Quick Answer: Honor Power 2 is the world's first phone with a 10,080mAh battery, launched in China at ₹34,800 onwards. Best for users who hate charging. The catch? No India launch confirmed yet.
Your phone dies at 6 PM. This one lasts until Thursday.
That's not marketing. That's the promise of the Honor Power 2, which just launched in China with a 10,080mAh battery — the largest ever crammed into a mainstream smartphone. To put that in perspective, your OnePlus 13 carries 6,000mAh. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra ships with 5,000mAh. The Honor Power 2 nearly doubles both.
And it somehow weighs only 216 grams at 7.98mm thickness. According to GSMArena's specifications sheet, that's barely heavier than an iPhone 17 Pro Max.
So what's the catch? For Indian buyers: you can't get it. Yet.
Is This Actually a Phone, or a Power Bank With a Screen?
Honor claims the Power 2 can deliver 26 hours of video playback, 17 hours of navigation, and 14 hours of continuous gaming. Huawei Central reports these aren't theoretical lab numbers — they cite WHYLAB battery tests showing the phone securing the #1 spot with over 11.5 hours of active use.
The secret sauce is fourth-generation silicon-carbon battery technology. Unlike traditional lithium cells, silicon-carbon packs more energy into less space. According to FoneArena, Honor's "Qinghai Lake" battery promises six years of healthy use — a direct shot at the planned obsolescence problem plaguing most smartphones.
Here's where it gets interesting: 80W fast charging means you're not waiting forever to top up this behemoth. And if your friend's phone dies (because their phone isn't packing 10,080mAh), the Power 2 offers 27W reverse charging. You become the power bank.
The Hardware: First-Gen Chip, Familiar Design
According to GSMArena, the Honor Power 2 is the first phone to debut MediaTek's Dimensity 8500 Elite chipset. It's an all-new 4nm processor with an octa-core design using Cortex-A725 cores (one at 3.4GHz, three at 3.2GHz, and four at 2.2GHz), paired with a Mali-G720 MC8 GPU.
Benchmark junkies will note Honor claims an AnTuTu score exceeding 2.4 million points. That's flagship territory on paper, though real-world thermal performance in Indian summers remains untested.
The display is a 6.79-inch 1.5K LTPS OLED panel with 120Hz refresh rate and — according to multiple sources including Gizmochina and The Tech Outlook — a peak HDR brightness of 8,000 nits. That last number sounds absurd until you realize it's designed for outdoor visibility, which actually matters if you're someone who uses their phone outside. Revolutionary concept, I know.
NotebookCheck points out the design looks "strikingly similar to the iPhone 17 Pro." The camera island is a horizontal bar stretching edge-to-edge, housing a 50MP main sensor with OIS and a 5MP ultrawide. Reddit commenters are already calling it a clone. Whether you care about that depends entirely on whether you think originality matters more than battery life. (Spoiler: your phone dying at 3 PM is a bigger problem than design originality.)
Why the Camera Won't Blow Your Mind (And That's Okay)
Let's be real: a 50MP main camera and 5MP ultrawide is competent, not exceptional. According to GSMArena's specification sheet, there's no telephoto, no periscope zoom, no 200MP sensor war participation.
But here's the thing — this phone isn't pretending to be a photography flagship. The Honor Power 2 is for users who prioritize endurance over Instagram bragging rights. If you're the person who frantically searches for charging ports at malls, airports, and random cafes, you're not taking artsy portrait shots. You're taking "can't-believe-I-still-have-battery" shots.
The 16MP front camera is fine. MagicOS 10 running on Android 16 includes AI outdoor mode with noise-reduced calling and voice-activated answers. Huawei Central notes these are genuinely useful features for outdoor adventurers, delivery executives, or anyone whose job involves being away from walls with sockets.
Durability: Built for Chaos
The Honor Power 2 comes with IP66, IP68, IP69, and IP69K certifications. According to FoneArena, that IP69K rating means the phone can withstand high-pressure water jets and boiling water immersion up to 85°C.
Who needs this? Field workers. Construction professionals. Anyone who's ever dropped their phone in chai. This isn't marketing fluff for users in climate-controlled offices — it's genuine durability for Indian conditions involving dust, monsoons, and the general chaos of life.
The phone also has SGS five-star reliability certification for drop, shock, and compression resistance. Honor even included a "one-button drain" feature for water ingress scenarios. Practical engineering, not gimmicks.
India Launch: The Frustrating Reality
Here's where expectations need managing.
According to The Mobile Indian, the original Honor Power smartphone remained China-exclusive. Honor has not confirmed any global rollout for the Power 2. Croma's analysis explicitly states: "the chances of a global rollout appear slim."
Smartprix lists an expected India price of approximately ₹27,990, but this appears to be speculative conversion rather than official confirmation. The actual China pricing, per Huawei Central, is:
- 12GB + 256GB: CNY 2,699 (approximately ₹34,800)
- 12GB + 512GB: CNY 2,999 (approximately ₹38,700)
If Honor does bring the Power 2 to India, expect pricing closer to ₹35,000–₹40,000 after import duties and localization costs. Grey market imports via AliExpress might appear sooner, but warranty and service support become nonexistent.
The alternative? Wait for OnePlus. According to Digital Trends, the OnePlus Turbo 6 launched in China with a 9,000mAh battery at approximately ₹30,000 converted. That device is more likely to reach Indian shores as the OnePlus Nord 6, based on the company's track record.
Who Should Care About This Phone?
You download maps offline before road trips because you know your phone won't survive the journey. You've calculated which apps drain battery fastest and closed them like a paranoid accountant. You've experienced the specific humiliation of asking strangers for chargers at weddings.
The Honor Power 2 exists for you.
It's not the phone for camera enthusiasts, gaming streamers, or anyone who needs the absolute latest Qualcomm silicon. But for the millions of users whose primary phone complaint is "it doesn't last long enough," this is validation. Proof that manufacturers can prioritize endurance without making phones thick as bricks.
Whether India gets access remains uncertain. Honor's silence isn't encouraging, given the first-gen Power never made it here. But the technology exists, the price is mid-range reasonable, and the demand is undeniable.
If OnePlus, Realme, or Vivo are paying attention, they should be sprinting to match this. Indian users have tolerated 5,000mAh batteries for too long while Chinese markets get twice that.
We'll update this article when Honor confirms India launch plans — or when the grey market makes the decision irrelevant. For now, the Honor Power 2 is a glimpse of what smartphone batteries could become. Your move, everyone else.