Weekly poll results: fast charging is well loved, moreso when it's standards-compliant
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Last week’s poll shows that money spent on fast charging R&D was a great investment by smartphone makers. The new batch of battery and charging technologies that will breach the 100W barrier has many fans excited.
With a 60% positive vote, support for fast charging is strong. However, the supporters are split almost evenly into two groups – ones that want a standards-compliant charger and ones that value speed above all else.
There is a vocal minority that opposes such technologies on the basis that they degrade the battery and reduce its capacity over time. Well, actually not that minor – 1 in 4 agree fall in this group.
This ties into the poll from a couple of weeks ago. Most people now expect to keep their phone for 3 years so battery degradation is certainly a worry. A large battery and an overnight charge with a slow wired or a wireless charger is good enough for a quarter of voters.
That said, wireless charging, be it fast or slow, doesn’t seem particularly popular, even though it’s quite common on phones these days.
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Smartphone makers may want to add charging controls on their phones, similar to what Asus did with the ROG Phone 3 – it comes with a 30W charger, but you can limit it to 10W and cap the maximum charge at 80% or 90%. This way you can spare your battery but you always have the option for a rapid top-up when you really need it.
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Reader comments
- Anonymous
- 27 Jul 2020
- XRg
Who said battery won't last 2 years. It's showing 9% battery degradation after 800 cycles which is roughly 2-2.5yrs for the average user. Don't believe these fast charging fear mongerers.
- Anonymous
- 27 Jul 2020
- nvP
Trickle charging lol....