2025: the perfect smartphone finally within reach ?

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Since the first iPhone appeared in 2007, smartphones have continued to evolve, and at a dizzying speed. Ever faster processors, explosive storage capacities, exceptional cameras (the iPhone 16 is the best example), successful implementation of AI (Samsung Galaxy S24), etc.

After more than fifteen years of evolution, three major advances are emerging for 2025, suggesting the long-awaited culmination of a device without any compromises. Is the perfect smartphone really about to roll off the production line next year??

PC-level performance in the palm of your hand

The new Snapdragon 8 Elite processor is one of the spearheads of this evolution. Manufactured by Qualcomm, this mobile chip is a real racing beast: engraved in 3 nm, it is solidly armed and even surpasses on Geekbench 6 the A18 Pro chip equipping the iPhone 16 Pro. A high-performance CPU, an Adreno GPU specially designed for mobile games and a Hexagon NPU tailored for the most demanding artificial intelligence tasks, the 8 Elite will shake up the market.

This chip clearly achieves performance worthy of certain desktop computers and should equip high-end Android smartphones from next year. The first to benefit will certainly be the Samsung Galaxy S25, which should be released at the beginning of the year, in January.

The ultimate challenge of autonomy

A possible sperfect smartphone equipped with the best mobile chip is not worth much if it is unable to last a day without being recharged. Well, precisely, this major obstacle could fall in 2025. The Ouga group, a collaboration between Oppo and OnePlus, has developed a 7,000 mAh accumulator with dimensions equivalent to the batteries of the iPhone 16 Pro Max and the future Galaxy S25 Ultra.

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The secret? The replacement of the graphite anode with a new silicon-based material, capable of storing more lithium ions. This battery, whose minimum guaranteed capacity reaches 6,850 mAh at 4.53 V, could finally free us from daily recharging. For comparison, the iPhone 16 Pro Max's battery peaks at “only” 4,685 mAh, a capacity that's already phenomenal considering the size of the device.

Mobile photography has also reached a decisive milestone in 2024 with the integration of telephoto lenses in very compact formats. Previously reserved for SLR cameras, this type of lens now equips the iPhone Pro, Samsung Galaxy or high-end Google Pixel.

These three pillars – power, autonomy and photographic performance – thus converge towards the realization of a smartphone that is virtually flawless. Even if the concept of perfect smartphone remains entirely subjective and varies according to individual needs, this prospect has never been so tangible.

• High-end smartphones in 2025 will feature processors worthy of real PCs.
• A new high-capacity battery has been developed by Ouga; this reaches 7,000 mAh
• Compact telephoto lenses are finally integrated into smartphones, offering photo quality equivalent to professional devices.

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