Chinese LionKing800 cellphone claims 1-year standby

We have no way to confirm the claim, nevertheless the LionKing800 boasts a remarkable 365 days standby or 3-5 days talk. The source of that power is a 16,800mAh lithium battery -- that's about 10x the juice of a standard cellphone battery. Take that Philips! As to the rest of the specs, the GSM900 / DCS1800 dual-SIM phone costs $145 and packs a 3.5-inch, 320 x 240 pixel display, 256MB of microSD memory, Bluetooth 2.0, and a pair of rear and front-facing cameras into a 120 x 65 x 20-mm shell. Picture of the battery after the break.

[Via Mobile Bulgaria, thanks Georgi]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2008 5:48PM]

Wrong wrong wrong! Ignoring the fact that a Li-On battery that size
would have to break the laws of physics to hold that much energy and
pretending it's much bigger, here we go...

So... 2438w / 24hrs = 101w average for an hour...
101w / 120v = 0.84A draw

It's a 3.7v battery, so 120 / 3.7 = 32A draw to produce 1A at 120v
32A * 0.84A = 26.88A draw on the battery to produce 101w at 120v, would be more in a real world situation due to loss in the inverter...

It can do 16.8Ah so it'll be flat in 16.8 / 26.88 = 0.625, just over half an hour!

I very much doubt the battery could withstand a 26.88A draw for long or even provide that much so it'll probably explode if you tried too :)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2008 5:03PM]

But will it blend? With the battery.

[jasonbot Posted Mar 14th 2008 12:25AM]

now all we need to do is trick our friends to test the battery by sticking their tongues onto the terminals. I think ~16A will kill you :)

[jasev01 Posted Mar 13th 2008 6:32PM]

This is not a Verizon phone they only last about 15 minutes before having to head to the charger

[Mo Kim Posted Mar 13th 2008 7:32PM]

Hakuna Matata

[thirteenguy Posted Mar 13th 2008 9:36PM]

not quite, I just don't have good memories on China products, although we're using it everyday....
really, I really won't believe that it has that kind of capacity. must have a problem...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2008 3:42AM]

wut if its microAh instead of miliAh that would make it 1/1000 weaker.

P.S. a battery this advanced would cost more than 145 USD itself...

lets wait see if it lasts a year...day1...day2....day3...week1...BOOM... honestly thats a true weapon of mass destruction..

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2008 6:44AM]

wow! china is the best :D

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2008 8:07AM]

look like a dual sim phone

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2008 3:06PM]

i guess thats a approx 4000-5000mah 3.7V which is possible
putting that into acct i bet it consumes more juice than philips 9@9 series. The 9@9 can survive 1month triband with a 700mah i guess this lion king can do it with 1200mah so its more like 4 months. Although exxaggerated, i do believe 4 months is possible.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 15th 2008 3:53AM]

This is not news, the phone is not new. it's been around for at least six months.
Did anyone see the picture?, see the battery indicator? it's half empty so it must have been in standby mode for at least six months... 8-)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 17th 2008 10:01AM]

We need a battery like that one for the PSP.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 17th 2008 12:49AM]

It'll probably take 3 months to charge, hehehe

[El Duderino Posted Mar 17th 2008 1:37AM]

LionKing? A year on standby? It must mean no worries for the rest of your days.

*Drum Roll + Cymbal crash*

[Luzzio Posted Mar 17th 2008 9:21PM]

Well done, sir!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 19th 2008 12:34AM]

What if apple or nokia were launching this phone? Everybody would be all over it like a rash!

[Luzzio Posted Mar 17th 2008 9:20PM]

I'll take the battery. Screw the Lionking phone

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[(Unverified) Posted Mar 20th 2008 5:48PM]

16800mAh...
How Bout 32800mAh.
Lasts 666 Days on standby

Day 665, Day 666 BOOM

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