Recently we reported that Huawei might be planning to use a graphene battery for their upcoming Huawei P40 Pro. It’d be an interesting change from the standard lithium-ion batteries all companies are already using, as well as a slightly smaller and more condensed package allowing for a smaller chassis. It made a lot of sense, but it’s unfortunately been completely debunked.
Huawei France’s official Twitter account recently posted about graphene batteries. The tweet explicitly claimed that Huawei’s next flagship, the P40, will come with a next-generation graphene battery. People were quick to point out that the technology involved in the post was basically impossible, and not too soon after the company themselves debunked the statement, claiming that the P40 Pro would not have a graphene battery.
In fact, the company even went ahead claiming we shouldn’t expect graphene anytime soon.
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For those who don’t know, graphene is a revolutionary material that promises significantly faster charging times and very high battery endurance, which means you can charge your battery many times faster than conventional Lithium-ion batteries and the charge will remain for days together. Batteries made out of graphene will also take up less space in a smartphone.
However, the possibility of the upcoming Huawei P40 Pro, or any smartphone sporting a graphene battery is pretty low. Prominent leaker @IceUniverse, who is well known for his scoops in Samsung smartphones via his Twitter handle, has ridiculed the speculations by saying that the technology is currently “impossible.”
So why is this exactly? It’s mainly because they’re really hard to make right at the moment. We’ve only heard rumors about this technology until recently, and even Samsung, who have a head start compared to everyone else, aren’t expecting graphene batteries until 2021 or so. So chances, we really shouldn’t expect anything new soon.
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