Vratislav Holub Apple phones from iPhone 8 support fast charging, for which we only need a fast charging adapter with Power Delivery support and a suitable USB-C/Lightning cable. The arrival of this gadget was able to please the majority of Apple users, as it significantly accelerated charging and made life more pleasant. When using the aforementioned adapter, we get from 0 to 50% in just 30 minutes. This comes in very handy, for example, in moments when we are in a hurry somewhere and don't have time to charge the phone. But the problem is that Apple allows only 18 W (from the iPhone 12 it is 20 W).
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Although 18/20 W may seem sufficient to us, apple users, and we are quite used to the charging speed, the competition sees it completely differently. We can already see a fairly big difference when looking at Samsung, which relies on 45W charging for its latest series. It may surprise some, but even this South Korean giant is a few steps behind some Chinese innovators. For example, the Xiaomi Mi 11T Pro has been offering even 120W charging for some time, but now a completely new giant is claiming the floor - Oppo, which even comes with up to 150W, i.e. more than 7x more powerful charging than, for example, the iPhone 13 Pro Max.
Apple will have to act
Apple is quite consistent when it comes to charging performance and has made only one change in recent years, increasing it from the already mentioned 18 watts to 20 watts. But is it enough for apple growers? The charging speed has not changed in any way - the Cupertino giant continues to promise that the battery will be charged from 0 to 50% in about 30 minutes in the case of fast charging, which is about right. But if we then look at the capabilities of Oppo with its 150W charging and find out that in this case they can charge a phone with a battery capacity of 4500 mAh from 0 to 100% in just 15 minutes, then we will most likely envy the competition. Just to clarify, the iPhone 13 Pro Max has the most capacious battery of the current series with 4352 mAh, and it takes about two hours to fully charge it. So we can see a huge difference in the final.
Fast charging with the competition
Recently, it has become more and more popular to introduce more powerful and faster charging. There is also an eternal debate surrounding this topic, whether something like this is even safe and "healthy" for the battery. People have often argued that if it was really that secure, Apple and Samsung would have had it a long time ago. But they stayed at their limit until Samsung increased the power of this year's Galaxy S22 generation (for the S22+ and S22 Ultra models) from 25 W to 45 W. So perhaps only Apple is behind.
It can therefore be expected that over time the apple company will also embark on similar changes. Literally, they have to react to the competition, which is running away from Apple by miles. In the end, charging iPhones takes significantly more time, which can discourage some potential customers from buying, especially in cases where they are often in a hurry. Would you like faster/more powerful charging, or are you satisfied with the current 20W?
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Adam Kos 