Ok, so I’m starting to understand why people were calling Galaxy S26 Ultra a bit boring. Detailed this morning, the upcoming OnePlus 15T is set to feature an absolutely enormous battery, alongside super fast wired and wireless charging speeds.
Announced via Weibo, OnePlus President Li Jie Louis says that OnePlus 15T will have a battery size of 7500mAh. Remember, the T series aren’t big phones. These are phones featuring smaller display sizes, with the OnePlus 13T coming in at 6.3-inches. If the OnePlus 15T is not much larger, which it won’t be, that’s basically insane.
Not only will it have this massive battery, it will also come with 100W wired charging and 50W wireless charging. Compare that to what we get from Samsung and Google — it’s not even close.
Battery life should never be an issue for buyers of the OnePlus 15T. We don’t have official launch details for OnePlus 15T yet, but it’s coming soon, presumably later this month.
Edit: This was supposed to be a reply to Taylor, but I failed at hitting the reply button.
The crew over at MKBHD said a Google engineer told them the silicon carbide batteries degrade faster and are more likely to expand, and that's why Google hasn't used them in the Pixels. No idea how much truth there is to that. And I don't know about the charging speeds. Maybe they're worried about possible battery degradation due to heat?
I've done a little digging on the topic and there is some truth to that. The older technology definitely degraded faster but new tech that's being implemented should allow 1500-3000 charging cycles. Another issue is that some countries limit the mAh cell capacity, so some companies just stick with a smaller universal capacity one. If they're going to do that there's no sense in using new tech. I could be wrong but that's info I've found. Have a great weekend
Samsung also stated silicon carbide is not ready to replace Li-ion for safety reasons.
Now that is actually amazing
This article is strange; the OnePlus T series has always been a large phone. The only small one was the 13s, which was called the OnePlus 13t in some countries.
What's keeping Google and Samsung from doing what OnePlus does with battery/charging (real question)?
Probably a lot of factors, but it likely comes down to safety/longevity and supply chain. Here in the US, Samsung/Goog/Apple aren't too concerned about innovating quickly because there's little competition.