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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  • Eli
  • muI
  • 11 Apr 2015

What about the great Xperia Z3 and the Z3 compact fast charging times?
Why they are not shown in this review?

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    • Anonymous
    • 35$
    • 11 Apr 2015

    Anonymous, 11 Apr 2015Title is misleading. So you are comparing how fast each han... moreThey are comparing ideal charging situations, which you are likely to have if it's your phone

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      • Anonymous
      • 6cb
      • 11 Apr 2015

      And this, is the review i've been searching for. Maybe they can add this charge test on the next phone reviews.

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        • AnonD-329938
        • J8M
        • 11 Apr 2015

        my OPO needs about 1.50-2.05 hr for full charge and able to get 2 day :D with moderate and 22hr with extreme usage

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          • AnonD-213026
          • 7Xg
          • 11 Apr 2015

          Anonymous, 11 Apr 2015those whom need quick chargers will have their phone's batt... morewe can afford new batteries. if not, then new phones.

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            • AnonD-213026
            • 7Xg
            • 11 Apr 2015

            only 10 minutes longer for the note 4 to fully charge over the s6 even though it has a 25% bigger battery. truly impressive.

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              • rafael
              • t7X
              • 11 Apr 2015

              I'm just wondering why my galaxy note 3 charges pretty fast. I'm certainly not complaining. but I guess the galaxy note3 charges faster than the note4 and the s6 duos.is this because of the usb 3.0 that it has?

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                • advice
                • fwM
                • 11 Apr 2015

                AnonD-185880, 11 Apr 2015I don't need to worry about charging my phone too much, I g... moreif it is the original xperia z and not the z1,then you are a liar because the xperia z has one of the worst battery lives ,with regular use you will need to charge it after 6 hours,and i am wondering how can you still living with its horrible camera??!!

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                  • AnonD-370537
                  • thd
                  • 11 Apr 2015

                  They should have included the Xperia z series instead of the HTCs as the Zs have two variants of chargers, the other being the magnetic dock which charges almost twice as fast compared to the supplied charger, particularly those of the Z3 series.

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                    • Umbilical Noose
                    • 2SL
                    • 11 Apr 2015

                    If you have a Zenfone 2 lying around then why not just review it? I am sure a lot of guys here are waiting for a review.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • JEF
                      • 11 Apr 2015

                      If you are a hater of a business (because all brands are that) and a fan of another, without even trying both of them....you are a helmet lover....

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                        • Anonymous
                        • LEU
                        • 11 Apr 2015

                        Title is misleading. So you are comparing how fast each handset gets charged, but you aren't using the same charger for the tests. And even if the reviewer did that, he isn't comparing the capacity of the battery (mAh anyone?). Also, there is something that I'm sure didn't even cross your mind; battery capacity wears out after charge cycles; it might not have affected the test if all batteries were new or, almost new.

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                          • AnonD-292864
                          • 0IW
                          • 11 Apr 2015

                          AnonD-185880, 11 Apr 2015I don't need to worry about charging my phone too much, I g... moreAll chargers stop charging when it is 100%.

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                            • AnonD-364199
                            • 6PI
                            • 11 Apr 2015

                            Fast and long lasting battery (I mean which can spend more time after charging once) both does matter. so gsmarena should consider both

                              Great article , this makes gsmarena stand out once again !

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 0BG
                                • 11 Apr 2015

                                Slower to deplete? Right. Especially with the ultra mega hyper thin prophiles and ultra mega hyper resolution.

                                Still unable to deliver a real 1 day (With whatever) usage.

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                                  • AnonD-19340
                                  • 2@c
                                  • 11 Apr 2015

                                  Noob question coming up... So do i get a better charging time if I get a better charger for Asus Zenfone2?

                                  If so which one is recommended?

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                                    • Ajay
                                    • bE8
                                    • 11 Apr 2015

                                    Now add skin temperature measurement test during load.

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                                      • Gibby
                                      • R04
                                      • 11 Apr 2015

                                      I never fail to be flabbergasted by the endurance of these 'Edge' devices.
                                      Whenever I see their curved screen I just think how much more juice they must be sapping. How wrong I was!
                                      How do they do it??!

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

                                        Hey GSMArena , when are you doing Asus Zenfone 2 review...?