Chinese Phone Batteries Are Just Getting Out of Hand

Just a week after OnePlus made the (frankly, very frustrating) announcement of a new Android flagship with a monstrous 9,000mAh battery, Beijing-based rival Xiaomi is already clapping back. The largest Chinese smartphone vendor has revealed the specs and design of its upcoming flagship, the Redmi K100, and while it didn’t provide specific battery numbers, it claims the capacity is in the neighborhood of an unnecessarily bonkers 10,000mAh.

Xiaomi announced in a somewhat dramatic Weibo post Monday (its description of the…