Subj : A Xiaomi phone was fully recharged in under 5 minutes with 300W c
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Feb 28 2023 17:15:03

A Xiaomi phone was fully recharged in under 5 minutes with 300W charging

Date:
Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:04:51 +0000

Description:
Xiaomi has demoed its Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus smartphones being charged from 
empty to full in under five minutes.

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If you hate having to wait for your phone to charge up, Xiaomi might be the 
brand for you. In a newly released demo, the Chinese phone maker has shown 
one of its phones being juiced from zero to full charge in under five 
minutes. 

At MWC 2023  the big mobile tech expo happening in Barcelona  weve been 
introduced to a slew of new phone gadgets. OnePlus has shown off a mobile 
liquid cooling system , Motorola and Bullit are bringing satellite phone 
capabilities to (almost) every smartphone , and now Xiaomi has demonstrated 
the awesome capabilities of 300W charging. 

In a new video, Xiamoi has reclaimed its crown of having the fastest phone 
charging tech by showing a modified Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus being fully 
charged in barely any time at all via a new 300W charger. It reached 25% in 
one minute and 15 seconds, 50% in two minutes and 12 seconds, and 100% in 
four minutes 54 seconds. 

Now, as you might have picked up on, there are a few caveats to this feat. 
The modifications to the phone include the fact that its maximum battery 
capacity is smaller than it would be normally  reduced to 4,100mAh from the 
usual 5,000mAh capacity. So it may charge up faster, but it wont last as 
long. Whats more, if the device doesnt have proper heat control, 300W 
charging could cause damage to the battery, further impacting its maximum 
capacity. 

Another thing to note is that the chargers power source was able to output 
280-290W fairly consistently throughout 90% of the charging process. Most 
mains sockets should have this covered, though if youre on public transport, 
using a battery pack, or relying on a source that cant achieve this rate then 
you might not be able to recharge your mobile quite as quickly. 

Lastly, not only is the modified phone not on sale but currently, theres no 
word on if Xiaomis 300W charger will be available to the public any time 
soon. So while it can theoretically offer you lightning-fast charging speeds, 
in reality, you may be stuck with just 120W (which isn't too shabby in 
fairness). 

That said, with Xiaomi having now proved that this feat of charging is 
possible, it likely wont be too long before we see 300W charging become 
available in smartphones we can actually buy. Well just have to wait and see; 
but from the looks of things, the days of waiting for ages for our phones to 
recharge are almost over.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/a-xiaomi-phone-was-fully-recharged-in-under-5-m
inutes-with-300w-charging


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