The BlackBerry Priv is a decidedly premium affair, with top-end specs, a beautiful sliding keyboard design and the latest version of Android on board. However, the charger you get with the phone is suprisingly low-grade. By upgrading to a third-party Quick Charge 2.0 charger, you can charge the giant 3410mAh battery much faster. We show you how to do it in the video guide embedded below!
Power banks are incredibly useful accessories that let you recharge your phone, tablet or other gadgets without needing to find a mains outlet. You can find them in all shapes and sizes, with varying levels of charging speed, capacity, ports and other features. Most recently, Qualcomm Power Banks have become a popular subcategory, offering faster charging speeds when used with compatible devices. In this article, we’ll show you how they work, which devices you can use them with and our favourite Qualcomm Power Banks. Let’s get right into it, shall we?
While LG didn’t make a song and dance of it when they announced the G4, the device does in fact support Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0. This means that G4 owners can take advantage of rapid charging speeds using a 9V current instead of the conventional 5V.
After years and years, smartphones have finally got “fast enough.” They’ve got powerful, yet power-efficient multi-core CPUs, plenty of RAM to work with, and surprisingly good GPUs too. Now that performance is less of a concern, consumers — and phone makers — are getting more interested in things like battery life and charging speed. Bigger batteries help, but so do more advanced technologies like new connectors and faster chargers. That brings us to the Xtorm Power Bank, which is the most advanced portable charging solution I’ve ever seen. Let’s take a look.
The Moto X Play has a massive 3630mAh battery, but somehow the phone only ships with a measly 1A charger. That means it takes an absolute age to recharge the phone, even though the X Play actually does support Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 2.0 standard (which uses 2A+ chargers at higher voltages). We tested the Moto X Play with a Quick Charge 2.0 charger, and you can see the results in the video below.