Huawei Mate 90 tipped to debut with up-to-date battery specs
The prodigious leaker Digital Chat Station purports to confirm that Huawei's "annual flagship" will have a battery of about 6,000mAh in capacity.
Presuming the new remark pertains to the Mate 80, it would be an upgrade compared to a maximum of 5,700mAh in its 70-series predecessors.
It might still look underwhelming compared to projections of ~7,000mAh batteries becoming the new normal among premium-tier smartphones once the Xiaomi 16 series, the OnePlus 15, the Realme GT 8 Pro and even the Magic8 Pro from former Huawei subsidiary Honor are released.
The Mate 80 series might seek to hit back by being the only one of its generation to rock the Kirin 9030 SoC - and overtly in its marketing too, for the first time in years since the firm's US trade blacklisting, according to Digital Chat Station.
The processor is backed to deliver "new breakthroughs" in architecture and connectivity as well as performance.
Then again, the Mate 90 and its siblings might be the devices to hold out for, as they might build on that upgrade with Huawei's first-ever 7,300mAh battery for flagship smartphones.
It should be noted that the wording of that part of the leak suggests that the spec might land earlier than that in 2026: in a successor to the impressive Pura 80 Ultra, perhaps.
