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Fast charging is the linchpin that helps our phones survive a day of heavy use and keeps them in the game when batteries age and can’t make it through the evening. Yet despite over a decade of development, few, if any, smartphone brands seem to nail the perfect fast-charging formula.
Whether you’re looking at a budget or flagship smartphone, many are either too slow to charge, are limited to proprietary standards, or can’t sustain their peak power capabilities for more than a few minutes without heating up. Surely building a phone capable of doing it all shouldn’t be this difficult?