Charge test: Battle of the fast chargers

10 April, 2015
Smartphone batteries piggybacked on the growing screen size to go up in capacity to support both the screen and faster chipsets. Slower to deplete, the new batteries also proved slower to charge so manufacturers tackled the issue with new standards.

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  • 12 Apr 2015

Eli, 11 Apr 2015What about the great Xperia Z3 and the Z3 compact fast char... moreTheyre not featured maybe they dont use quick charge...

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    • syed
    • H4t
    • 11 Apr 2015

    This is a reason,why all love gsmarena.com.nice job gsm arena well done

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      • kiY
      • 11 Apr 2015

      Whoa, i did not expect this much very brief article. Thanks you. Very informative and useful.

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        • AnonD-326248
        • pp}
        • 11 Apr 2015

        After 15 min on s6 you can go up to 3 hours of video playback!!!??????

        On this planet??!

        Not Samsung or any other phone can do that with 15 min charge.



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          • Anonymous
          • 61B
          • 11 Apr 2015

          Brad666, 11 Apr 2015how many hours needed to fully charge a samsung galaxy s5?My Gs5 takes about 1hr 50min from 15% until it's fully charged. Pretty fast but my late LG G2 was still a little bit faster than that.

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            • matt99
            • StU
            • 11 Apr 2015

            The thing about charging a lipo battery fast is that it will get hot and reduce the life of the battery (under 500 times to get a decent battery life) the future is super capacitors not batteries.

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              • nyr
              • 11 Apr 2015

              GJ GsmArena. Really usefull article ! :/

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                • Anonymous
                • vx6
                • 11 Apr 2015

                Anonymous, 11 Apr 2015Title is misleading. So you are comparing how fast each han... more"Title is misleading. So you are comparing how fast each handset gets charged, but you aren't using the same charger for the tests"

                Your confused as I can see?
                It says "Fast Chargers" NOT Handsets.. Try to read again..ahah xD

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                  • Anonymous
                  • fsV
                  • 11 Apr 2015

                  Anonymous, 11 Apr 2015Title is misleading. So you are comparing how fast each han... moreSeems to me that is essence of this test,battery chargers,how fast they can charge..and these phones are relatively recently released phones,their battery's charge holding capacity couldn't have run down all that much..

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                    • 7t5
                    • 11 Apr 2015

                    Umbilical Noose, 11 Apr 2015If you have a Zenfone 2 lying around then why not just revi... moreAgreed...!
                    There are so many people waiting for Zenfone 2 review...!

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                      • No Fan Boy...!
                      • 7t5
                      • 11 Apr 2015

                      rafael, 11 Apr 2015I'm just wondering why my galaxy note 3 charges pretty fast... moreNope...my Note 3 charges from 0 - 100 % in 1 hr 55 min...!

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                        • TekIndies
                        • 2SK
                        • 11 Apr 2015

                        If you have Asus Zenfone 2 then Please review it.

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                          • 11 Apr 2015

                          Brad666, 11 Apr 2015how many hours needed to fully charge a samsung galaxy s5?2 hours according to pa.

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                            • 11 Apr 2015

                            My sony xperia z ultra using belkin original charges 2.1A 5V its about 2.42hour(usb port)..if i'm using magnetic cable up to 3.30hour..if using sony standard charges 1.5A up to 3.15hour (usb port)..so sad:'(

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                              • Nexus
                              • uHZ
                              • 11 Apr 2015

                              Where is nexus 6? thumbs up if you guys agree.

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                                • a00
                                • 11 Apr 2015

                                AnonD-20890, 11 Apr 2015Please do not attempt to fast charge your phone as it will ... moreyes but batteries are not humans! that doesn't mean anything.

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                                  • Brad666
                                  • 2Au
                                  • 11 Apr 2015

                                  how many hours needed to fully charge a samsung galaxy s5?

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                                    • K6u
                                    • 11 Apr 2015

                                    What I want a 10,000 mah battery on a phone. Dont know how long I will have to wait for that. & hope the chip-set manufacturer doesn't use the higher capacity to make more power hungry processor.

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                                      • loubielou
                                      • 3p9
                                      • 11 Apr 2015

                                      So Glad i Chose the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 after the Samsung Galaxy S5,as the Batterylife is Spot on,the Fast Charging Adapter is Superb to use from Samsung,plus i bought a Spare Battery just in case i go out one day and run out of Battery time,Samsung should have thought about this with the Galaxy S6,as the Galaxy S5 had good batterylife plus you had the removable battery option,once you got so use to this from the Galaxy S2 to Galaxy S5 you look for your next phone to Offer this Option,but as soon a Samsung wanted to Copy the Apple iPhone 6,and saw the Galaxy Note 4 was the Best phone to Switch to instead of the Galaxy S6,so Glad now i made this Right Choice

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                                        • mEw
                                        • 11 Apr 2015

                                        bobby21, 10 Apr 2015This fast charging is very bad for the battery. It will die... moreYou`re wrong, fast charging does not affect battery - https://youtu.be/Xp0RFd5rsz8