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Samsung vs Apple, Huawei and OnePlus: whose phones charge the fastest?

Updated: Sep 02, 2018, 8:44 AM

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Fast charging can save a phone that is chock-full of specs and power draw and is as important a metric as battery life itself. This is why we are taking our charging tests, which are done with whichever stock brick and cable come in the retail box, and applying them to the battery capacity to determine who's the boss of fast charging standards at the moment. We already did rank the phones that discharge those milliamp-hours of battery capacity the slowest, and now is the time to do the opposite metric - the fastest charging ones, per mAh/min.

SuperCharge is super fast

Virtually all good phones these days support fast charging, and some are going to crazy speeds and amperages to pump those batteries full of electrons. Fast chargers that come with your phone do one and the same thing - they top up your handset quicker than those puny bricks of yesteryear that took many hours to do the same thing.

Every manufacturer, however, calls their system differently, despite that it all boils down to that. Bear in mind that Apple doesn't supply the fast charger in the iPhone 8, 8 Plus or iPhone X boxes, so you have to get it as an extra. Also, devices like the Xiaomi Mi 8 may support Qualcomm's latest Quick Charge 4+, but such chargers aren't readily available, and the difference in speeds would be negligible compared to what the stock 3.0 brick is able to achieve anyway.

It's confusing to know the differences between Samsung's Adaptive Fast Charge, Apple's Fast Charge, the OnePlus DashCharge, Huawei's SuperCharge, Qualcomm's Quick Charge, Motorola's Turbo Charge, Oppo's VOOC and so on. So, whose standard wins?

	Battery capacity	Charging time (min.)	Charging speed (mAh/min)
Huawei P20 Pro	4000	90	44.44
OnePlus 6	3300	80	41.25
Huawei Mate 10 Pro	4000	102	39.22
Honor 8 Pro	4000	106	37.74
Samsung Galaxy Note 9	4000	109	36.7
Motorola Moto Z3 Play	3000	84	35.71
OnePlus 5T	3300	93	35.48
Samsung Galaxy S8+	3500	99	35.35
HTC U11+	3930	113	34.78
Honor 10	3400	98	34.69
Asus Zenfone 5Z	3300	97	34.02
Nokia 7 Plus	3800	113	33.63
Samsung Galaxy S9+	3500	105	33.33
LG V35 ThinQ	3300	100	33
Samsung Galaxy Note 8	3300	102	32.35
LG G6	3300	102	32.35
Huawei P10 Plus	3750	117	32.05
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)	3000	97	30.93
HTC U11	3000	98	30.61
LG V30	3300	108	30.56
Samsung Galaxy S8 (Exynos)	3000	100	30
HTC U12+	3500	117	29.91
Nokia 8 Sirocco	3260	114	28.6
Razer Phone	4000	140	28.57
Samsung Galaxy S9	3000	107	28.04
LG G7 ThinQ	3000	107	28.04
Samsung Galaxy A6+	3500	131	26.72
HTC U11 Life	2600	101	25.74
Motorola Moto Z2 Force Edition	2730	110	24.82
Google Pixel 2	2700	111	24.32
Google Pixel 2 XL	3520	152	23.16
Honor 7X	3340	146	22.88
Sony Xperia XZ2	3180	145	21.93
Sony Xperia XA2	3300	158	20.89
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium	3540	172	20.58
Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact	2870	144	19.93
Apple iPhone 8 Plus	2691	178	15.12
Apple iPhone X	2716	189	14.37
Apple iPhone 8	1821	148	12.3

As you can see from our ranking, Huawei's SuperCharge takes the cake, followed by the OnePlus Dash Charge, which is very similar to the sister company Oppo's VOOC in performance. Samsung's Adaptive Fast Charge is also high up there, with the Note 9's 4000mAh unit getting fully pumped in less than two hours, while Moto's Turbo Charge gets an honorable standing, too.

Apple and Sony come last in terms of charging speeds. That's not because their gear can't be fast-charged, but rather as they provide puny chargers in their retail boxes, and you have to splurge extra for the privilege to top your iPhone or Xperia as quickly as phones from other major brands.

Given Huawei's top 44mAh/min. performance, we'd be very curious to measure the charging speeds of the upcoming Mate 20 Pro, which is tipped to arrive with a huge 4200 mAh pack but also 40W charging power. The 22W SuperCharge is now fast enough, but what if Huawei supercharges it even more?

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Daniel, a devoted tech writer at PhoneArena since 2010, has been engrossed in mobile technology since the Windows Mobile era. His expertise spans mobile hardware, software, and carrier networks, and he's keenly interested in the future of digital health, car connectivity, and 5G. Beyond his professional pursuits, Daniel finds balance in travel, reading, and exploring new tech innovations, while contemplating the ethical and privacy implications of our digital future.

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