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SINCE THERE ISN’T any new battery technology on the horizon, many smartphone makers have tried making phones last longer by making them more efficient or introducing fast charging methods.
Chances are you may not know about Oppo, the Chinese company that specialises in smartphones as well as electronics, but it claims to now have the world’s fastest charging method.
Calling the new system the Super VOOC Flash Charge, it claims it can charge a 2,500 mAH battery built into its phone from empty to full in the space of 15 minutes (For reference, the iPhone 6s has a 1,715mAH battery while the Samsung S6 has 2,550mAH).
One of the bigger concerns with fast charging is it usually involves a higher voltage than the battery can handle, or the battery ends up overheating. Both approaches can end up damaging the battery and make it less efficient.
Oppo says it solved this by combining low-voltage charge with a customised battery to ensure the current is regulated as well. By keeping the charge and the temperature low, it removes the need for a converter – something needed if the charger uses a high-voltage – and ensures it’s more efficient.
The customised element means such technology would be limited to just Oppo’s own smartphones, if you try using a similar fast-charging system with its phones, it will just resort to the normal charging speed.
While the technology has been made, it unlikely to arrive until next year at the earliest as there are no phones supporting it yet. The technology also supports micro-USB and USB Type-C, putting it in line with global standards.
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Thats good isn’t it.. put it on charge.. have sex, you only have to wait another 13 minutes untill its charged.
Just make sure you know which port to plug your USB into!
BOOM just had a brainwave. battery tax!
Discuss
It’s already taxed as is the power to charge them. Tax whingers with old phones
Do you not think we’re charged enough?
I gave all my Dead Batteries away. Free of CHARGE.
And now…. By magic… ALL brands will be able to be charged in 15 minutes (or less). Phones are now almost obsolete before you even buy them !!
15 minutes to fully charge a battery that probably only lasts a few hours anyway.
Yeah 2500 mah is fairly crap
You people wouldn’t appreciate flying cars if we had them.
They would only have a few hours flight time
Think of the birds…
It’s ok for a phone, but it’s not just about the size is how you use it.
Sort out your escalators first China, then get back to us.
I’m sceptical, very sceptical.
15 minutes is about as long as my battery lasts.
If only Google had some kind of phone that could do this for almost a year, oh yeah they do, the Nexus 5x
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