Does fast charging kill your smartphone battery life?

When it comes to the current 120W HyperCharge, it employs dual-cell battery technology to fully charge the battery. We’ve seen that a common reaction to this type of fast charger is that it will undoubtedly have a negative impact on battery longevity, or that there must be safety issues or both. But the company has something different to say about this!

The company claims that their HyperCharge technology comes with many safety protection features such as real-time temperature monitoring, longer lifespan battery, dual cell technology with Graphene, MTW technology and much more. These all safety features ensure that the current and voltage transfer remains safe and the output varies depending upon the battery condition.

According to Xiaomi, whether it is a 5W charger or a 200W charger, it affects battery life by 20% after 800 charging cycles. This is based on some rough math. So, for example, if you have a smartphone with a 5000mAh battery and charge it with a 10W charger and on the other hand, you simply charge the same battery with a 200W charger. After two years or 800 cycles, the battery will perform at the same level as any smartphone with a 4000mAh battery. In short, no matter how many watts you use for rapid charging the battery, the battery life will drop 20% of the total battery capacity in two years.

Fast charging is a technology many smartphone owners use to extend the life of their devices. It refers to charging your phone’s battery through a charger that delivers a high amount of power in a short period of time. Despite its benefits, some studies have raised concerns that fast charging may damage your smartphone’s battery and could lead to health issues. To learn more about the topic, we looked at the research available on fast charging and its effects on smartphones, humans and the environment.

Can fast charging actually damage your phone?

A study claims fast charging may damage your smartphone’s battery. In this study, researchers from South Korea examined how fast-charging batteries perform over time. They found that fast-charging batteries lose more capacity over time than regular batteries. This means fast charging can cause your battery to run out quicker than usual. Additionally, this practice can increase the risk of overheating and lead to a fire in your device.

Given how dangerous fast charging is, it’s best not to fast charge your phone at all if you want to avoid trouble. A study finds that fast charging phones may cause physical and mental health problems. One study compared the health effects of using a power bank for 13 hours with those of using a phone for 10 minutes without any limiting factors such as heat or voltage stressors.

Fast chargers produce excessive amounts of heat which leads to greater air pollution when compared with standard charging methods. Additionally, modern lithium-ion batteries react with heat produced by chargers causing greater greenhouse gas emissions when compared with standard rechargeable batteries used in televisions and laptops in recent years— mainly because of fast chargers’ high power output levels.

It may be best for everyone if we willed our generation toward slower charging methods so as not to harm our environment or cause anxiety among users who charge their phones quickly enough to trigger these symptoms Based on studies indicating the possible dangers associated with fast charging iPhones; it would be wise not charge them at all if you don’t want trouble. Doing so may cause physical or mental health problems based on how other users have reacted when using a charger too quickly for them. There are also environmental consequences associated with unregulated rapid charger use; such as increased levels of air pollution due to excess heat produced during charge cycles and excessive use of greenhouses gases during lithium-ion battery reaction with charger output levels produced by unregulated chargers.

It can also damage the battery if you are using an adapter that provides way much more voltage than what the device is actually rated for.

Based on studies indicating the possible dangers associated there are also environmental consequences associated with unregulated rapid charger use; such as increased levels of air pollution due to excess heat produced during charge cycles.

What are the upsides?

Fast charging has several advantages that make it helpful in many situations. For starters, fast charging helps extend the time between charges for most smartphones. You can charge your phone at night when the battery is lowest and use your phone throughout the day without running out of power. Additionally, this allows parents to grant their children access to their phones later in the day without worrying about bedtime disruptions. Furthermore, some people use their smartphones as alarm clocks or timers while they charge their batteries at night.

Additionally, some people use their phones as portable Projection Pads if they don’t have access to a computer while they work or go to school during the week. Therefore, extending the time between charges is an excellent strategy for managing power consumption in today’s busy world. Another advantage of fast charging is that it allows users with lower-capacity batteries to continue using their favorite apps longer without draining their battery completely.

For example, some users place songs on repeat so they don’t have to wait for all songs to finish when they are low on battery space. Additionally, some users find themselves running out of space on low-capacity battery phones before they even make it through one day without plugging in early enough. Since fast charging extends how long these users can use their phones without charging, this strategy is helpful for families that use these low-capacity phones regularly.

Saving minutes each day using slower chargeable batteries helps family members keep up with work or school deadlines without missing them due to a dead battery. Fast charge does have its drawbacks, though; increasing power used by our devices affects performance for regular applications such as games or video streaming applications. Furthermore, fast charge increases risk of overheating a smartphone; this is especially true for older models with thinner batteries.

Overheating leads to shorter life expectancy for lithium-ion batteries— eventually causing premature wear and tear on devices that charge faster than normal . Consequently , slow chargers are an excellent way to prolong the life span of lithium-ion batteries in your family’s tech gadgets.

Conclusion

• If you are alright with not using the phone in charger especially when it’s fast charging;
• You don’t try to over voltage the phone by charging it with a really high adapter rather than what phone is rated for(although most of the phones has voltage control on themselves this is still a bad thing);
• You’re sure that you are keeping the device on a room with general room temperature(and not warmer);

You can fast charge the phone in most cases without a problem.

What about other fast charging tech?

Well, you might be wondering about the 18W, 33W or 67W charging technology which comes from Xiaomi’s house. All these chargers decline the battery health by the same speed as a 120W or 200W charging will do. In short, it will lose 20% battery health by 800 charging cycles. The 18W and 33W chargers are also secured with many safety features like fire protection, over-voltage protection and much more, same goes for the 67W charging technology.

So according to the company, there is no negative impact of fast charging on the smartphone’s battery life. Or if any, it’s just the same compared with the normal low watt charger. However, different OEMs use different charging technology and the following statement only justifies Xiaomi smartphones. If any had any doubt regarding the impact of fast charging on the battery life, we guess, this post might be enough to solve your queries.

In brief, you can use a fast charger on the battery of your Xiaomi smartphone without fear of damaging it. However, we do not recommend depleting your battery to less than 10% and then fully charging it to 100%. We recommend charging your battery to less than 80-90 percent whenever it gets near to 20 percent. This has a lesser influence on charging cycles, as well as battery health.

Grab Mi Notebook Pro at a discounted price in India

Mi Notebook Pro with i5 11th Gen and 16GB RAM was initially priced at INR 59,999 in India. The brand has currently reduced the device’s price by INR 2,000, making it available for INR 57,999 without any card discounts or offers. Furthermore, if the device is purchased with HDFC Bank Cards and EMI, the brand will provide an additional INR 4,000 instant discount. Using the card discount, the device is available for INR 53,999.

Alternatively, if you purchase the device through Zest Money with a 6-month EMI plan, you will receive an additional INR 1,000 instant discount and interest-free EMI. By taking advantage of this offer, you can save up to INR 3,000 off the product’s launch price. Both offers are adequate, but if you have an HDFC Bank card, don’t pass up the first. At the discounted price, the device appears to be a well-balanced package, and new buyers can easily add the product to their wishlist.

The laptop has a 14-inch display with a 2.5K resolution and a standard refresh rate of 60Hz. The display has a 16:10 aspect ratio and a pixel density of 215 PPI. Furthermore, the Mi Notebook Pro is 17.6mm thick and weighs 1.46kg. The Mi Notebook Pro comes with a three-level backlit keyboard, a fingerprint scanner mounted on the power button, and DTS-powered speakers. This laptop is powered by a 56Whr battery with a claimed battery life of 11 hours. The laptop comes pre-installed with Windows 10, which can be upgraded to Windows 11.

Xiaomi 12 Ultra; Xiaomi’s upcoming annual masterpiece!

The Xiaomi 12 Ultra will be the most expensive smartphone in the Xiaomi 12 lineup. It will bring groundbreaking innovations and upgrades. The device will include the recently released Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 chipset, which is the brand’s most powerful flagship SoC to date. The SoC is said to provide improved performance while also addressing throttling and thermal issues. We’re curious to see how it stands up to its claims on the device.

Even though the device will have top-of-the-line specifications in all areas, the camera is expected to be the device’s most prominent feature. Xiaomi founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, Lei Jun, recently revealed that its upcoming annual masterpiece device is being developed collaboratively by Xiaomi and Leica. Leica integration will extend not only to the software but also to the hardware level. This device also includes a Leica imaging algorithm to support 8K movies, overall camera optimization and video filters.

Lei Jun went on to say that Leica has been in business for 109 years. The company is also confident that Leica’s tone and aesthetics are regarded as the highest standards in the camera industry. The device is said to have a triple rear camera setup, including an IMX 989 primary camera, an ultrawide lens, and a periscope telephoto lens at the back. It could get a high-resolution front-facing camera, possibly with 32MP resolution. That’s all we know about the upcoming Xiaomi 12 Ultra smartphone.

POCO F4 5G listed on Geekbench

The POCO F4 5G smartphone is set to be released in India soon, and the device has already been certified by Geekbench. A new POCO device with the model number 22021211RI has been discovered on Geekbench; the letter “I” at the end of the model number represents the device’s Indian variant.

The chipset has a maximum clock speed of 3.19 GHz and is paired with an Adreno 650 GPU. The processor is accompanied by 12GB of RAM. However, it is anticipated that the device will also include an 8GB RAM option. Finally, the POCO phone runs on Android 12, which suggests that it will ship with MIUI for POCO based on Android 12 out of the box. The POCO F4 5G scored 978 points on the single-core test and 3254 points on the multi-core test on Geekbench, which is sufficient for a mid-range smartphone.

The device was previously tipped to the rebranded version of Redmi K40S, which is now hinted at by the POCO as the same chipset power-ups the Redmi K40S smartphone too. Furthermore, the Redmi K40s device is powered by the same processor as the Redmi K40 device. The Redmi K40S, like the Redmi K40, has a 6.67-inch 120Hz Samsung E4 AMOLED panel. This display has an FHD+ resolution.

Redmi Note 12 series launching in 2nd Half of 2022

Notable tipper Digital Chat Station has published a post on the Chinese microblogging platform Weibo. The tipster has passed along information about an upcoming Redmi mid-range phone/series. While he hasn’t specifically mentioned the series, it appears that he’s referring to the Redmi Note 12 lineup. According to him, the series will provide a balanced exposure, and he was able to obtain an early prototype unit of the device.

He also says the device will have a non-curved (flat) screen with high refresh rate support. The front-facing selfie camera will be housed in a punch-hole cutout in the centre. The device will have a 50-megapixel primary rear camera coupled with two more auxiliary lenses, and the camera cutout on the back will be similar to that of its predecessor. He ended the leak by stating that the camera module has a horizontal LED flash unit.

The Redmi Note 12 series is unlikely to launch in the coming weeks, as Xiaomi has recently launched its Redmi Note 11T series of smartphones in the country. However, we can expect the Redmi Note 12 series in a few months. The series could debut in the third quarter of 2022. (July-August-September). Apart from that, we don’t know much about the device.

Xiaomi 12 Ultra to launch soon; listed on 3C

A new Xiaomi smartphone with the model number 2203121C has been listed on the 3C certification authority of China. The alphabet “C” at the end of the model number represents the device as a Chinese variant. According to the website, the device will feature an MDY-12-EF charger, which supports up t3o 67W fast charging output. The predecessor Mi 11 Ultra had featured a 5000mAh battery with support for 67W wired charging and it looks like the company has decided to stick with the same 67W charging technology in the Xiaomi 12 Ultra.

However, the Xiaomi 12 Pro, which was supposed to sit below the Xiaomi 12 Ultra features a 120W fast wired charging technology, which is obviously faster compared with the 67W charging tech. But nonetheless, the 67W charger is also fast enough as it fully charges the battery for around half an hour.

According to rumours, the device will have a 6.78-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED display with LTPO 3.0 variable refresh rate technology support for up to 120Hz, HDR 10+, and Dolby Vision. It will be powered by Qualcomm’s recently released Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 chipset. In terms of cameras, it is believed to be the first Xiaomi device to include Leica integration in its camera department. The device is expected to have four triple cameras, including a 50-megapixel primary lens, a 48-megapixel ultrawide lens, a 48-megapixel periscope zoom, and a 48-megapixel front camera.

Grab RedmiBook 15 Pro with INR 4,000 discount in India

The RedmiBook 15 Pro was originally launched in India in one and only 8GB RAM + 512GB SSD variant, which was priced at INR 42,999 (USD 553). The brand is currently offering a limited-time price discount on the product, if you purchase the device with HDFC bank cards and EMI, you will get an extra INR 4,000 (USD 51) off on the checkout price. You can use either the HDFC bank Credit card or Debit card to avail of the discount. After applying the offer, the price of the device comes down to just INR 38,999 (USD 502). The offer is applicable on the official website of Xiaomi India.

The INR 38,999 seems pretty good for the package that RedmiBook 15 Pro offers. It actually a very good offer for new buyers. As for the specifications, the device offers a decent 15.6-inch FHD+ IPS LCD panel with 1920*1080 pixel resolution and with a standard 60Hz refresh rate. It is powered by the 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H with a maximum clock speed of up to 4.4Ghz. It has got an Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics.

It comes with 8GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM coupled with 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD. As for the ports, it features 1 x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x HDMI 1.4, 1 x RJ45 (LAN port), and 1 x 3.5mm audio jack. It has further got 2 X 2 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth V5.0 support. It comes with a 47Whr battery coupled with a 67W wired charger.

POCO F4 will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G

POCO India’s Twitter handle has posted a tweet confirming the processor detail of the upcoming POCO F4 smartphone. According to the brand, the device will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G chipset. The brand quotes “PerFormance that will tempt you to keep doing more! Get ready to experience the most optimized processor from the Snapdragon 800 series.” The brand has further said that it’s the most optimized Snapdragon 800 series chipset.

The device was previously tipped to the rebranded version of Redmi K40S, which is now hinted at by the POCO as the same chipset power-ups the Redmi K40S smartphone too. Furthermore, the Redmi K40s device is powered by the same processor as the Redmi K40 device. The Redmi K40S, like the Redmi K40, has a 6.67-inch 120Hz Samsung E4 AMOLED panel. This display has an FHD+ resolution.

Inside this massive camera area, there is a 64MP Sony OV64B with an f1.79 aperture. The addition of OIS support distinguishes this sensor from the Redmi K40. The OIS technology almost completely eliminates flickering and also prevents flickering while shooting video. In addition to the 48MP main camera, there is an 8MP ultra-wide camera and a 2MP depth camera. The front camera has a resolution of 20MP and an aperture of f2.5.

POCO F4 5G Launch Hinted Globally

After the official press statement by POCO India, the brand has shared a teaser image which confirms the upcoming device as “POCO F4 5G” and it will launch soon globally in India. The teaser image doesn’t reveal anything much regarding the device and mentions the “Everything You Need” philosophy of the brand. The teaser image doesn’t give us a very little glimpse at the side frame of the device which again doesn’t reveal anything regarding the device.

The POCO F4 5G is expected to be a rebranded version of the recently launched Redmi K40S smartphone in China. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 chipset powers the Redmi K40S. This SoC is accompanied by an Adreno 650 GPU with a clock speed of 670MHz. Furthermore, the Redmi K40s device is powered by the same processor as the Redmi K40 device. The Redmi K40S, like the Redmi K40, has a 6.67-inch 120Hz Samsung E4 AMOLED panel. This display has an FHD+ resolution.

Inside this massive camera area, there is a 48MP Sony IMX582 with an f1.79 aperture. The addition of OIS support distinguishes this sensor from the Redmi K40. The OIS technology almost completely eliminates flickering and also prevents flickering while shooting video. In addition to the 48MP main camera, there is an 8MP ultra-wide camera and a 2MP depth camera. The front camera has a resolution of 20MP and an aperture of f2.5.

New POCO F-series device launching soon?

The POCO India’s official Twitter handle has shared a public announcement regarding the upcoming POCO F-series device. POCO will soon launch its next F-series smartphone, as seen in the tweet above. The device is almost certainly the POCO F4. The poster emphasises the brand’s philosophy of Everything You Need. This could imply that the POCO F4 will focus on providing an all-around experience instead of its GT lineup, which primarily focused on gaming.

Its Four o’ clock and as promised we have something very exciting to share…#MadeOfMAD pic.twitter.com/N7fPD6R36p

— POCO India (@IndiaPOCO) June 6, 2022

For the time being, the exact launch date has not been confirmed, so we may have to wait a little longer to learn more. The post also ensures that this will not be a GT lineup smartphone, but rather one that focuses on the overall experience. The brand also shed the light on the legendary POCO F1 device and probably, it’s time to see the true successor of POCO F1 being launched officially.

POCO F4 will be a relatively low-cost smartphone with a lot of features and benefits in comparison to its price. The phone will have a 6.67-inch OLED 120-Hz display, a Qualcomm SM8250-AC Snapdragon 870 5G processor, 6 to 12GB of RAM, 128GB of internal storage, and a 4520mAh battery. POCO F4 will be released with the most recent stable Android version, Android 12, and MIUI 13 as Xiaomi’s official Android skin.