Qualcomm on Tuesday said that its new smartphone processors Snapdragon 820, Snapdragon 430 and Snapdragon 617 would come with Quick Charge 3.0 feature, helping consumers recharge the battery in their phones at a very fast pace. The company said that if a phone supports Quick Charge 3.0 it would be possible to recharge its battery from 0 to 80 per cent in just 35 minutes.
Two other Snapdragon processors 620 and 618 that were announced earlier also support Quick Charge 3.0.
"Quick Charge 3.0 is engineered to refuel devices up to four times faster than conventional charging. It is designed to charge twice as fast as Quick Charge 1.0 and to be 38 per cent more efficient than Quick Charge 2.0. Now consumers can spend even less time charging, and can grab and go more quickly," said a Qualcomm spokesperson.
While it sure sounds like a useful feature, it is important to remember that Quick Charge has to be supported by the phone company. The technology requires the phone maker to build the charging feature in a certain way so that its phone can use the Quick Charge 3.0. Many phone companies use Qualcomm processors in their devices but don't necessarily support Quick Charge. Also, to utilize the feature, the phone companies have to ship their devices with chargers that support Quick Charge.
One important feature of Quick Charge 3.0 is that also supports USB-C, which is likely to be the next generation port for smartphones. We have already started seeing the USB-C in phones. For example, the recently launched One Plus 2 comes with the USB-C connector but doesn't support Quick Charge because the Quick Charge 2.0 doesn't support the feature.
"QuickCharge 3.0 has easy-to-implement design for phone companies. It's 100 per cent backward-compatible with Quick Charge 1.0 and Quick Charge 2.0 devices, and it supports a broad range of connectors: Quick Charge 3.0 can be implemented with USB Type-A, USB micro, USB Type-C, or proprietary connectors," said a Qualcomm spokesperson.
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