Samsung May Launch A Phone With A Grephene Battery In 2020

It looks like Samsung is developing a new type of batteries to replace lithium-ion one to use in its phones. The giant phone maker hopes that it will have one or more phones using graphene battery ready in 2020 or 2021, according to Evan Blass, a reporter and Twitter leaker.

Blass tweeted on Monday:

Samsung did not respond immediately to a comment request.

Graphene is considered a “wonder material” due to its unique properties. In terms of phones, researchers believe that batteries made from this material can improve the device’s energy storage as well as increase charging speed significantly. Back in 2017, the Korean giant said that its researchers created a “graphene ball” material which increases charging speeds by five times compared with the standard lithium-ion batteries.

It’s possible that the Note 7 fiasco dated back 2016 has caused Samsung to consider battery alternatives. At the time, the Galaxy Note 7 had just gone on sale shortly when users began reporting overheating issues. The phone maker found a design flaw in the phone’s battery and recalled all the Galaxy Note 7 devices on the market.

However, that did not solve the issue as the replacement devices went into the overheating problem too. Then Samsung recalled the Note 7 again and discontinued the phone. After this problem, the company changed the testing process for key components on phones and started an eight-point battery inspection process.