We found the Doogee V Max at MWC 2023. A smartphone with a 22,000 mAh battery for an introduced autonomy of 10 days in regular use. We briefly took it in hand to point out you the system.
At MWC 2023, we come throughout a number of technological gadgets. Some represent an enormous technical innovation, others are extra anecdotal developments. Nonetheless, in the sort of present, there’s a sort of product that we have now recurrently come throughout: smartphones with an enormous battery.
For this 12 months’s version, we had been marked by the Doogee V Max. It has a 22,000 mAh battery promising “240 hours» autonomy with regular use in keeping with the official web site. That is equal to 10 entire days. In standby, the promise goes even additional since we’re speaking about 2300 hours of endurance, or simply over three months.
A smartphone heavier than a pill
This smartphone is a 27.3 mm thick brick. For comparability, an iPhone 14 Professional Max is 7.85mm. The load will not be not noted: 540 grams. A pill just like the Xiaomi Pad 5 weighs much less with 511 grams on the size. We briefly had it in hand to take some photos. The grip is clearly not probably the most nice, as a result of we’re the precise reverse of a refined design.

A notion that doesn’t actually matter for the Doogee V Max since it’s above all a bolstered smartphone meant for professionals working within the discipline (building employees, technicians, and so forth.). Notice that the smartphone is IP68 licensed to ensure its waterproofness. Let’s not overlook the IP69K certification to attest to resistance to excessive pressures and excessive strain rinsing. Lastly, the system additionally has the MIL-STD-810H label from the American military to point out that it’s a badass.
The week of autonomy boasted by the large 22,000 mAh battery reveals that the producer desires above all to deal with folks more likely to go away for a very long time on a mission, removed from {an electrical} outlet. However: it isn’t actually very lovely and doesn’t match simply in a trouser pocket. Furthermore, the technical sheet of the Doogee V Max consists of the next parts.
- 6.58-inch IPS show, Full HD+, 120Hz;
- MediaTek Dimension 1080;
- 12 GB of RAM;
- 256 GB of storage (expandable as much as 2 TB);
- Android 12;
- Triple digicam with essential sensor at 108 Mpxn;
- 32 MP selfie digicam;
- Twin SIM;
- USB-C port protected by a canopy;
- Fingerprint reader on the facet.

Doogee V Max // Supply: Frandroid

Doogee V Max // Supply: Frandroid
Yours actually writing these strains remembers MWC 2018 the place he crossed paths with a 16,000 mAh Energizer POWER MAX P16K Professional that will nearly appear to be a Tom Thumb subsequent to the Doogee V Max. Notice that our information to standalone smartphones as an alternative focuses on extra consumer-oriented gadgets.
Worth and launch date
The managers of the Doogee stand at MWC 2023 advised us that this smartphone can be out there in Europe between 500 and 600 euros. The official website refers to an AliExpress hyperlink the place it’s displayed at 519 euros on the time this text is revealed. On the model’s service provider website, nonetheless, it’s 560 US {dollars}.