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• There's talk that the next Realme phone battery could hit 8,000mAh
• Most consumer phones offer around 4,000mAh or less
• It's unlikely the phone will be sold in the US, UK, or Australia though

As smartphone owners, we all want more battery life from our devices – and it looks as though Realme could raise the bar for flagship consumer phones with the introduction of a handset with an 8,000mAh capacity battery.

This is according to veteran tipster Digital Chat Station (via Notebookcheck), and it sounds as though several different capacities are being considered for an upcoming phone – possibly the Realme GT 8 Pro due sometime in 2025.

According to the leak, the phone could have a 7,000mAh, 7,500mAh, or 8,000mAh battery. There is a trade-off though: the higher the capacity, the lower the charging speed and the time it takes for the battery to fully charge up.

Apparently no final decision has been made – but if Realme were to go for the 8,000mAh option, we'd certainly welcome it. It would make a refreshing change to see a handset that didn't have to be charged every single night.

Batteries by the numbers

The iPhone 16 (Image credit: Future)

An 8,000mAh battery wouldn't be the biggest we've ever seen, because previous handsets have had batteries up to 22,000mAh in capacity. However, those phones are very chunky and not really practical as everyday smartphones.

If Realme does pick 8,000mAh for the capacity, it would be the biggest yet in a consumer phone that doesn't look like it's had a power bank glued to it. At the moment, a select number of handsets offer around 7,000mAh.

It would certainly beat the likes of the Apple iPhone 16 (3,561mAh) and the Samsung Galaxy S24 (4,000mAh) – though of course a lot of factors affect battery life, including chipset efficiency, so it's not all on the capacity of the battery.

Sadly, Realme doesn't sell its phones in the US, the UK, or Australia – focusing instead on markets like China and India. Let's hope that changes, or that Realme's advanced battery tech makes its way across the industry to other smartphone makers.

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• Micron 6550 Ion SSD comes in 30.72TB and 61.44TB capacities
• PCIe Gen5 G8 TLC NAND improves performance and efficiency
• Sequential read write speeds are over 12GBs and 5GBs respectively

Modern data centers require high-capacity, energy-efficient SSD storage solutions to support data-intensive applications like AI and machine learning.

Addressing these needs, Micron has introduced the 6550 Ion SSD, available in 30.72TB and 61.44TB capacities.

The 6550 Ion SSD, which Micron is positioning as the “world’s fastest, most energy-efficient 60TB data center SSD,” is available in various form factors, including E1.L and U.2, but it's the E3.S model which really shines, with its 61.44TB of TLC NAND.

Better performance than expected

Previously, in order to deliver a capacity of 61.44TB, manufacturers needed to use QLC NAND, but by making the switch to Gen5 interface G8 TLC NAND, Micron is able to offer faster write performance, endurance, and the thing that data centers are increasingly craving - energy efficiency.

StorageReview tested the new drive, and came away impressed, as reviewer Brian Beeler notes: “The Micron 6550 Ion offers massive performance and capacity benefits over the 6500 Ion, its predecessor. It adheres to PCIe Gen5 standards and incorporates future-proofing capabilities through OCP 2.5. Micron has prioritized security in the 6550 Ion, ensuring TAA and FIPS 140-3 L2 certifiability and a comprehensive security suite."

In terms of performance, Micron says the 6550 Ion delivers sequential read speeds of 12GB/s and write speeds of 5GB/s while maintaining a maximum power consumption of 20W. StorageReview's test recorded read speeds of 12.7GB/s and writes of 8.2GB/s, better than expected.

The review compared the 6550 Ion against the Solidigm P5336, the only 61.44TB SSD widely shipping today, and while acknowledging it wasn't an even match, said, "We noted many areas where the newer Gen5 interface on the Micron 6550 Ion excelled over the Gen4 interface in the P5336, which is expected. The difference between Gen4 vs. Gen5 drives relates to how much bandwidth each drive can push across the wire. The Gen4 PCIe interface with four lanes of connectivity is capable of around 7GB/s, while the newer Gen5 PCI interface doubles that with 14GB/s. Micron’s use of TLC NAND gives it another design advantage over QLC-based competitors."

Energy efficiency is another key selling point of the 6550 Ion. It uses up to 20% less power than competing SSDs and supports multiple operational power states. For example, Power State 1 (PS1) limits power usage to 20W, compared to the maximum 25W. It also consumes ≤5W when idle.

The 61.44TB capacity of the 6550 Ion is impressive, but it's set to be dwarfed when the PCIe Gen5 Phison Pascari D205V (offered in U.2 and E3.L formats) arrives in Q2 2025. As well as a 61.44TB model, there will also be one with double the capacity, 122.88TB, and it will be interesting to see how that compares in terms of performance.

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• Dropbox wants to address lost productivity from file searching with Dash for Business launch
• New tool allows for quick and efficient internal document and file searching
• Customizable settings allow for secure external collaboration

After research found workers can spend up to an hour a day searching for the right files or documents, costing millions in lost productivity, Dropbox has introduced Dash for Business - an AI tool designed to streamline information retrieval and organization.

Dash acts as a personalized search engine, giving users a centralized way to access content stored across multiple apps, such as Google Drive, OneDrive, Asana, and Notion.

Dash for Business leverages machine intelligence to refine search results, with its AI-powered search tool delivering real-time answers, summaries, and follow-up recommendations based on user queries. The tool can also suggests related questions and content links, helping users uncover relevant data they might not have initially sought.

Dash for Business launch

Dash also offers Stacks, which allows teams to create smart content collections organized by project, theme, or other categories. These collections can be easily shared and managed, with customizable permission settings for secure collaboration internally and externally.

(Image credit: Dropbox)

Dash also introduces advanced access permissions management, thanks to Dropbox’s recent acquisition of Nira technology, enabling administrators the ability to monitor, manage, and control access to data across various connected platforms from a single interface, helping maintain data security and compliance.

Dash’s self-hosted AI operates entirely within Dropbox’s trust boundary, ensuring customer data remains secure, private, and compliant with internal policies.

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