How close is the iPhone 8 to charge faster than the iPhone 7?

Apple says the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus can charge from 0 to 50% faster in 30 minutes, as long as you have an Apple special charger, USB-C or Lightning charging cable, all must be purchased separately, not included. machine.

But most iPhone users know that with previous iPhone models, they can charge faster when using more powerful charging bulbs. Using this technique, can Phone 8 Plus charge faster than iPhone 7 Plus?

Even before testing, this seems unreasonable. Fast charger requires microcontroller inside device and adapter to transmit energy. On Android, if you don't use a certified switch using Qualcomm's Quick Charge technology, it won't charge faster.

An experiment on YouTube using tools is iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 Plus, Apple 19 watt charger and USB-C cable. The experiment to charge the new iPhone 8 Plus and the old iPhone 7 Plus is charged every few weeks. In general, both batteries are in good condition. iPhone 8 Plus can charge 45% of the battery in 35 minutes, while the new 7 Plus up to 42%.

Although the video owner says they use genuine goods, the test below gives another result. In this test, both phones ran out of battery, turned on the flight mode, the brightness was 50% after automatically turning on.

Here are the results:

iPhone 8 Plus

1. 27% in 15 minutes
2. 54% in 30 minutes

iPhone 7 Plus

1. 15% in 15 minutes
2. 29% in 30 minutes

So the average 7 Plus charged 1% 1 minute and 8 Plus charger 1.8% in the same time.

In other words, using a fast charger on the iPhone 8 Plus really makes it charge faster than the iPhone 7 Plus, more precisely 86%.

Fully charged battery

YouTube video shows that iPhone 8 Plus takes 2 hours and 11 minutes to charge 100% of the battery, while iPhone 7 Plus takes less than 2 hours. When testing 100% from 0% on both phones, the results are as follows.

iPhone 8 Plus

100% in 1 hour 50 minutes

iPhone 7 Plus

100% in 2 hours 32 minutes

It is clear that the iPhone 8 Plus is still charging faster than the iPhone 7 Plus.

A small test was also conducted to compare the charging time of iPhone 8 Plus, Samsung Galaxy Note 8, OnePlus 5 and HTC U11. The fastest charger is the OnePlus 5 with Dash Charger. HTC U11 ranked 2nd, then iPhone 8 Plus. Note 8 stands at the bottom of the table. The basic iPhone 8 charging time also has the same result: 53% in 30 minutes.

The final conclusion is that not every test video on YouTube has a real result. Apple doesn't lie and fast charging of Fast Charge of iPhone 8 really makes it charge faster. Currently only iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus support fast charging. iPhone X also has support but you will have to wait until next month.