A new report out of China suggests Redmi might be gearing up to launch a phone with one of the largest batteries on a mainstream smartphone.

According to well-known tipster Digital Chat Station, a certain brand has finalized a 9,000mAh single-cell silicon battery that supports 100W fast charging. Even more ambitious, the company is reportedly testing a 10,000 mAh version in its labs.

The leak doesn’t name which brand is behind the project, but Chinese outlet MyDrivers believes it could be part of the upcoming Redmi Turbo 5 series, which is expected to debut sometime between December and January.

It could debut on the Redmi Turbo 5

Still, there’s some confusion around the actual battery capacity. A separate report earlier this week, also citing DCS, claimed that the Redmi Turbo 5 would feature a 7,500mAh battery instead. 

Older leaks, however, pointed to a 9,000 mAh+ unit for Turbo 5. So either the larger pack is reserved for another Turbo 5 variant, or perhaps a completely different Redmi device altogether.

Under the hood, the Redmi Turbo 5 is rumored to be the first phone powered by MediaTek’s new Dimensity 8500 chipset. Built on TSMC’s 4nm process, it’s said to feature an octa-core Arm Cortex-A725 CPU clocked at up to 3.4GHz, paired with a Mali-G720 GPU running around 1.5GHz.

For more demanding users, the Turbo 5 Pro might step things up with either the Dimensity 9500e or Snapdragon 8 Gen 5. The Dimensity 9500e, in particular, is expected to include a Cortex-X925 prime core, an Immortalis-G925 GPU, and hardware-level AI acceleration.

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A new leak from well-known tipster Digital Chat Station gives us a pretty detailed look at MediaTek’s upcoming Dimensity 8500 chip.

According to the leak, the Dimensity 8500 is built on TSMC’s 4nm process and uses an 8-core setup based on ARM’s A725 architecture. That means all cores are big cores, like the Dimensity 8400.

The prime apparently hits 3.4GHz, which is slightly higher than 3.25GHz on its predecessor. Whereas the remaining cores could also have higher clock speeds than before. 

On the graphics side, the Mali-G720 GPU is reportedly scaled up and running around 1.5GHz. It’s still early numbers, but the chip reportedly lands around 2.2 million on AnTuTu.

Digital Chat Station claims the GPU’s theoretical performance could beat Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and 8s Gen 4 — at least on paper. Of course, theory doesn’t always match real-world gaming, heat control, or battery life, so it’s better to wait for actual phones before jumping to conclusions. 

The first wave of phones with the Dimensity 8500 is already in testing, according to the leak. One is a mid-range phone with a standard-sized display, while the other is focused on battery life with a large-capacity battery. The rollout has reportedly started quietly.

There’s also a familiar brand name tied to this chip. Back in August, the blogger hinted that the Dimensity 8500 may debut on Xiaomi’s Redmi Turbo line. Honor, OPPO, OnePlus, and vivo are expected to follow with their own models soon after. 

For context, the Redmi Turbo 4 series split its chips between MediaTek and Qualcomm — the base model launched with the Dimensity 8400-Ultra, while the Pro variant picked the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. 

If the leak pans out, the Dimensity 8500 might slot in as the next step for Xiaomi’s mid-range performance phones. No release date yet, and no confirmation from MediaTek.

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