAh, weighs half a kilo but o absolutely love it as i am bad at remembering to charge my phone at home/taking a charger/power bank with me

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      7 hours ago

      Since you’re an existing Samsung user who is concerned about weight, what do you think about the new S25 Edge? Is a substantially thinner phone something that interests you?

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        Ehhh, it has less features than my current phone. I love my current phone and I’m not looking to change for awhile probably.

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      Seriously, I don’t find that upgrades to battery life are a net upgrade to usability if the size and weight of the phone becomes too large

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    In my opinion, which is based on the OPX, OP6T, OP9, OP10 and many many devices I’ve used from other manufacturers, Oneplus does hardware very well. My latest phone was a Pixel 8 Pro so I could run Graphene and while I do not regret my choice, I do miss the Oneplus hardware, and most of all the 3-position slider switch. My OP6T is old as dirt now, but still exudes a higher quality feel than my Pixel when you hold it. To the point of the discussion: One Plus has amazing battery life and hardware versus competitors at the same price point.

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    planning thinness at all cost

    It’s called real-life testing, for tech necessary for folding phones and tablets.

    You need to make it thin enough so you can stack two of them in a way that it won’t be too thick for the user.

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        They aren’t a necessary advance but they are so sick and are at least mildly useful

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        I feel the same about it, but then again, this is how they justify the next miniaturization levels, and I believe this will help bring up a lot of potential, unforeseen tech in the next years

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    im glad i bought the opr12r once my pixel 5a died from a small fall. I dint like samsung, or pixel phones because of thier obsessive dedication to AI.