Energizer is famous for making batteries, but the
company dabbles in phones as well. Mostly feature phones, but a few Androids as
well and the new Energizer Power Max P600s is its best effort so far.
The phone is built around a 4,500mAh battery, which
promises “over 12 hours of use” and 16 days of standby. You can stretch that
with the power saving mode and quickly fill up the battery with fast charging
over USB-C.
The phone itself is 9.8mm thick, which is more than
we expected — for comparison a Mate10 Pro with a 4,000mAh is 7.9mm thick. And
the battery is not outrageously big though it is bigger than most phones out
there.
Anyway, we’re glad someone else went for the rare
carbon fiber look on the back (BlackBerry is the only other company that comes
to mind). The colors are important here – the Black version comes with 3GB of
RAM and 32GB storage while the Blue one doubles both numbers (6GB/64GB).
There’s a microSD slot if that’s still not enough.
The Power Max P600s features an 18:9 screen – 5.99”
big with 1080p+ resolution and rounded corners for a modern look. Android 7.0
Nougat runs on a Helio P25 chipset (more of a long distance runner than a
sprinter).
Energizer sourced a 13MP + 5MP dual camera from
Samsung for the back and put a fingerprint reader on there too. On the front,
there’s an 8MP selfie camera with its own flash. The phone will become
available in mid-January and will be sold by the following retailers. We don't
have info on the price just yet.
