Wouldn't 10x faster charging be damaging on the device end? I was under the impression that most cell phone/tablet batteries have low c-ratings that would mean anything much over 2mA could cause damage, even venting.
I guess in the future they will start putting in batteries with higher c-ratings, but that would be a tradeoff with mAh.
2mA?? I'm guessing you mean 2A, but I guess as capacity increases in batteries, the charge current increases also - if we get to using 4Ah batteries in phones at 1C that is 4A - although that's 3.7V, but it shows that there is advantage in being able to deliver more than 2A.
I think the type C update just allows it to be more versatile.
It's up to 10x but they could limit it, but this gives manufacturers a great opportunity to pursue new type software batteries which would not have been viable previously.
Wouldn't 10x faster charging be damaging on the device end? I was under the impression that most cell phone/tablet batteries have low c-ratings that would mean anything much over 2mA could cause damage, even venting.
I guess in the future they will start putting in batteries with higher c-ratings, but that would be a tradeoff with mAh.
2mA?? I'm guessing you mean 2A, but I guess as capacity increases in batteries, the charge current increases also - if we get to using 4Ah batteries in phones at 1C that is 4A - although that's 3.7V, but it shows that there is advantage in being able to deliver more than 2A.
I think the type C update just allows it to be more versatile.
It's up to 10x but they could limit it, but this gives manufacturers a great opportunity to pursue new type software batteries which would not have been viable previously.