Keith Kressin, senior vice president, product management, Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Ben Suh, senior vice president, foundry marketing, Samsung, show off the first 10 nanometer mobile processor, the Snapdragon 835, in New York at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit. November 17, 2016 Photo courtesy of Qualcomm

San Diego, CA, USA - November 18, 2016

By Geoff Gordon
Staff Manager, Product Marketing, Qualcomm

Today Qualcomm Technologies introduced Qualcomm Quick Charge 4, our latest and greatest fast charging technology, which will be available with the next generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor.

https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/quick-charge  

What’s new with Quick Charge 4?

It charges faster of course. But it’s not just faster, it’s designed to be more efficient and run cooler than prior generations.

Compared to Quick Charge 3.0, Quick Charge 4 is up-to 20 percent faster, or 30 percent more efficient, while charging up to 5° C cooler.

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But what does that mean for using your smartphone in the real world?

To give you a better sense of this, we’ve adopted a new measurement that helps sum it up simply.

We call it 5 for 5, as in 5 minutes of charging can get you 5 hours or more of battery life.
Quick Charge is designed to allow devices to support 5 hours of talk time with 5 minutes of charging. Actual results may vary depending on device design. [updated 11/22/16]

Think of all the times you only had five minutes to charge, but that didn’t give your phone enough juice to get to the next charge.

Five extra hours of battery life can get you there and further.

Google announced Pixel, the first phone made by Google. The 5-inch Pixel and 5.5-inch Pixel XL are among the first smartphones to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821processor. October 4, 2016 Photo courtesy of Qualcomm

Have more time?

Quick Charge 4 is engineered to charge a typical smartphone from zero to 50 percent in about 15 minutes or less.

Fast charging is consistently one of the most looked for features in a new smartphone.

In fact, a study conducted this year by market research firm Sino-MR found that fast charging influences 60 percent of users when buying their next smartphone.

A similar global study by Qualcomm Technologies confirmed this number, and also found that over 25 percent of consumers think it takes too long to charge up today.

Qualcomm Quick Charge is specifically engineered to solve this problem.

Photo courtesy of Qualcomm

Quick Charge 4 features many advancements over prior generations - here are a few:

• USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) compliant.
By incorporating these technologies, Qualcomm Technologies standardizes the capabilities of Quick Charge 4 adapters, to help ensure that a single accessory supports multiple charging implementations and mobile devices, and that there is consistent performance when faced with the  myriad of available  charging solutions.

• Battery Saver adds advanced features designed to extend battery cycle life and provide comprehensive safety. Protection is implemented at multiple levels and throughout the entire charging process to help measure voltage, current, and temperature accurately while protecting the battery, system, cables, and connectors.

• INOV (Intelligent Negotiation for Optimum Voltage) version 3 is an algorithm engineered so your portable devices can determine what power level to request at any point in time, which allows for optimum power transfer while maximizing efficiency. New to Quick Charge 4: a compatible device can request to within 20mV or lower the specific power needed to charge while also running advanced thermal algorithms for case, battery, chip, and connector.

• Dual Charge is supported by including a second power management IC in the device (e.g., a smartphone). Charging a device via Dual Charge divide the charge current, allowing for more efficient thermal dissipation and reducing charge time. Our third generation Dual Charge technology incorporates intelligent thermal balancing engineered for optimized power delivery.

Photo courtesy of Qualcomm

Qualcomm Quick Charge is the #1 fast charging method based on the number of devices and accessories commercially available.

Today there are over 100 mobile devices and 300 accessories that come with Quick Charge 2.0 and 3.0.

This is based on an ecosystem of over 150 companies manufacturing phones, tablets, a wide variety of charging accessories, and more.

In fact, there have been more than 600 million devices and accessories using Quick Charge 2.0 or 3.0 sold to date.
Qualcomm Technologies Research based on review of available Quick Charge devices and accessories against other fast charging techniques.

Photo courtesy of Qualcomm

For optimal Quick Charge 4 performance, we also introduced our newest PMICs: SMB1380 and SMB1381.

With low impedance, up to 96% peak efficiency, and advanced fast charging features such as battery differential sensing, SMB1380 and SMB1381 are designed to support the fastest battery charging from any 5V USB Type-C or high-voltage power source while supporting ultra-thin mobile devices with a charging solution profile of less than 0.8mm.

Cutting-edge protection features and real-time monitoring are made to help ensure comprehensive safety while supporting autonomous, advanced thermal management.

Photo courtesy of Qualcomm

Quick Charge 4 is expected to be commercially available in the first half of 2017, and SMB1380/1 is expected to be available before the end of this year.


Quick Charge Device List

https://www.qualcomm.com/documents/quick-charge-device-list  


About Qualcomm

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a world leader in 3G, 4G and next-generation wireless technologies.

Qualcomm Incorporated includes Qualcomm’s licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of its patent portfolio.

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of Qualcomm’s engineering, research and development functions, and substantially all of its products and services businesses, including its semiconductor business, QCT.

For more than 30 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of digital communications, linking people everywhere more closely to information, entertainment and each other.

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