Chinese phones manufacturers have been at the forefront of fast charging tech, first normalizing the 33W standard and now slowly making 67W fast charging available to the masses. Some flagship-level phones have even breached the 120W mark. But as it stands, companies are not done yet pushing the boundaries of how quickly a battery can be filled up.

Tipster Digital Station on Weibo has hinted that a 150W charging solution is on the way, adding in the comments that a mass-produced device will be “coming soon.”

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Obviously, 120W is blazing fast already and is capable of filling up a ~4500mAh device from 0 to 100 in under 20 minutes. But companies and people both are obsessed with numbers, hence the push for even higher wattage. 150W should shave off several more minutes off the total charging time, although there is more to charging speeds than wattage.

No one doubts companies’ ability to reach 150W. After all, Xiaomi has already been working on 200W charging tech. The only concern here is battery degradation. OPPO and Xiaomi recently stated that their 120W/125W charging solutions results in 20% degradation over a period of 2 years or 800 charge cycles. This isn’t too impressive, but who cares if it results in phones charging to 100% within the time it takes for one to take a shower? Moreover, 20% degradation isn’t the end of the world especially considering that most people use their phones for only 2-3 years.

Further, the technology is new and is bound to improve over time. This obviously doesn’t mean that companies are releasing fast charging tech without sufficient testing. But it does mean that worrying about the amount of battery one got on their phone may soon turn into a thing of the past.

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