That's odd. I've used a battery monitoring app and never seen it go much over 1000 mA despite the power source (maybe hitting 1008). Weird...
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Still shipping with that crappy 5W charger!
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Yeah. On a regular 1 amp charger it'll charger around 750-900 up to about 80% then trickle. So using a higher amp charger does charge it around 15-25% faster.
What I was hoping for was true 2amp charging safely. Would really be quickcharge on an iPhone.
I currently have a Nexus 6P as my second device. What I really like about the Nexus is the rapid charging that comes with the google/huwawei charger and will probably miss it the most once I sell it. Although my phone is plugged in all night, I loved rapid charging on the go while traveling and at the office where I could get a lot of juice over a 20 minute charge.
Any suggestions for a cheap fast charger for the 7plus?
Any suggestions for a cheap fast charger for the 7plus?
Look for something by Anker outputting 2.4A if you only want to charge 1 device at a time.
I've also been using the Apple 29 watt USB-C charger for my iPad Pro 12.9" and I will use it for my iPhone 6s Plus, as well. My DD13 who has an iPhone 6 Plus calls it her super charger when she forgets to plug in overnight and needs to borrow it for an hour before school. The plug in next to her bed has this outlet which includes a 3.1 amp charger. She still has to plug in one charging block. She has an iPad 4th gen, iPhone 6 Plus, and Apple Watch to charge each night.
Thanks. I went for something with 2.4A at two ports since its handy when traveling. Ordered a Spigen for now.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CRBK7S4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2SFKRF5TPZMT5
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I go for the docking station EVOLUS http://bit.ly/EVOLUS from enblue on Kickstarter. I have already their premium one w3 and love it. No cable knots or falling behind the desk.
I use my iPP charger on my phone when I'm in a hurry and it charges the phone a LOT faster than the normal phone charger. I have wondered, though, if it was bad for the battery. Any thoughts/input?
It's fine, it's only bad if it's done beyond what the manufacturer designed, which it isn't.
I too have always thought that rapid charging wears down the overall life of the battery faster (due to the heat generation? Or something else?)
Having had the 2.4A charger and the iPhone 7 Plus for over a week I decided to do a quick and dirty charge test using just the percentage battery life as an indicator (No fancy power draw recordings).
I had the battery at 10% and then plugged it in and took readings at 15, 30, 45, 60 and 90 minutes and recorded the time it took to reach 100%.
15 minutes - 28% ( 1.2% per minute for the first 15 minutes)
30 minutes - 45% ( 1.1% per minute from 15-30 minute interval)
45 minutes - 60% ( 1% per minute from minute 30 - 45)
60 minutes - 74% ( 0.9% per minute from minute 45 through 60)
90 minutes - 92% ( 0.6% per minute from 60 through 90 minutes)
100% - 129 minutes ( 0.2% per minute from 90 minutes through full charge)
Assuming that it would have taken 9 minutes (conservative) to go from 0-10% a full charge would have most likely taken 138 minutes.
My Nexus 6P would get me a full charge using the stock charger (3A) in about 90-95 minutes ( 0-100%) so around 50% faster. But the flip side was that I would need to charge the device much more frequently compared to the 7 plus. I would have preffered fast/rapid charging on the 7 plus but getting 50% charge in 45 minutes sounds very good given my daily use. At home, I put the phone on a dock at night but loved fast charging on the Nexus 6p when I was traveling for work or vacation. The 2.4A charger would get me fairly decent performance on the go and I have a 2.4A car charger as well.
Will repeat with the stock charger and post results here as well.
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The slower a battery is charged the better. That's not to say that using a 12w charger will harm them, or even higher as the device only draws what it can use, but over a lifetime I'd rather use the 5w charger to charge overnight, and know I can use a beefier charger if I need some quick power.
Does anybody know is the iPhone 7 was designed to allow drawing more than a 12W charge?
I know the 6 and 6S were designed for 12w draw and thats why the 12w iPad charger works but if the 7 can allow more draw then isn't it reasonable to assume we can use a higher wattage brick?
I know the 6 and 6S were designed for 12w draw and thats why the 12w iPad charger works but if the 7 can allow more draw then isn't it reasonable to assume we can use a higher wattage brick?
Right now I use the 5W charger overnight while I'm sleeping, so the slow charging doesn't bother me. But if I need a bit of juice during the day, I use my 12.9" iPad Pro's 12W charger since I keep it in the living room.
But you guys are saying the 12.9" iPad can benefit from the 29W charger? Hmm, I wonder if it's worth the expense.
But you guys are saying the 12.9" iPad can benefit from the 29W charger? Hmm, I wonder if it's worth the expense.
It only depends what the max capacity power draw the device is designed for. The iPhone 6s's max draw is supposedly 12w so technically it benefits to the max potential of the iPad 12w charger.
Now we just have to find out what the 7/7+ is designed for.
I use this Aukey charger. it has 2 ports 2.4Amp, and is not much bigger than the apple 5W charger. Has foldable legs.
https://www.amazon.com/AUKEY-Dual-T...1475394175&sr=8-1&keywords=aukey+charger&th=1
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I have the apple 29w charger for my 12.9 iPad Pro. The only reason I got it was because I found the charger on Amazon for $22 and I bought the lightning to USB c from Apple for $29. The charger is normally $49. So unless you have some extra dough to blow or use your iPad so much that you charge it more than once a day I'd say it's not worth it. It is cool to have though haha
Yeah I was just thinking that it's a lot of money just to have a little bit faster charging. But I'll keep an eye out for sales and might jump on it if I can find one good enough.