Like refueling in a car – Realme presents a 150 watt charge that does not compromise on longevity • HWzone

Modern technology does not need more than five or ten minutes to provide you with work time for an entire day – and claims to maintain the advanced capabilities over a thousand charging cycles

As long as lithium technology continues to be the common default for batteries in our smart devices (and almost every other modern product with a rechargeable battery), it seems that the main hope we have left for technological improvement is the possible charging speed – as the potential capacity available reached its equilibrium Already a few years ago, in the range between 4,000mAh and 5,000mAh for modern smart devices with screens of 6 inches and up. Are we fast approaching the wall also when it comes to charging lithium batteries? Realme has a possible answer for us with its UltraDart Charging Technology.

At the MWC 2022 exhibition, the Chinese manufacturer unveiled a new advanced charging architecture that will make the power supply between 100 watts and 200 watts the new standard for most of its devices, while implementing techniques to maintain a low temperature of up to 43 degrees Celsius and maintain effective capacity over time. Of 20 percent of the original average capacity after 1,000 charge and discharge cycles, which represent two to three years of intensive use.

The filters for extremely fast charging usually come from considerations of increased temperature and increased risk of leakage or explosion and considerations of longevity of the rechargeable unit – and Realme assures that they have solved all the challenges along the way and can provide the best of all worlds

In terms of charging efficiency itself, Realme set themselves the goal of charging the battery (without specifying the capacity itself – hoping to support all the major relevant and common values ​​on the market) to 50 percent in just five minutes, or in other words a process reminiscent of refueling time. A car at the gas station (compared to charging times of about an hour or so, which are still common at some manufacturers in the market even in the most expensive and advanced products), on the way to working time that may suffice for a full day at least for some users.

Charging to 100 percent should take less than 15 minutes in the UltraDart world and this is a very impressive figure in its own right, but the company prefers to emphasize and focus on charging speed from a situation where the battery is completely discharged as the charging capacity of lithium batteries must be significantly reduced For safety reasons and to ensure the longevity of the unit.

The debut of the technology is expected to take place in the coming months, in a model that may cost about half of the flagship devices of manufacturers such as Samsung and Apple

Realme did not settle for theoretical talk about the future and announced that the Realme GT Neo 3 will be their first device with support for UltraDart charging with a power of up to 150 watts – while the unannounced smartphone was even demonstrated in the video when it comes from zero percent charging to almost 51 percent capacity. In exactly 5 minutes, which gives the potential for even shorter charging time up to a level of 50 percent in smartphones that will be supported by the maximum power of 200 watts that the architecture allows.

From the demo video with a prototype of the GT Neo 3 – which will be based on the fresh Dimensity 8100 chip from Meditek

What could be the next improvement in the battery aspects of our smart devices? Feel free to try and evaluate in the comments.