Redmi introduces 300W fast charging which fills a phone battery in 5 minutes

28 February 2023
A phone can charge from 0 to 100% in five minutes, says the Xiaomi brand.

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Anonymous, 28 Feb 2023why is too much? now you sound like few years back...ow...... moreThis, if they can make such technology safe and with little to no drawbacks, why not use it.

Do people need stuff like supercars or hypercars? Or GPUs like RTX 4090? Almost always no, but having so much of something at your fingertips is always cool and makes stuff just tiny bit easier.

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    • 28 Feb 2023

    David 040882, 28 Feb 2023Ridiculous and unnecessary People don't see it but this is a marketing stunt and excellent selling strategy. Of course phone can charge that fast, but that fast charging will always be turned off by default because it DOES harm the battery. BUT, user will enable it anyway because the user doesn't care about battery health. In a year, battery will degrade a lot (more than it would with normal, slow charging) and that will prompt users to replace the phone. User might be unhappy because the device didn't last as long as its previous, but it's a win-win for Xiaomi who made money over and over again.

    If I cannot turn off fast charging completely, I charge phone via USB slowly on PC through the night. That way you'll get the max out the battery. My 4 year phone still holds a single day of moderate use otherwise it would barely last half a day or less.

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      • 28 Feb 2023

      Cyberchum, 28 Feb 2023Really? I bet that, to you, 1000W will be necessary still, ... moreI dont think you know what white elephant means. White elephant is something that is useless and drain the owner financially. For 300W, users are not forced to get it nor does it become useless because there are people who need less down time while on the go.

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        UltraHD, 28 Feb 2023Unnecessary, if you can't live without your phone for ... moreJust because it's unnecessary doesn't mean it's not cool, not to mention one day if we reach a point where such technology would have little to no drawbacks, why not use it?

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          • 28 Feb 2023

          Anonymous, 28 Feb 2023why is too much? now you sound like few years back...ow...... moreBut at what cost?
          At the cost of battery longevity and degradation.
          The more ram doesn't come at a cost of any demerits other than being more expensive , which is obvious

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            • 28 Feb 2023

            batteries and capacitors are very similar tech. Into the near future, the smartphones will use new and improved capacitors as batteries and the charge will last for a few seconds

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              • 28 Feb 2023

              YoloBS, 28 Feb 2023300w is too much , if you cant leave you smartphone for 5 m... moreFunny that you even said 5 minutes from using the 300W charging. Because charging 4100mah with even 25W would need at least 1 hour

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                • 28 Feb 2023

                David 040882, 28 Feb 2023Ridiculous and unnecessary For pro-science
                640 kb is never enough

                  Unnecessary, if you can't live without your phone for 5 minutes then you've a serious issue. I'm more than happy with 67w, totally enough.

                    Really? I bet that, to you, 1000W will be necessary still, since it's ALWAYS necessary. Yes, so you could hit that 100% in a minute and half. 🤡

                    This is madness! White elephant of smartphones.

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                      • 28 Feb 2023

                      YoloBS, 28 Feb 2023300w is too much , if you cant leave you smartphone for 5 m... more300 W is not enough. We need 3000 W (same as a typical water heater btw) so that the phone can be charged in 30 seconds.

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                        • 28 Feb 2023

                        YoloBS, 28 Feb 2023300w is too much , if you cant leave you smartphone for 5 m... morewhy is too much?
                        now you sound like few years back...ow...8GB of RAM is too much on Windows, on Android...
                        its never too much and that is called development and progress!
                        I am still not saying that its safe, but its never too much.

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                          • 28 Feb 2023

                          Brooo! Even the 240WATTS Fast charging hasn't gone fully international. Calm down!!!

                            PMKLR3m, 28 Feb 2023It's always necessary. Big batteries with more than h... more300w is too much , if you cant leave you smartphone for 5 min then you need help ASAP .

                              David 040882, 28 Feb 2023Ridiculous and unnecessary It's always necessary.
                              Big batteries with more than hour of charging are unnecessary.

                                How much watt charging does latest gen USB support?!
                                My gaming laptop supports that much!¡!

                                  Ridiculous and unnecessary

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