ZenFone 2 and Galaxy S6, Fastest Charging Devices After Tests

[Suika]

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This kind of makes up for the lack of removable batteries... Kind of.

 

At least there's not much news to talk about here, but Tom's Guide has done tests on phones to figure out which is the fastest charging with Qualcomm's Quick Charge 2.0 of the many phones released with it this year. The results are a little different than just "absolute fastest," as the ZF2 actually loses to a few phones to the 100% race, but ties the lead with the S6 at 53% in 30 minutes. Images below.

 

The Zenfone 2 is the fastest out of the blocks, reaching 17 percent charge after just 5 minutes and 32 percent after 15 minutes. Come the 30 minute mark, the Zenfone 2 and Galaxy S6 have pulled quite a way out in front, both surpassing the 50 percent market. [...] In the latter stages of charging it is the Galaxy S6 that takes a strong lead though. The handset reaches 80 percent battery life after just 48 minutes and a full charge after 1 hour 22 minutes. The Zenfone 2 finishes charging after 1:49 and the other Quick Charge phones mostly finish in the similar 1:50-ish region, what with different battery capacities affecting the results slightly. 

 

After 15 Minutes

 

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After 30 Minutes

 

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Reaching 100%

 

For a quick charge, say in a short car ride to work, the ZenFone 2 takes the cake, being the fastest between 5-30 minutes of charging, but shortest total charge time is handed to the Galaxy S6 at an impressive 1:22, almost half of the iPhone 6 with no similar technology and almost an hour less than the OnePlus 2, the "Flagship Killer."

 

So what do you guys think? Does this change your impressions of a device, or does a removable battery like the LG G4's still reign as the supreme solution (even though it also reached 100% pretty quickly)?

[aom]

For me, using a S4 with a removable battery, a removable battery doesnt seem as necessary for me. As a student, it is much more convenient to just bring around a wall charger or portable battery bank rather than just weird looks for randomly swapping a battery in the middle of the class. The quick charge is definitely a big plus for me, like charge it from dead during one period of class and coming out with 100% (90min classes) (getting the S6 in the coming days) and a power bank really isnt that inconvenient. I would much rather bring around a power bank than 4 spare batteries to have the same capacity.

 

Lack of Micro SD Card Support still pains me on the inside though. And if there was a fast way to unmount usb drive connected via OTG rather than digging though settings

[Octavialicious]

Isn't this test not logical? Sure one phone might get to 50%, but maybe it has a lower capacity so it takes less time to fully fill. Imo getting to a specific mAh count would be better

 

although if you need your phone to charge fast, you may just want a timed test regardless of capacity.... meh

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

Android 5.0 chews through battery like no tomorrow no matter what.

[KingKeith55]

As long as it can last me a whole day and I can plug it in at night im happy.

[Fetzie]

I'm pretty sure that my oneplus one charges faster than most of that list, but isn't the charge time only a factor of charger amperage and battery capacity? The galaxy S6 wouldn't charge that fast off an El cheapo 3 dollar charger that hardly manages to push 1 Amp.

For example, the charger that came with my oneplus one is a 2.1 or 2.2A charger.