Poco F1 Supports Quick Charge 4+, but Here's Why Xiaomi Is Not Talking About It

Poco F1 Battery Performance: Promising But Not Extraordinary

The ripples from Poco F1 making a splash in the mid-range segment can exist felt spreading through the marketplace more than than two months after its launch. The F1 is arguably the most smartly-priced phone this year, and as we know at that place's also room for more improvements.

Xiaomi didn't tell usa about Poco's support for AptX and the F1's resilience confronting water splashes until well after the launch. Another hidden feature which recently came to our attention was back up for Qualcomm'south Quick Charge 4+ protocol on the Poco F1.

At the fourth dimension of the annunciation, Xiaomi and Poco spoke Quick Charge 3 back up without whatsoever mention of Quick Charge 4+ or fifty-fifty Quick Charge 4. Then, almost twenty days following the launch, Poco informed fans and users that the Poco F1 supports Quick Charge 4.0 simply to take the tweet downward afterwards.

Poco F1 Supports Quick Charge 4+, but Here's Why is Xiaomi Not Talk About it — The tweet does non exist anymore

Now, the issue has come under the limelight again every bit Qualcomm has updated its list of devices and chargers which are officially certified with Quick Charge capabilities. Poco F1 has been listed with support for Quick Charge 4+. That make you lot airheaded, but here's why Xiaomi is not exactly talking about it.

Faster Charging Support but Slower Charger in Box

Xiaomi is silent because the charger in the box with the Poco F1 supports Quick Charge 3 merely and is rated at 18W instead of 27W, which is the power rating of Quick Charge 4+. So, in club to utilize the faster charging, you'll need to purchase a charger which supports that standard.

Poco F1 Supports Quick Charge 4+ — Jai Mani, Pocophone Global's Product Head, at Poco F1 launch in India

Quick Charge 4+ is manifestly faster than QC3 or QC4, but you'll demand a charger brick that runs on USB Power Delivery (USB-PD). Unlike OPPO'due south VOOC or OnePlus' (previously chosen Nuance Accuse) fast charging, USB-PD is a universal standard and non limited to a brand. This means that when the standard is more than widely popular, y'all might exist able to charge numerous devices from different brands using the aforementioned charger.

While charging on Poco F1 is limited to 27W, the future is promising. USB-PD supports a maximum charging rate of 100W which ways theoretically you tin charge smartphones 5 times faster merely we aren't there just yet in terms of the battery tech that can support this.

Quick Accuse 4+: Faster & Securer

Qualcomm says that Quick Accuse 4+ is up to 15% faster than Quick Charge four, which itself was twenty% faster than QC3. Some other benefit of the new standard is that it keeps the device v-8° C cooler than Quick Accuse 3. Quick Charge four+ is also claimed to exist 39% more efficient than Quick Accuse 3.

All of these benefits add upwardly to faster charging and a lesser adventure of any form of overheating or explosion.

Awaiting an Official Statement

We've written to Xiaomi for an official discussion on this and also on the availability of an official Xiaomi 27W charger in India.

Hey. The exam did not work. It did not fast charge. However, the one we used was not a certified QC iv.0 charger. Gotta test it with another device.

— Rahul Srinivas (@whizkidd) November three, 2018

We're yet to test the real-life furnishings of the faster charging but we don't have a compliant charger with u.s.a. right now.

Nosotros'd honey to hear from y'all about how you lot call back your life would improve with faster charging on the Poco F1. If you are interested in buying the Poco F1, you lot tin can lookout man our review to brand upwardly your listen.