Weekly poll: how fast should fast charging be?

22 January 2023
When it comes time to get a new phone, how fast would you want it to do a full 0-100% charge? What about fast wireless charging?

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Anonymous, 24 Jan 2023Well you completely missed the point there 👧 but okayObviusly I missed it 'cause it just isn't true.

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    DarlingYext, 24 Jan 2023Even that's false, Xiaomi makes too many devices so it... moreWell you completely missed the point there 👧 but okay

      Anonymous, 24 Jan 2023He meant that most lack a proper software support "Mo... moreEven that's false, Xiaomi makes too many devices so it's hard to update them I can imagine, but they aren't the only ones. The chinese phones I have do get updates. Thanks.

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        DarlingYext, 24 Jan 2023Software support is neglected? Really? Is it now? Then expl... moreHe meant that most lack a proper software support
        "Most" is the key word there

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          joe nodden, 24 Jan 2023If they cared about their battery health they shouldn'... moreYou're just a redmi user, your opinions don't matter. Keep trying but Samsung is miles ahead than your $250 fast charging toy

            bulbulito.bayagbag, 24 Jan 2023There's a reason why chinese phones are cheap. I have ... moreSoftware support is neglected? Really? Is it now? Then explain why my 2,5 year old vivo iQOO 5 Pro that launched with Android 10 has Android 12 now with a confirmed Android 13 update on the way. It also has 120w fast charging, but great battery endurance, yet it was actually the first phone ever to go over 100W charging. It also didn't came with any bloatware. Speaking of bloatware.. Samsung comes to my mind every time that word is mentioned.. who knows why.. but oh well maybe most people need 2 mail apps and 2 browsers and that useless Samsung pay which doesn't work at all in many countries. You know what does tho? Google pay.

              Anonymous, 23 Jan 2023You are the meme from the typical chinese fanboi crying &qu... moreHoly crap I go out of my way to explain in detail the different advantages certain Chinese phones have and you think you can dumb it down to "you're wrong, because blah blah blah..."?

              You need to go through some serious neurogenesis. It's almost scary that there are people like you that act like this unironically.

                Anonymous, 24 Jan 2023Your $200 redmi sure has fast charging it looks like. But t... moreIf they cared about their battery health they shouldn't have bought a thousand dollar S23 with a tiny 3900 mAh battery. Have some common sense.

                  Smart opinion, 23 Jan 2023Of course, your favourite chinese phone has price half of S... more1. IP ratings are useless an only jack up prices by 30 bucks. My K40 has encountered tons of water and has survived because it uses the same rubber seals as your beloved IP68 phones. Did you not pay attention to the OnePlus 7 Pro?

                  2. Better to have a Type C 2.0 port that can charge at 210W than a Type C 3.2 port that can only handle 45W. 😂 Are you planning on using your phone like a desktop? Couldn't afford a desktop after spending a whole paycheck or two on your non-Chinese phone?

                  3. Glass is either harder or softer. Cracks easier or scratches easier. There is no better glass. there's a reason you can scratch most foldables with your fingernails. Even so, you're still wrong even if that wasn't the case. Even the old K50 had Victus.

                  4. The half-the-price IQOO 11 has a telephoto lens.

                  5. No company except Apple has good software support. Everyone else just tops out at 3 major updates. That's not good either. And even most non-Chinese companies have terrible software support. Sony only appears to do 2. LG only really did 1. I think you're also forgetting that the majority of phone companies are Chinese. OnePlus is and usually does 3.

                  6. Did not stop me from buying a Chinese K40 in the US.

                  "Have you even once wondered, why Samsung and Apple both have increasing percentage of marketshare of flagship every year?"

                  I know I just told the other guy, "the majority do things the way they do because, quite often, it's the way things should be done", but here Apple fanboys just do it because they're sheep who have no free will of their own and mindlessly follow the flock. Samsung is because they're one of the biggest companies ever. They have ads, partnered stores, and other products everywhere on Earth. People know about them. Ask most people if they've heard of Xiaomi, let alone actually considered any of their products, and they'll tell you they know nothing about them. This effect grows larger over time.

                  I hope you enjoy paying $1500 for your next phone.

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                    joe nodden, 24 Jan 2023Yeah lets see how that tiny 3900 mAh battery holds up with ... moreYour $200 redmi sure has fast charging it looks like. But there are people who spend over thousand on a phone and they like to maintain their battery health for a few years at least. And they likely don't care about fast speeds

                      bulbulito.bayagbag, 24 Jan 2023You can actually get a decent fast charging option at 40w, ... moreOver an hour to charge is not fast at all. 😂

                        bulbulito.bayagbag, 24 Jan 2023I was thinking, since chinese oem's have a very bad re... moreYeah lets see how that tiny 3900 mAh battery holds up with Samsung's slow charging when compared to the 5000-6000 mAh batteries in tons of Chinese phones with fast charging. 😂

                          bulbulito.bayagbag, 24 Jan 2023There's a reason why chinese phones are cheap. I have ... moreMy Chinese K40:

                          1) Does not come with pretty much any bloatware.
                          2) Has never showed me any ads.
                          3) Has been in contact with lots of water, but no damage. Because the same rubber seals installed in IP68 phones are installed in every other phone. It's simply that the Chinese know that it makes more sense to not burn 30 bucks on a useless certification. And software support? Even Google's phones only get 3 major updates. 😂 Hate to say it, but Apple is really the only one who gives proper update support anymore.

                            Anonymous, 23 Jan 2023Argument ad populum is not the "gotcha" you think... more"Argument ad populum is not the "gotcha" you think it is, will you jump off a cliff just because the majority is doing it?"

                            No, but I will charge my phone quickly because I can, and it makes sense to do so when I have work in an hour and don't want my phone to die halfway through the day because it only managed to charge to 50%. Not because the majority are doing it. Believe it or not, the majority do things the way they do because, quite often, it's the way things should be done. Big shocker I know. Take some time to process that, bud.

                            "The gauss bell shows that the average is in the middle"

                            What does that have to do with anything.

                            "are you comfortable being an average person?"

                            (1) This still doesn't relate. (2) I would much rather be an average person on a scale of intelligence than someone in your position.

                            "I for one like to use my critical thinking"

                            Buddy we get it, you took a critical thinking course last semester and now you think you know it all. 😂 Unfortunately, here, your argument is invalid as your premises do not prove your conclusion.

                            "and see that perhaps what the majority WANTS is not really what the majority NEEDS"

                            The majority does not NEED a smartphone to begin with. What people need doesn't matter. This is about what people want.

                            "What we really NEED are removable batteries to become the norm"

                            No, your do not NEED removable batteries to become the norm, you WANT removable batteries to become the norm.

                            "so you can swap them whenever the situation arises."

                            If you had more than half a brain you'd realize that "non removable" batteries are removable. Just because the back panel isn't easily removable and you can't take out the battery in 10 seconds, doesn't mean it's unable to be removed. Battery degradation is easily solved no matter the phone. And if you're bringing this up because you want to swap a drained battery for a fully charged one, for the love of god get a battery bank.

                            "Also, "vast minority" is an oxymoron, they contradict each other, if it is so "vast" then how come it is a "minority"?"

                            "Vast" is not just a term to describe quantity. The definition is, "of very great extent or quantity." By using it in combination with "minority", it could either mean the minority is of a large quantity, (e.g. there's a billion votes on a poll and option 1 of 2 received 40% of the votes, that's 400 million and a vast minority) or it could be describing the extent of the minority. The latter is the way I used it. Perhaps saying, "you're in the minority to a very great extent" makes it easier for you to comprehend.

                            Good try, though.

                              Smart opinion, 23 Jan 2023Of course, your favourite chinese phone has price half of S... moreThere's a reason why chinese phones are cheap. I have to add:

                              1.) Most come with bloatware that you cannot uninstall (bloatware baked into the phone's ui).
                              2.) Most come with ads.
                              3.) IP 68 ratings are neglected, just like software support.

                                Anonymous, 23 Jan 2023Unfortunately phone companies with their ultra super fast c... moreI was thinking, since chinese oem's have a very bad reputation when it comes to software support and after sales service, they are out to ruin/destroy/degrade their phone batteries so you'll buy a new handset from them, not a bad idea if you think about it.

                                  ermis, 23 Jan 2023id rather have longer battery life than faster charging.You can actually get a decent fast charging option at 40w, no need to get something with 120w .

                                    40w fast charging is decent, most chinese oem's go overboard to 200w+. Which they use as a selling point/marketing strategy.

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                                      AnonD-731363, 23 Jan 2023Man you tottaly funny and tottaly wrong. 1. Your chinese ... moreUsing chinese phone for too long clearly damaging your brain.

                                      I am not even talking to you, and the topic was about Redmi K60.

                                      If you are not happy with the fact that Samsung/iPhone is better than any chinese phones, then you better be stop visiting this site, because for next 14 days there will be so much great news about samsung that will make chinese phone user suffering.

                                      Most of people these days are using Samsung/iPhone, you are just minority and irrelevant people.

                                        Anonymous, 23 Jan 2023Nice phones, I dig that collection. So you like curved and ... morePhantom X2 is a Tecno, but yea all the same, comes frome Transsion anyways. Right now I found a good deal on an LG Wing, and since I don't have any LG phones I feel like getting one. With the Phantom X2/X2 Pro, I am waiting for a site called Alza to list them, then I'll buy the Pro, if not listed I'll go regular.

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