Fast Charging for iPhone and Android Smartphones – Quick Charge or Power Delivery

For portable devices, one of the most important factors about them is the charging process for them. As a portable device such as smartphones are only portable in the first place because they have built-in batteries.

However, something that few people focus on is the compatible charging tech that they’re able to use with their smartphone. That said, most Android smartphones these days already come with a wall charger that features Quick Charge with the single port that they use, and so you’re able to fast charge a phone right out of the box.

What about iPhones? Well, even though it’s ridiculous, the iPhone only became fast charging compatible with the release of the iPhone X and the iPhone 8. Even then though, Apple still ships the thousand dollar phone with a slow 5W charger.

Also, because of shipping their phone with a 5W slow charger, many owners of the new model iPhones don’t even know how to fast charge it. Can you actually charge an iPhone, a smartphone that still has a Lightning port with a USB-C port?

The answer to that is yes, yes you can. With the use of a Lightning to USB-C charging cable, you’re able to fast charge an iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone XS models.

In this article, we’ll be touching base on what chargers are best to use for both fast charging iPhones and Android smartphones. As both Quick Charge and Power Delivery are two of the most used fast charging technologies currently in use.

 

Aukey Dual Port USB-C Power Delivery Wall Charger

fast USB-C power charger

Now that USB-C is becoming the standard, or actually, it basically has become the standard with basically all new Android smartphones using the port. As well as laptops using USB-C, and tablets, too, The usage of a wall charger that features nothing but USB-C ports can make sense to own.

That’s what Aukey’s charger features. The charger does indeed have two USB Type-C Power Delivery ports, and each of the two ports has an 18W charging speed.

18W of charging power is where PD charging begins, so it is actually the base of PD charging is what’s being offered here. However, it’s highly useful for fast charging USB-C Android smartphones and iPhones that are Power Delivery compatible. You can even use 18W of charging from a USB-C port to charge some USB-C laptops, such as a MacBook; granted that it won’t be the fastest charging for the laptop, but it’s still possible.

For most Android smartphones, a PD port or even a standard one with the use of a USB-C to USB-C cable is able to fast charge them. As it follows the Type-C standard.

As for fast charging an iPhone X or iPhone 8, all you’ll need is an 18W Type-C PD port, which this Aukey charger uses, and a Lightning to C cable, and you can fast charge your iPhone. Once you hear two rings when your iPhone starts charging, that’s when you’ll know it’s fast charging.

Another great part of this wall charger is its max power of 36W. Which means that you have all the power of the two ports at once.

 

Satechi PD Desktop Charger with Quick Chargefast USB charger

Then there is the desktop charging station that features more ports and more charging power for their ports.

This Satechi charger not only features many ports, but each of its ports holds a lot of value. Especially the Type-C port. With the Power Delivery port on this charger actually features a 60W charging speed. If you want the best fast chargers, the ones that feature Power Delivery are the best to go with.

60W for a PD is a ton of power, of course, more than enough to use for fast charging Android phones and iPhones, too. Along with the Power Delivery port, this Desktop charger also has a fast charge Quick Charge 3.0 port, too for fast charging just Android smartphones, but you can also use the Quick Charge port to charge non-Quick Charge compatible phones, too.

In addition to all of this, there are two regular ports that both have a 12W charging speed. One more thing that this charger also features, which is not power related, is its use of a light sensor. So when it’s dark in your room, the LED power light from the charger dims down.

 

AIDEAZ Power Bank with Power Delivery, Quick Charge and Wireless Charging

Quick Charge and Wireless Charging

Portable charging has grown significantly in recent years and that’s not too much of a surprise as it’s come a long way in such a short amount of time.

This AIDEAZ power bank is proof that portable chargers have definitely innovated over time and a charger that most should probably think about getting one for a great charging experience while on the move.

The First thing is that the power bank has two types, a 20,000mAh power bank that has a lot more power but is larger, and a 10,000mAh power capacity version that has less power but is more compact.

On the charging side, though, the two versions of this power bank are in the same league. Either version has three ways to charge from the power bank. Of the two ports, one is a QC USB-A port, and the other is a USB-C PD port with an 18W speed.

So you can fast charge either an iPhone with the PD port or an Android smartphone with the Quick Charge port. The one other charging method with this portable charger is the wireless charging on top.

Yes, wireless charging on a power bank. What a time to be alive. One factor that we forgot to mention is that most Android smartphones are wireless charging compatible, and another important factor of iPhones becoming Power Delivery compatible is that they’re also wireless charging compatible, too.

So whether you’re an Android smartphone owner or an iPhone X, iPhone 8, or iPhone XS owner, you’re able to basically use all facets of this portable charger.

To really seal the deal, this AIDEAZ portable charger also has a digital display on it, which is something that not many power banks feature. The display is able to tell you how much power is left and what charging method is being used.

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One Response to “Fast Charging for iPhone and Android Smartphones – Quick Charge or Power Delivery”

  1. Petra

    Jun 30. 2020

    Like!! Great article post.Really thank you! Really Cool.

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