Vivo to Showcase 120W Ultra Fast Charging at MWC 2019 Shanghai

Jun. 20, 2019

Fast charging has changed a lot in the last year or so. From 15W,18W or even 20W fast charging, we have moved on to 40W, 50W, 55W fast chargers but the smartphone makers aren’t stopping anytime soon. Xiaomi recently revealed that it’s working ona 100W fast charging solutionand now, Vivo has announced that it is going to showcase its “Super FlashCharge 120W” technology at MWC Shanghai this year, which starts on June 26.

Vivo made the announcement on Chinese social media platform Weibo and the posts reveal a whole lot of other details around the 120W fast charging technology. As per Vivo, the 120W FlashCharge tech willcharge a phone with a 4,000 mAh battery from 0 to 50% in just 5 minutes. Ya, that is insane but what’s even more insane is the fact that it will only take 8 minutes to charge the rest of the battery, which means it will charge the phone from 0 to 100% in just 13 minutes. Here’s a GIF from one of the Weibo posts which shows the 120W charging in action:

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