Oppo Super VOOC phone: charge from 0 to 100% in 15 minutes

Announced at Mobile World Congress, Oppo claims its new Super VOOC charging technology can recharge a smartphone from dead to full in only 15 minutes. It's quite unbelievable.

Oppo also says phones with Super VOOC will use special algorithms to maintain low temperatures while charging at such high speed.

There are some catches to Super VOOC, though. While the technology will be compatible with microUSB and USB-C cables, that fast charging time only applies to phones with a 2,500 mAh (milliamp-hour) battery. That means phablets with larger batteries won't recharge that quickly. And a lot of people use phablets these days.

Oppo devices are popular in China and other Asian countries, but how likely are you — if you aren't an Oppo phone user — to switch to Oppo just for Super VOOC? I can probably deal with using a battery case/pack or waiting a little longer with Quick Charge 3.0 (which will let phones with the Snapdragon 820 processor recharge from 0 to 80% in about 35 minutes). I'm not that impatient.

Still, what Oppo's engineered here is impressive and could be a harbinger of things to come from others. We're finally seeing some real improvements for phone batteries and recharge times. So what do you guys think about this new feature of OPPO?

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