Is it bad to switch to a high amperage charger? Aukey Quick Charge 3.0

[m0k]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

QuickCharge is a feature. It doesn't mean the charger is safer for phones that don't support it.

With the Turbo specs, you'll notice the voltage is much, much higher. That's why the amperage can be lower.

Yeah i understand now

Qualcomm even has a list phones on their website pointing out which phones support this feature.

It just seemed really odd that the Moto X Pure supports it but my Moto X Play doesnt. Weird because these two phones were released at the exact same time.

 

I guess the QuickCharge certification costs money for it to be implemented and therefore is omitted in lower-end phones

[dizmo]

2 minutes ago, mok said:

Yeah i understand now

Qualcomm even has a list phones on their website pointing out which phones support this feature.

It just seemed really odd that the Moto X Pure supports it but my Moto X Play doesnt. Weird because these two phones were released at the exact same time.

 

I guess the QuickCharge certification costs money for it to be implemented and therefore is omitted in lower-end phones

It doesn't officially, but it does work. When I was looking to see if it was officially supported I couldn't find anything, but there's a review online where they used a QC 2.0 charger and got much, much better charging speeds. If you Google "does moto x support quick charge" it should come up, I've since closed the page.

If you're looking at Motorolas site, it probably won't say it because they have Turbo charging. Which they sell power adapters for, at an added cost. It'd basically be like a car company that also owns a gas station promoting other gas stations.

Correct. Or phones that just use proprietary options. Though we likely won't see much more of that.

[paddy-stone]

What you also have to consider is that some devices come with totally inadequate/cheap power supplies... or as is more common now just a cable. My shield didn't come with a charger, it just says to use a charger that can deliver 2.4A I think?... but TBH when I used a 2.4A charger, maybe it was faulty, but when trying to use the shield and charge at the same time it didn't seem to be able to provide enough power and would still be discharging the battery... and would be laggy with fingerpresses etc. Since swapping to the QC3.0 charger I haven't experienced any of that and even charges slightly faster.

Unfortunately the internet is full of articles or forums each claiming something different, but IMO it makes sense to me that devices can't draw more power than they need, as they don't get "pushed" the power, that's why you don't have to worry about your phone being immediately disconnected after reaching full charge.