Virtually all laptops sold today feature batteries no larger than 99.99 watt-hours for one simple reason: anything bigger is banned from boarding flights (there are some exceptions for batteries up to 160Wh, but those require special approvals). Yet, Energizer – known for batteries and brick-sized smartphones – decided to disregard that limit away and sells a laptop with battery so big, it’s legally banned from flights.
The Laptop In Question? Energizer EnergyBook Pro Ultra
Technically, Energizer didn’t build this laptop, French-based Avenir Telecom does (as a licensee). The premise of Energizer EnergyBook Pro Ultra laptop is straightforward: massive batteries. It’s got a 4-cell 192Wh (13,000mAh at 14.8V) lithium-polymer battery that exceeds all aviation limits, but in return you get a claimed week-long standby, up to 28 hours of “intensive office use,” or around 11 hours of gaming and graphic design.
Massive battery laptop aside, it’s more or less a regular work laptop – AMD Ryzen 5 processor “optimized for maximum energy efficiency”, along with 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB NVMe storage, and a 18-inch FHD+ display. No discrete graphics, of course, since they consume more power and is detrimental to the battery life. All that can be had for the starting price 449 Euros (~RM2,215), which is quite a solid price tag all things considered.
Still, that kind of defeats the purpose of laptops, which are meant for users to carry around places beyond a desktop PC could; and if you ever want one, chances are it’s not sold beyond European borders (even though no further information on availability has been announced at this time).
Pokdepinion: A bit oxymoronic, if you ask me.
