Nowadays having your smartphone ready to take you throughout the day is very paramount. So you can either opt for a smartphone with high battery capacity (>4,000 mAh) or get a fast charger to juice you up within the shortest time possible. With the launch of the latest OnePlus 7 Pro, Warp charge fast charging technology was made more main stream and not only reserved to the limited OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition. But what is Warp Charge technology?
The latest Warp charge technology is Warp Charge 30 and at 30 watts, Warp Charge 30 is our fastest charging tech ever. In fact, it gives the smartphone a day’s power in just 20 minutes.
The reason behind the “30” part of the name is self-explanatory, so what about “Warp”? To answer that question, just think about science fiction. If you’re a fan of space movies, you can see why we chose this name to describe our ridiculously fast charging technology. Once those pilots punch the warp speed button, the universe flashes by in a blur.
How Warp Charge works
The latest Warp Charge technology can carry a larger current than regular fast charging solutions. Normally, the heat generated through charging is dissipated in the phone itself. This usually causes performance issues if the phone is being used while it’s being charged, leading to CPU and GPU speeds being throttled. By shifting the majority of the power management and heat dispersion to the Warp Charge 30 Adapter, however, very little heat ever reaches the phone. Charging speeds while gaming and other performance oriented tasks excel compared to other charging solutions. In the graphs below, you can see just how fast and powerful Warp Charge 30 really is.
The Warp Charge 30’ Power Adapter’s power all goes to a single cell. The large amount of power it produces inevitably generates a large amount of heat. To overcome potential safety issues from overheating, the engineers altered the safety mechanisms of the smartphone’s battery assembly. They upgraded the components of the battery protection structure to allow for the larger current, and added an eight-layer protection board to the battery to provide more efficient cooling.
Using Warp Charge on a non OnePlus Phones
This is not recommended even if it may work. The power adapter that comes with the latest OnePlus phones is backwards compatible with other OnePlus devices. However, when used with some smartphones, the Warp Charge Power Adapter will charge at regular Fast Charge speeds, not Warp Charge speeds.
