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How to quickly charge your smartphone: fast charging technologies in detail
Published: 22 April 2025 ←🏠 Back to eb43.github.io articles list The great days are gone when charging a smartphone only required two wires. Today, a charger is a full-fledged computer with more processing power than the Apollo 11 spacecraft that brought humans to the Moon.
With a regular charger, your phone will charge in 30 minutes to an hour, and the rest of the time, the battery remains under stress caused by reaching maximum voltage. Starting from QC 3.0, the INOV technology was introduced, which resembles USB PD PPS, allowing the charger and smartphone to adjust the voltage in 0.2V increments. Voltage Open Loop (VOOC) and SuperVOOC protocols remain arguably the most problematic due to the fact that the BBK conglomerate—which owns several well-known smartphone brands including Realme and Oppo—is reluctant to license it to third-party charger manufacturers.
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