Mobile phone charging power has long entered the 100 watt era, recently, the real me GT Neo3, a plus Ace has brought the current fastest 150W fast charging to the 2500 yuan price market, only need to spend half of the original money to enjoy the charging experience of high-end flagship machines, some people may rush to this point on the "close their eyes to buy".
However, I don't know if you noticed that the latest true self GT Neo3, in addition to the 150W fast charge version, there is also an 80W version, and the 150W fast charge is equipped with a 4500mAh capacity battery, and the 80W version has a 5000mAh capacity. The battery capacity of the OnePlus Ace is also 4500mAh.
A similar situation also appeared in the previous Redmi Note 11 series, although the Note 11 Pro+ equipped with 120W fast charge, close to the Note 11 Pro's 67W fast charge twice, but the former with a battery capacity of 4500mAh, the latter has 5160mAh.
The problem should already be obvious, on the ultra-high power fast charging mobile phone, often have a limit on the battery capacity, at the same time, more than 5000mAh battery capacity of mobile phones are also emerging in large quantities, so in the end is to choose "slow charge + large battery", or "fast charge + small battery"? Things are not as simple as you think.
Balance of charging speed and battery life
About ultra-high-power fast-charging mobile phones, there are often reasons for limiting the battery capacity, in fact, we have long explained that in order to achieve ultra-high power of more than 100 watts, many mobile phone products have adopted a high-current + dual-cell skewer design, which requires more charging control chips, and also puts forward higher requirements for the internal space of mobile phones. Subject to the size, weight and safety of the phone, the battery capacity of 4000mAh ~ 4500mAh has become a relatively balanced choice.
Fast charging also brings another problem, with the continuous improvement of power, charging time continues to shorten, mobile phones a day two charge, three charge gradually become a habit, the number of battery cycles increased. Battery loss mainly comes from the accumulation of the number of cycles, which is also the root cause of fast charging affecting battery life.
OPPO, realme and OnePlus particularly emphasized the concept of "longevity" when they launched 150W fast charging. At present, the industry standard is that the average 800 charge and discharge cycle battery capacity is about 80%, and their 150W fast charge can reach 1600 times full charge discharge, and the battery capacity is still 80%.
However, everyone has thought about it, if the battery capacity itself is large enough, it is not necessary to charge so many times, how can there be a problem of "short life"? In addition, like 120W, 150W ultra-high power, only when charging in a very low power state, will reach a period of peak power, for battery health considerations, it is not recommended to use the phone to use a very low power to charge, which seems to be another paradox.
In the final analysis, when the mobile phone space is limited and the power consumption is rising, the high-power fast charging will be the use scenario of one charge and two days one charge in the past into a fragmented charging method of two charges and three charges a day, thus extending the battery life in disguise.
However, due to the delay in breaking through the battery technology, although the fast charging power is getting higher and higher, the marginal benefits it brings are getting smaller and smaller, and the user finds that the charging time of higher charging power is still limited, and there may be various problems. In this context, the market demand for large battery long-life mobile phones in the traditional sense is still strong.
5000mAh+ mobile phone recommended
In the face of increasing charging power, especially when coming to the largest price of 2,000 yuan for consumer groups, it is more necessary to comprehensively consider the battery size, product cost performance, and own needs, in order to better meet the fast charging experience and long battery life needs of your mobile phone.
Below I have selected 4 mobile phones, all with 5000mAh or more can be called large capacity batteries. These examples should help you make better choices on large batteries and high-power fast-charging phones.
True Me GT Neo3
Reference price: 2599 yuan (12+256GB)
The first thing to say is of course the real me GT Neo3, its two versions only have different charging power and battery size differences, other configurations are all the same. In terms of price, taking the same 12+256GB as an example, 80W+5000mAh capacity battery, priced at 2599 yuan, 150W+4500mAh capacity battery, priced at 2899 yuan.
This means that in the case of other specifications are consistent, 150W fast charging costs 300 yuan more. Do not charge this 150W fast, the price is to charge a few minutes, but it can save 300 yuan, but also get 500mAh battery capacity, so in comparison, the advantages of the 80W version are obvious.
In addition to the fast charge selling point, the real I GT Neo3 itself is also a mobile phone at the same price point can play, in the previous review, its Tianji 8100 chip performance is outstanding, but also equipped with an independent display chip, in the game experience of the enhanced optimization at the same time, thin and light characteristics, photography and other aspects of no obvious compromise, daily main machine use are very good.
Redmi K50/K50 Pro
Reference price: 2399 yuan / 2999 yuan (8 + 128GB)
The situation of the Redmi K50 and K50 Pro is actually similar to the previously mentioned RedmiNote 11 series, the K50 Pro has a 120W fast charge and a 5000mAh battery, and the K50 is a 67W fast charge with a 5500mAh battery.
Thanks to the installation of Xiaomi's self-developed surging P1 chip, the K50 Pro's ultra-high power fast charge and large-capacity battery can also coexist, and the K50, which uses 67W fast charging, further achieves a larger 5500mAh battery.
In view of the original positioning differences between K50 Pro and K50, they correspond to different price segments and user groups, if only based on the fast charge power and battery size, to make a conclusion about who is more worth buying, it is obviously inappropriate.
Because the chip scheme used by the two is different from the main camera, in the case of large battery selling points, according to the evaluation results, if you value the comprehensive application scenario, then the K50 Pro equipped with a stronger performance of the Tianji 9000 chip, as well as the K50 Pro with a mature 100 million pixel main camera, is more suitable for you; for other users, in the face of lower prices, sufficient game performance, and longer battery life, the K50 is more worthy of recommendation.
Red Devils 7 Pro
Reference price: 4799 yuan (12 +128GB)
The 5000mAh battery + 120W fast charging combination used by the Red Magic 7 Pro is also an exception in the current market. As mentioned earlier, when the mobile phone is charged to the ultra-100W fast charge, if the dual battery is still used, for the sake of internal space considerations, there will rarely be more than 4700mAh capacity, and the Red Devil 7 Pro boldly uses the dual-cell 5000mAh battery.
This is because of its gaming phone identity, for the game experience often sacrifice the thickness and weight, so simply put the large battery into it, this should be the product logic of the Red Devil 7 Pro.
In addition to making the battery large enough, in order to make the ultimate game experience, the Red Devil 7 Pro game phone also does more than the regular Snapdragon 8 flagship, such as the front use of off-screen lens scheme, to solve the problem of game screen occlusion of the punched screen, built-in active cooling fan, so that players do not have to choose between "temperature preservation" and "frame rate", its bold performance strategy and higher dimension of heat dissipation, are more played out the performance and experience of the flagship chip.
iQOO Z5
Reference price: 1699 yuan (8 +128GB)
There are many 5000mAh mobile phones this year, why recommend last year's iQOO Z5? In fact, it is not difficult to find that 5000mAh capacity battery mobile phones are covered at various price points, the difference is that when the price drops to less than 2000 yuan or even the level of 1,000 yuan, the long battery life is sometimes the biggest selling point, such a situation is especially common in the offline market or low-end mobile phones.
For example, vivo has a Y55s mobile phone with a 6000mAh super battery, but its charging power is only 18W. Similarly, there is the real self Q5i, positioning thousand yuan machine, there is also a 5000mAh large battery, charging power 33W.
In this case, it is obvious that you can not only look at the battery capacity, the budget is limited, but also to use the money on the blade, not only to have a large battery, but also to consider the comprehensive factors such as fast charging power and core performance. That's what makes the iQOO Z5 stand out.
The fast charging power of the iQOO Z5 is 44W, which is not very prominent, but at this price, it also uses the combination of Snapdragon 778G + full blood version LPDDR5 + full blood version UFS 3.1, and can also achieve 8 + 128GB storage, which is really rare. If you want to find a mobile phone with a large battery within 2,000 yuan that has a long battery life and fast charging power, I think the iQOO Z5 is still the best choice.