Xiaomi has a 100W charger that can charge a phone in 17 minutes

Smartphone batteries are getting better, but they still leave a lot to be desired, with most smartphones lasting a day and a half, maybe two. 

Charging tech, however, is improving fast. As noticed by The Next Web Tuesday, Xiaomi has demoed a 100W charger that can fully charge a smartphone with a hefty, 4,000mAh battery in just 17 minutes. 

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Xiaomi chairman Bin Lin shared a video of the new charger doing its thing on Chinese social media site Weibo. In the (sped up) video, we see Xiaomi's 100W charger getting an unnamed, 4,000mAh battery phone to 100% in 17 minutes, while a competing 50W charger from Oppo only manages to charge a phone with a 3,700mAh battery to 65 percent in that time.  Read more...

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