Limitless power! Briefly in 2019, there was a cell phone with an astounding 18,000mAh battery — indeed, that is 3-4 times bigger than the present typical telephone battery. Be that as it may, it neglected to find a group of people and its delivery was dropped.
We are discussing the Catalyst Power Max P18K Pop, which is an extremely illustrative name for a remarkable telephone. The P18K ought to be plain as day. "Pop" represents the double spring up camera (it has a 16MP unit in addition to a 2MP profundity sensor for face checking).
The Catalyst Power Max P18K Pop was a monster of a telephone with its 18,000mAh battery
This telephone was reported close by the Catalyst Extreme U620S Pop, which was basically a similar telephone, besides with a tiny 3,200mAh battery and simply 10.3mm thick. Both were flaunted at MWC in 2019 and we got to invest some energy at the Catalyst stall with this inquisitive pair.
Energizer Power Max P18K pops up next to its battery-powered little brother, the Energizer Ultimate U620S Pop
The 18,000 mAh figure wasn't picked aimlessly — it works out to not exactly the 100 watt-long periods of gadgets you can welcome on planes. The telephone most certainly got the "Maximum" tag.
As per Catalyst, the Power Max P18K Popular can play music 4 days straight or play video 2 days straight. There have been telephones that have taken a stab at utilizing productive e-Ink screens to build their endurance. Others had sun powered chargers. P18K Pop adopted the savage power strategy.
When the battery runs out, now is the ideal time to re-energize. This errand is taken care of by a USB-C port with help for USB Power Conveyance 2.0 at 18W. It doesn't seem like a lot, yet you need to recall that this was before the 200+ watt charging frenzy.
Normally, the P18K can likewise be utilized as a power bank to re-energize other feeble telephones. It wasn't so much that quick either, supporting just 2.5W result. Looking on the in addition to side, you can charge a few different telephones yet have sufficient ability to go on for the rest of the day.
The price of all that power becomes apparent just by looking at the phone from the side. This is one of the hardest phones we’ve ever owned. According to the official spec sheet, it is 18mm thick, and its weight has remained a mystery.
In any case, many have called the P18K “a power bank that can take calls.” This is to sell the device for a while because it was a decent Android 9 (Pie) smartphone with Helio P70 chipset, 6GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage (plus a microSD slot).
It had a 6.2-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1,080 x 2,280 pixels on the front that was a rounded rectangle without notch. As we mentioned at the beginning, the front camera has lived on a pop-up module. For the rear, there was a 12 + 5 + 2 MP camera setup.
So, what happened to the Energizer Power Max P18K Pop? The manufacturer ran an IndieGoGo campaign as a form of pre-order. Fans can pick up the phone for $550, $150 off the estimated retail price. However, the funding goal was set at $1.2 million and there was insufficient interest in the device.
Maybe 18,000 mAh was too much – that much you have to carry around with you every day. Most people bring a power bank with them when they go out for a long day.
But you are probably one of the few people who can appreciate a phone with an insanely large battery. If you are, check out the Doogee V Max that was announced earlier this year — that phone has a 22,000mAh battery, FAA rules be damned!