Welcome to 2013: New iPhones could finally come with fast charging

Author: Napier Lopez / Source: The Next Web

Android users like to brag about all the features their phones come with that iPhones don’t, but one item may soon be crossed off the list: fast charging.

See, Apple has always packed a puny 5-watt charger with its iPhones, which can take several hours to refill your battery.

Compare that with Android devices which have shipped with at least a 10W charger for years, and nowadays sometimes push 28W. Qualcomm’s Quick Charge is the prevailing standard, and that’s been around since 2013.

But according to a post on Chinese social network Weibo, and as spotted by MacRumors, Apple is planning on bundling a new 18W charger with this year’s iPhones, along with a USB-C to Lightning cable.

The post cites supply chain sources, but while the rumor hasn’t been corroborated, the move would make at whole lot of sense. People poked…

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