The Realme GT Neo 5 was launched in February last year with support for fast charging up to 240W. This fast charging technology is claimed to fill the battery from zero to 100 percent in less than 10 minutes. Now, the Chinese tech brand seems to be settling the bet with a new charging technology. The head of Realme has confirmed that it is working on a 300W charger for future smartphone models. The company’s main competitor Xiaomi already demonstrated its 300W fast charging technology last year.
In an interview with YouTube channel The Tech Chap, Francis Wong, CEO of Realme Europe and Global Marketing Director, confirmed that Realme is testing 300W charging. The latest move will help the brand compete with Xiaomi, which is also working on a similar fast charging technology.
Redmi already demonstrated 300W charging last February on a modified Redmi Note 12 Discovery Edition smartphone with a 4100mAh battery. This charging technology managed to fill the battery in less than five minutes. The company has yet to launch a phone with 300W fast charging support.
Realme already offers 240W charging in the Realme GT Neo 5, which is claimed to charge the 4,600mAh battery from zero to 20 percent in 80 seconds, zero to 50 percent in four minutes, and zero to 100 percent in less than 10 minutes A charge time of 30 seconds is advertised to provide up to two hours of talk time.
The Realme GT Neo 5 was launched at a starting price of CNY 3,199 (roughly Rs. 39,000). It sports a 6.74-inch 1.5K AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate and is powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. A triple primary camera led by a 50-megapixel primary sensor, a 16-megapixel selfie camera and up to 1TB of storage are other features of the phone.
The iQoo 11S (200W), Infinix Zero Ultra 5G (180W) and Realme GT Neo 3 (150W) are among the fastest charging phones available on the market right now, but upcoming Realme and Redmi (or Xiaomi) phones may soon surpass their charging speeds.
