February 14, 2013PJ Jacobowitz
Is your new phone charging much faster than your old one? It’s not your imagination, it’s by design. Your new phone or tablet could have new Qualcomm technology that speeds up charging so you can pick up your mobile device and go.
Usually when we talk about Qualcomm technology, we explain how it can delay your need for a battery charger. We would tell you how the Snapdragon processor is designed to consume very little power, and that a smartphone or tablet with a Snapdragon processor is designed to work more efficiently, reducing the need to recharge as frequently.
Last week at HTC’s Frequencies event, our Chief Marketing Officer Anand Chandrasekher spoke with bloggers about a little-known Qualcomm technology which is designed to dramatically decrease the time it takes to charge the battery in a mobile device. We call this rapid charging technology “Quick Charge 1.0.” (Qualcomm obtained this technology through the acquisition of Summit Microelectronics in June of last year. Full press release here.)
A phone with Qualcomm Quick Charge 1.0 can charge up to 40% faster than older phones. A phone without Quick Charge 1.0 could be stuck plugged in charging for more than four hours. With Quick Charge 1.0, the same phone can reach its full charge in three hours or less. The less time you spend charging your mobile device, the more time you get to use it; your mobile device becomes truly mobile. Quick Charge 1.0 makes all this is available to the user with existing USB charging accessories—no new cables and wall chargers to buy.
Quick Charge 1.0 is offered to our customers as an integrated solution (as part of the PMIC, or power management integrated circuit) and a standalone solution that interfaces to the USB connector. Any phone or tablet’s charging port can be enabled with Quick Charge.
Qualcomm Quick Charge 1.0 is available today in more than 70 Snapdragon-based devices including the Droid DNA by HTC, Samsung Galaxy S III, Nokia Lumia 920, Asus Padfone and LG Nexus 4. Below is a list of some of the commercial Snapdragon devices that feature Quick Charge 1.0. Check out the Snapdragon device finder to view the full breadth of devices and features powered by Snapdragon and come back next week for exciting news on the newest advancement in fast charging technology. Qualcomm Quick Charge is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Acer
Cloudmobile S500
Asus
Padfone
Casio
G’zOne TYPE-L CAL21
Medias X N-07D
MEDIAS U N-02E
MEDIAS U N-02E ONE PIECE
Disney Mobile on docomo N-03E
MEDIAS TAB UL N-08D
Fujitsu
Arrows A 101F
Arrows ef FJL21
Regza Phone T-02D
ARROWS Kiss F-03E
HTC
8X
8S
Droid DNA
Evo 4G LTE
One S
One VX
One SV
HTC J butterfly HTL21
Huawei
Ascend HW-01E
Stream
Kyocera
Digno S KYL21
LG
Escape
Mach
Motion 4G
Nexus 4
Optimus G
Optimus it
Optimus Vu 2
Spectrum 2
Optimus Regard
Optimus LIFE L-02E
Motorola
Atrix HD LTE
Droid RAZR HD
Droid RAZR M
Electrify M
Photon Q 4G LTE
Droid RAZR Maxx HD
Nokia
Lumia 820
Lumia 920
Lumia 822
Lumia 920T
Panasonic
Eluga Power P-07D
Pantech
Flex
Vega PTL21
Vega Racer 2 LTE
Samsung
Galaxy Express
Galaxy Rugby Pro
Galaxy S Relay 4G
Galaxy S III
Galaxy S III Progre
Galaxy Victory 4G
Ativ S
Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (LTE)
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (LTE)
Galaxy Tab 7.7 Plus
Sharp
Aquos Phone Series
Aquos Phone Serie SHL21
Aquos Phone si SH-01E
Aquos Phone sv SH-10D
Aquos Phone Xx 106SH
Aquos Phone Zeta
Aquos Phone Zeta SH-02E
SH-01E Vivienne Westwood
PANTONE 6 200SH
AQUOS PAD SHT21
Sony
Xperia AX SO-01E
Xperia GX SO-04
Xperia SX SO-05D
Xperia TL
Xperia T
Xperia VL SOL21
Xiaomi
MI2
Mi2
ZTE
Grand X LTE
Flash
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