Here's the chipset at the helm of the Honor Power 2, which has a 10,000 mAh battery
Honor, however, isn't giving up the mAh fight. Instead, it's already developing the Honor Power 2, and this one will have a mind-blowing 10,000 mAh battery. It was first leaked last month, and today a new rumor out of China brings us another piece of the puzzle: the chipset it will use.
It will allegedly be the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 SoC, so the Power 2 will still decidedly be a mid-range device. Unfortunately, no other specs of the Power 2 have been outed just yet, but that's a solid upper-midrange chip to pair with a humongous battery, so color us excited to hear more in the future - and undoubtedly many other leaks about this phone are coming in the next few days and weeks.
For reference, note that the original Honor Power comes with a 6.78-inch 1224x2700 AMOLED screen with 120 Hz refresh rate and 4,000-nit peak brightness, a 50 MP main camera, a 5 MP ultrawide, and a 16 MP selfie snapper. Its battery charges at 66W through wires, and it will be interesting to see whether the Power 2 will change that.
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