After more than a year since its announcement, there are still just a handful of devices that support Qualcomm‘s Quick Charge 4+ fast charging technology. The list of certified phones and chargers have been updated again and Xiaomi phones make up a third of the list.
If you want a phone that supports Quick Charge 4+, you should consider any of the phones below:
- AGM X3
- BQ Aquaris X2
- BQ Aquaris X2 Pro
- LG G7 ThinQ
- LG V40 ThinQ
- Nubia Z17
- Nubia Z18
- Razer Phone
- Razer Phone 2
- Qiku N7 Pro
- Smartisan R1
- Xiaomi Mi 8
- Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition
- Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi A2
- Xiaomi Mi MIX 3
- Xiaomi POCO F1
- ZTE Axon Pro 9
Although Xiaomi phones dominate the list, it doesn’t ship any of the phones with a Quick Charge 4+ charger. We guess the reason for this is to not drive up the cost of the phone.
Quick Charge 4+ is faster and more efficient than Quick Charge 3.0 but it likely still won’t get a lot of adoption for the following reasons. First, a number of manufacturers have their own fast charging technology – OPPO has VOOC and Super VOOC, OnePlus has Warp Charge, and Huawei and Honor have SuperCharge.
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These manufacturers will rather use their own fast charging technology than paying Qualcomm for Quick Charge 4+ certification. Some of these fast charging technologies are also faster than Quick Charge 4+ which means there isn’t really any advantage for them to switch.
More phones will join the list this year but don’t expect them to be a significant number.
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