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It all sounds very impressive, though its not exactly unprecedented.

(The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 inside theOnePlus 12is a 4nm system-on-chip.)

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The question is whether those specs will actually translate into real world battery life.

TheiPhone 16 Pro Maxis an excellent example of this in action.

Thats not to say that phone companies shouldnt offer larger batteries wherever possible.

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The question is how much of an impact the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset will have on the overall total.

We had heard rumors thatthe chip might be quite power hungry, which is never a good thing.

So weve got our fingers crossed that thebest Android phonesdont take that big step backward in the coming year.

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OnePlus could be increasing its battery capacity to offset this power drain.

Plus the Elite is Qualcomms first 3nm chipset, which could mean good things for energy efficiency.

As a result theyre able to offer better performance without using as much power.

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The main question is how long that 6,000 mAh battery life will last.

Still, call me optimistic about the whole thing.

Even if it doesnt, at least 100W wired charging will get your phone up and running quickly.

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