Realme’s GT Neo5 phone can go from zero to 20 percent charge in 80 seconds

Remember that Redmi phone which featured a whopping 210W charging? Well, another Chinese contender has made its next move with a 240W upgrade. The Realme GT Neo5 can apparently charge its 4,600mAh dual-cell battery from zero to 20 percent in merely 80 seconds, or to 50 percent in four minutes, or to 100 percent in 9.5 minutes. On an mAh-per-minute basis, this actually beats the Redmi Note 12 Discovery Edition’s 9-minute record, considering that it has a smaller 4,300mAh battery.

Realme’s 240W SuperVOOC rapid charging feat is enabled by a surprisingly compact dual-GaN power adapter, which is paired with a proprietary high-current USB-C cable to deliver 20V/12A of power. This is then converted to 10V/24A by three 100W power management chips before it reaches the battery — a similar implementation to the Redmi. The adapter is also compatible with USB-PD at up to 65W, as well as existing Qualcomm QC and Oppo VOOC-based solutions — the latter’s previous record was 150W. Realme further claimed that even after 1,600 cycles (about four years of usage), the battery health wouldn’t go lower than 80 percent.

Realme’s GT Neo5 has a nice little gimmick on the back: …read more