On Friday the USA mobile firm, best known for its Snapdragon processor chips which feature in numerous leading Android smartphones, unveiled its all new battery charging technology.
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Qualcomm has announced their top end chipset – the Snapdragon 835 – that will replace the Snapdragon 820/821.
Samsung’s latest 10nm technology allows up to a 30% increase in area efficiency with nearly 27% higher performance or up to 40% lower power consumption – as compared to the 14nm FinFET process. Comparatively with previous releases, Quick Charge 4 is up to 20% faster, or 30% more efficient, and is up to 5° C cooler while charging.
Five or more hours of usage with only five minutes of charging. “That’s why consumer demand and awareness for fast-charging solutions is now at an all-time high”, Qualcomm Technologies Senior Vice President of Product Management Alex Katouzian said.
Earlier this year, Android users were warned of a system flaw called Quadrooter which it was originally said would affect 900 million devices with Qualcomm chips, including the BlackBerry Priv.
The first devices to function the Snapdragon 835 have to appear in the first quarter of 2017, that means that the Samsung Galaxy S8 is a top candidate.
The newly unveiled Quick Charge 4 will arrive on the market in the first half of 2017, the same time that new devices start coming out with Qualcomm’s next-generation Snapdragon 835 processor.
The all-around improvements on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor should also be able to drastically improve the battery life of devices to be powered by the chipset.
Along with Snapdragon 835, Company also introduces Quick Charge 4.0.
So yup, the Snapdragon 835 will be compliant with USB Type-C rules.
The company is focussing on improving battery life and the charging technology as a chunk of buyers look for better battery and fast charging options these days while buying a phone. “Have more time? Quick Charge 4 is engineered to charge a typical smartphone from zero to 50 percent in about 15 minutes or less”. The 14nm based Snapdragon 821 processor optimises battery use on Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones.
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Accordung to Some analysts the next-gen chip will be Snapdragon 830. The Quick Charge 4 update also includes heat management to make sure your phone or tablet doesn’t overheat while charging, an issue that effectively killed off Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7. 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.
