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What is optimized battery charging and why you should keep it enabled on your devices
Wondering what the optimized battery charging in the battery settings of your phone does? Here's everything that you need to know!
Here's why you shouldn't use public phone chargers, according to the FBI
The FBI has issued a warning to smartphone and laptop users, advising them to avoid using public charging points — here's why.
Why Google, Samsung, and Apple must step up their fast charging game
Here's a simple reason why the new charging standard should be set at 65W, or higher, providing a day's worth of battery life in just 30 minutes.
What does 150W fast charging really mean
Fast charging is taking off rapidly, and it’s now supported in most products out there, including smartwatches, earbuds, smartphones, tablets, laptops, and even in electric cars (EVs). Here are the benefits of fast charging.
Pocketnow Daily: Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra is CRAZY POWERFUL?!(video)
On today's Pocketnow Daily, we talk about the rumored specs in the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, the new 5.4-inch iPhone and more
OPPO announces three new VOOC wired and wireless Flash Charge technologies
OPPO is taking charging one step further by announcing three new flash charge technologies that are crazy fast in topping up your phones.
The new OnePlus 7T will charge 23% faster with its new Warp Charge 30T
The new OnePlus 7T will come with fast charging technology that's even faster than the one we have in the OnePlus 7 with Warp Charge
XDA tests how fast and hot Warp Charge 30 is on the OnePlus 6T McLaren edition
Warp Charge 30 means 30 watts of charging power at once, but what does it mean for performance and speed on the OnePlus 6T McLaren edition?
Qualcomm: faster wired and wireless charging coming 2019
According to Qualcomm, the company is working on boosting both wired and wireless charging standards next year to save more time.
You’ll know if you bought a fake iPhone 9 charger
Because it will take forever and a day to charge. Actually, even if it's a legit charger that properly fast charges according to USB rules, it may not work.
OnePlus won’t compromise on wireless charging and won’t have it until it’s better
The CEO of the company is looking for faster, more efficient and non-destructive ways to charge his phones. Until then, it's business as usual.
Huawei SuperCharge crowned best of fast charging standards
SuperCharge beat out Google and Apple's simpler systems as well as other adapter-based systems like OnePlus's Dash Charge and Motorola's Turbo Charge.
iPhone 9 fast charging power adapter revealed in pictures
It's as fast as the rumors have envisioned and their shape looks just as rounded, too. And for many iPhone owners, charging isn't the best as it can be.
OnePlus’s “Dash Charge” branding might be on the way out
The company said that it was not able to get a trademark on the term in Europe as it conflicted with terms associated with Bragi and Amazon.
Sony’s new USB-C headphone dongle (with extra charge port) provides bare convenience
Sure, you can listen to music with a standard pair of cans AND charge your phone at the same time, but you can't charge it quickly nor transfer data to your phone.
LG V30 has Qi Extended Power Profile for 8W wireless charging
It's about 30 percent faster than regular Qi wireless charging rates and LG claims it to be the first phone that supports it.
Google Pixel 2 optimal charge rate is 18W, not 27W
If you have a Power Delivery-compliant 27W charging block, you can use it with your Pixel 2 XL, even. Just don't expect those speeds.
KGI moves up iPhone 8 production expectations, puts three colors on the table
And as to the colors for the iPhone 8, iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus, we could see just three colors in production versus the five for the iPhone 7.
iPhone 8 keeps Lightning, adapts to USB-C with 10W charging
A new cable, perhaps an extra dongle, a new power adapter and somewhat faster charging may await if you purchase an iPhone 8 from this fall.
Android may require USB Power Delivery support in the future
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, Dash Charge, Super VOOC and all those other standards might have to be abandoned. Or Android Nougat, who knows?