Chinese smartphone companies are driving the market with regards to fast charging innovation. Brands including Xiaomi and Honor have effectively delivered phones with more than 100W fast charging; however that is a major issue.
These companies has no unified standard for charging, implying that each brand needs to foster its own exclusive innovation. Nonetheless, this is going to change, as Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo,
Huawei and Honor will cooperate to foster another fast charging standard and will introduce a unified fast charging standard.
The news came from a spilled report named “Universal Fast Charging Specification for Mobile Devices”. It discusses how the four companies have framed a partnership to take care of issues with charging innovation.
Some of the listed issues involve higher production costs as companies currently have to manufacture components for individual customers. Lack of compatibility with chargers also affects long-term e-waste and renewable energy.
However, setting a standard for unified charging speed compensation will make all these worries a thing of the past. Reliable and compatible chargers will be much easier to find and will cost less after this development.
It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. However, this is a welcome development.