Weekly poll: does 100W+ charging matter?
- YUKI93
- KZK
- 19 Jul 2020
Until there is a completely new smartphone battery technology that can amass all those super high charging rates without degrading the battery in long term use, i.e five years time, I definitely wouldn't consider super fast wired charging. High charging rate makes sense for laptops or tablets because of their large battery capacity, but not on smartphones.
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- Ensutiat
- xtS
- 19 Jul 2020
The short answer is it doesn't matter. Why don't this companies spend more R&D on battery tech ( lasting longer with lesser mAh) than on this so called "super fast charging" that will only degrade the battery faster
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- The Voice of Reason
- Nb4
- 19 Jul 2020
Remember the faster you charge the faster your battery dies.
Also, voltage matters. The higher the voltage the higher the damage to your battery.
In short, it's a great ruse for the idiots who want to kill their battery as fast as possible and buy a new phone.
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- Dometalican
- 7BB
- 19 Jul 2020
Considering QuickCharge 4 compliance lands on the 21W ballpark, that with a 5,000+mAH battery is good enough for me.
THAT SAID, when VOOC charge, Huawei's super charge, and Xiaomi's faster charging started, I liked the idea of charging 2 batteries at 20W each to achieve faster charging in a safer method. These 65-100W charging numbers are ridiculous in a bad way. QuickCharge 4 at 40W is honestly peak.
Any of you that says: "it's the future". No, the actual future is a different material for the battery that's longer-lasting like graphite; not hyper fast charging that degrades in a year...
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- Anonymous
- nD$
- 19 Jul 2020
Anonymous, 19 Jul 2020Qi charging .... Worse for battery than wired. Higher... moreI don't really get why it's called "wirelles charger" since it is still connected to a wire.
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- wittywaste
- y8x
- 19 Jul 2020
As I've heard a lot of times the battery loss is really small. Still i just can't see a real reason to upgrade from 40W charger to 100+ unless the durability/heat are mostly the same.
Oh boy 40W wireless charging would be the best
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- Anonymous
- JT5
- 19 Jul 2020
abigfanoftechs, 19 Jul 2020Bingo!
We found someone keeping their phone longer than 6-... moreI bought mine in 2016.
Battery loss so far was about 250-300 mAh.
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- Akshay
- GX3
- 19 Jul 2020
I have realme x2 pro and i used to be in favour of a bigger battery in stead of a fast charge. But this phone has changed my opinion and i believe that charger should be as fast as possible with a above avg battery life now a days 4000mah is more than average and gets me a full day backup.
Realmex2 pro charges really quick the other day i tried to test my phone 0 100 charging time and it was 99% charged in 27 minutes and fully charged in 31 minutes ,phone was switched off. Really amazing .
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- abigfanoftechs
- 99A
- 19 Jul 2020
Anonymous, 19 Jul 2020No. Better having more than 90% of the total battery after... moreBingo!
We found someone keeping their phone longer than 6-8 months.
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- Namelesss
- ft8
- 19 Jul 2020
Pretty soon Jeans with pockets that protect against smartphone explosion will be a thing.
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- Anonymous
- mcx
- 19 Jul 2020
If the battery lasts for the entire day of use, charging it over night with a slower technology is perfectly fine in my eyes, especially if I as the consumer can save some money by choosing the slower charging variant.
- Andreidinutu
- mEA
- 19 Jul 2020
Mihnea M, 19 Jul 2020I personally don't care. All I care is to have a big b... moreHello fellow romanian. Yep, at least you don't lie and admit that you do the overnighter. Nothing wrong with it, especially conparing it with 20+ watts
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- Anonymous
- Ege
- 19 Jul 2020
Yes it is one of thé most important thing in a smartphones
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- Jay kundu
- 7km
- 19 Jul 2020
I think Companies gives us 2 types of charging
super fast charging 5min 50 and 10 min 100 percentage
Other is night charger slow charge for hole night like full charge in 10houzrs.
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- Satya
- 7t}
- 19 Jul 2020
One more option:
I do not want to carry a bomb on my pocket all the time.
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- Anonymous
- Ege
- 19 Jul 2020
Mihnea M, 19 Jul 2020I personally don't care. All I care is to have a big b... moreWich is not good for the battery health
So better have fast charging because overcharhing the phone is worse than a fast charging with heat below 40 degree
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- Anonymous
- U}}
- 19 Jul 2020
Personally I think 100W+ is just too much, especially on tropical country like mine. 1 hour charge time like one of those 30W charger feels perfect for me.
I have 5000 mah phone with 10W charger and I'm telling you how sad it feels to wait for 3-4 hours to fully charge my phone. Quick charge is absolutely important for my next phone.
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- Anonymous
- swC
- 19 Jul 2020
Realistically, how often will you be needing a quick top-up whilst being near a wall socket, what is the scenario that will create this?
A healthy 15w charging for a small 3000amh
Or
45w charging for a large 5000mah, charging times are both gonna be easily good enough for 90% of all consumers..
(Apple I am looking at you however when considering you still ship 5w chargers..