According to veteran leaker Digital Chat Station, Realme is currently mulling an upgrade to a 7,000mAh battery for the GT 8 Pro, even if the change would extend its estimated 120W charging time to 42 minutes.
That’s not all, though: the 8 Pro might get an even better 7,500mAh spec - although it has to use slightly slower 100W SuperVOOC charging instead, and, thus, take up to 55 minutes to go from 0 to 100%.
Alternatively, the GT 8 Pro could really stand out with a rated capacity of no less than 8,000mAh. However, again, that upgrade allegedly hampers its charging speed and brings it down to 80W, leaving the smartphone having to charge for up to 70 minutes at a time
However, becoming known for these super-augmented capacities (presumably based on up-to-date silicon-carbon anode technology like that of the current Titan Battery) might come with the same disadvantage the GT 7 Pro has against its Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered rivals the OnePlus 13 and Xiaomi 15 Pro. They support wireless charging while their Realme counterpart does not.
The metric that’d be the most useful for the average lay-idiot like me would time estimates for multiple usage cases. Like, "this phone has a 50-30-4 battery, meaning:
If you don’t have a bunch of shit running in the background or things like Bluetooth turned on, you just take it out of your pocket occasionally, send a text, then turn the screen off before repeating in a few hours: 50 hours,
If you have a “normal” amount of activity for screen time and other battery-consuming activities: 30 hours,
If we turn on EVERYTHING - screen at max brightness, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, location, flashlight, and play the speakers at max volume while recording a video, it’ll go from 100% to dead in 4 hours.
That would be so much better. Even phones with similar battery capacity exhibit so much difference in stand by times. I have a Realme phone right now but it’s 5000 mAh battery seems very weak for me. Granted I am coming from a 7000mAh Techno phone, but this one feels almost half as efficient only. I guess stuff like higher refresh rates and OS optimizations do play hidden roles.