- Samsung’s Galaxy S26 telephones might use silicon carbon batteries
- These might present capacities of as much as 7,000mAh, based on a brand new report
- Silicon carbon batteries look set to be the way forward for cellphone batteries
Should you’ve but to seize a Samsung Galaxy S25, then the Galaxy S26 might be value ready for because it’s been tipped to get an enormous battery replace.
A report from Korean-language web site FNNews claims that Samsung is contemplating a transfer to silicon-carbon batteries for its next-generation Galaxy telephones, which might see battery capacities leap from 4,000mAh and 5,000mAh to six,000mAh and seven,000mAh.
This increase in capability could be facilitated by swapping out the graphite within the anode of a standard lithium-ion battery and utilizing the compound silicon carbide, permitting for a smaller but extra energy-dense battery as silicon can maintain extra ions than graphite. Using silicon carbide moderately than plain silicon additionally makes for a battery that’s in a position to deal with extra energy and better voltages than silicon, and which has higher thermal stability, all resulting in a battery that’s extra highly effective and environment friendly.
We’ve already seen silicon carbon batteries pop up in new telephones, as you’ll see in our Oppo Discover X8 Professional overview. However the adoption of such battery tech, which could be costly, has but to search out its means into Samsung, Google, or Apple telephones.
A brand new frontier for Galaxy telephones
I’ve been utilizing the Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely for a couple of weeks now, and whereas I’ve not been impressed by the longevity of its 5,000mAh battery, I’ve not been let down both.
However the continued rise of synthetic intelligence (AI)-powered instruments and options, and the elevated means to run on-device moderately than needing help from the cloud, means present and future smartphones might be extra energy-hungry than ever earlier than. Then there’s the long run transfer to 6G to think about, which like 5G might show to be a drain on cellphone batteries when underneath sustained use.
So new methods to get extra out of the same-sized batteries as we see in right this moment’s telephones might be the low-key subsequent frontier for smartphones. And if FNNews’ report is correct, then Samsung might be one of many massive manufacturers to spearhead this transfer, though it received’t be the primary.
Provided that the Galaxy S25 household has solely simply launched – with the telephones duly claiming spots on our greatest telephones and greatest Samsung telephones lists – it’ll be some time earlier than we see the Galaxy S26. However some 12 months from now, we’d get a Galaxy cellphone with a battery life that completely impresses us.
