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With an average charging speed of 44.44 mAh per minute, Huawei's SuperCharge technology is considered the fastest charging technology currently available on commercial smartphones.
1. Which Smartphone Brand Charges the Fastest: Apple, Samsung, or Huawei?
With an average charging speed of 44.44 mAh per minute, Huawei's SuperCharge technology is considered the fastest charging technology currently available on commercial smartphones.
Fast charging capability can help smartphones regain power in just a few minutes. Alongside battery life, it becomes an important factor in users' smartphone selection criteria.
That's why PhoneArena recently conducted a test, examining the charging times of the world's leading smartphones. In this test, they chose to use the charger and cable provided by the manufacturer, based on each model's battery capacity and charging time to determine the final results on which smartphone charges the fastest and most efficiently.
In essence, almost all current high-end smartphones support fast charging, with some even at super-fast levels.
However, each manufacturer has a different way of naming their charging technology. It's worth noting that Apple offers fast charging for models like the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X but doesn't include an equivalent charger and cable in the product packaging. Models like the Xiaomi Mi 8 support Quick Charge 4+ fast charging technology, but the equivalent charger is not yet available on the market.
For most users, it's challenging to differentiate between Samsung's Adaptive Fast Charge, Apple's Fast Charge, OnePlus's DashCharge, Huawei's SuperCharge, Motorola's Turbo Charge, or Oppo's VOOC.
According to the results from PhoneArena, Huawei's SuperCharge technology emerged as the winner, followed by OnePlus's DashCharge and Oppo's VOOC.
For example, the Huawei P20 Pro comes with a 4,000 mAh battery, achieving a full charge in 90 minutes, averaging 44.44 mAh per minute, while OnePlus (with a 3,300 mAh battery, fully charged in 80 minutes) achieves an average charging speed of 41.25 mAh per minute.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 also boasts an impressive feat with a full charge time of under 2 hours (109 minutes) for its 4,000 mAh battery.
In this comparison, Apple and Sony performed the worst. However, it's not necessarily because their smartphones can't fast charge but because these two companies don't provide a fast charger with the device. Users have to purchase an additional charger separately if they want one.
According to PhoneArena, the competition among manufacturers to release fast charging technologies partly compensates for the slow progress in battery technology development. For many years, lithium-ion battery technology has seen little significant advancement, leaving users satisfied with devices lasting approximately one day on a single charge.
