Qualcomm announces Quick Charge 3.0, allows 80% recharge in 35 minutes

Many of us are yet to get Quick Charge 2.0 in our devices, but that’s not going to stop Qualcomm from releasing a new version of it to improve their already impressive feature. Qualcomm has just announced Quick Charge 3.0, which it says will allow a device to charge up from 0% to 80% in around 35 mins – for those who love numbers, Qualcomm says that Quick Charge 3.0 is 38% more efficient than Quick Charge 2.0. That’s primarily based on the fact that Quick Charge 3.0 is 27% faster at charging and 45% more efficient when it comes to power dissipation when compared to its predecessor. And if you’re stuck on Quick Charge 1.0, know that Quick Charge 3.0 is approximately twice as fast.

If you’re wondering what processors are going to get Quick Charge 3.0, Qualcomm says you’ll be looking for the Snapdragon 820, 620, 618, 617 or 430 – note that Quick Charge 3.0 is only offered “as an option” on the chipset and manufacturers can choose to disable it – an real-world example of this would be Quick Charge 2.0 being disabled on the OnePlus 2 and its Snapdragon 810. That aside, it looks like those who are looking to buy a new smartphone in 2016 will have quite a lot to look forward to.

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Source: Qualcomm via Droid-life

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