Energizer’s P18K Pop is basically a giant battery with a smartphone built into it

Published February 26, 2019

This is the future you asked for.

When people read smartphone reviews, one of the first things they want to know is whether the battery life is going to be sufficient for their use cases. Well, what if the battery life was the only stat that mattered?

At MWC in Barcelona, phone maker Avenir Telecom is turning heads with an Energizer-branded behemoth that packs a punch.

The P18K Pop has a truly massive 18,000 mAh battery built-in — the manufacturer says you could play videos for two straight days without depleting the battery. By comparison, the phone in your pocket probably has a battery in the 2,500-3,500 mAh range, so this thing would likely be able to keep you going for several days with regular usage.

for some how this thing is called a smartphone
and i thought the #SamsungFold was THICK#energizer Power Max P18K Pop with 18000 mAh
3 to 4 cm sickness!! pic.twitter.com/tc24X3MOVz

— ahtk (@AHTK250) February 26, 2019

Consumers haven’t always been psyched about manufacturer’s never-ending desire to trim thickness from their phones; that’s not an issue with the P18K Pop, which is 18mm thick at its thinnest point. Hilariously, the thing is thick as hell but manages to not have a headphone jack.

It is abundantly unclear how big the market is for this chunkster, but Paris-based Avenir Telecom says they will start shipping them to customers sometime this summer.