One of the things we’ve come to accept in the smartphone era is that after a full day’s use, our devices usually need to be charged daily. Being human, we often forget to attach said phones to the charger and then we are stuck having to disable most of the fancy smartphone functions to try and get eek it through the day, having reduced our smartphone to dumbphone status. Larger batteries just mean it takes longer to fully charge. Thankfully, Qualcomm has come to our rescue with its Quick Charge 2.0 technology and has prepared a video demonstration on the topic featuring three Nexus 6 handsets and 3 very different chargers.
As previously mentioned, the three identical Nexus 6 handsets are hooked up to two conventional chargers; a 5 volt/1Amp, a 5volts/2Amp charger and a Quick Charge 2.0 charger. Naturally the results are startlingly different with the conventional chargers managing to charge the handsets up to 16%/24% respectively and the Quick Charge 2.0 achieving 38% after half an hour. After 40 minutes, the Quick Charge 2.0 charger got up to the 50% mark while the other chargers had just reached 22% and 32%. Considering that the Nexus 6 has a monster 3,220 mAh battery, that’s a pretty quick way to reach the halfway point in charging the device as can be seen in the video below.
Some of the devices that are Quick Charge 2.0 compatible include:
- Nexus 6
- Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet
- Motorola Droid Turbo
- Samsung Galaxy Note 4/ Note Edge
- HTC Desire Eye
- New Moto X by Motorola
- Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact
- Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
- Sony Xperia Z3
- HTC One M8
- Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet
- HTC One Remix
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Source: Qualcomm
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