14 DAY TRIAL // As expected, Chinese company Meizu introduced its new fast charging technology for smartphones, Super mCharge. The successor to the mCharge 3.0, the new technology has improved charging efficiency by 9% over the previous versions.
According to Meizu, Super mCharge allows for 98% charging efficiency, GSMArena reports. On top of that, all batteries charged using Meizu's fast charging technology will still hold 80% of its capacity after 800 charging cycles.
However, the most important thing is that using Super mCharge, one will be able to fully charge their phone's battery in just 20 minutes. Furthermore, Meizu claims that its technology can boost a phone's battery from 0 to 60 percent in just 10 minutes.
Sadly, Meizu does not say anything about the battery's capacity, so it could be a 2,000 mAh battery or a 3,000 mAh one. Even so, the achievement does seem impressive, at least for those who use their smartphones heavily on a regular basis.
More technical details provided by Meizu include the fact that Super mCharge uses a high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) electric power transmission system. Also, tech-savvy users might want to know that the charger is rated at 11V/5A, which means it can transfer up to 55W of power.
For comparison, it's worth mentioning other fast charging technologies like Oppo's VOOC and Moto's TuboCharger can only transfer up to 25W.
The USB cable that comes with the charge, which by the way is huge, has been enhanced to allow for 10,000 insertions and 160W of electricity.
Meizu claims that the maximum temperature the phone's battery reaches while charged with Super mCharge is 39C/102.2F degrees.
Unfortunately, the fast charging technology showcased by Meizu at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 won't be available for at least one or two years. Let's hope that it will be made available sooner rather than later, though.