Although iPhone At first glance, the 16e may seem like a pretty boring phone to some, but it certainly has a few interesting features. The most interesting is undoubtedly its battery life, which is said to be the longest of all 6,1" iPhones that have been released so far. Of course, battery life also goes hand in hand with its charging, without which the phone logically cannot do. And that's exactly what I've been looking into in recent days to get an idea of what to expect from the iPhone 16e. Specifically, I measured the charging speed of the iPhone 16e in 30 minutes and then also the time it takes to charge from 0 to 100%. I then monitored the phone's consumption via a meter to get a better idea of when it uses what amount of watts. Charging was done using a FIXED GaN adapter with maximal lineonem 100W.
Of course, it must be taken into account that maxThe phone has its minimum consumption when its battery is most discharged, and over time the consumption or power consumption decreases. At first, the meter showed fluctuations of up to 27W, but on average it was iPhone roughly the first 30% is charged at about 22 W. As for the charging time itself, it's quite funny. Apple It says on its website that in 30 minutes of charging with a cable in combination with at least a 20W adapter, iPhone 16e charges "up to" 50%. In practice, however, these values are better and Apple so surprisingly, I lost even more. Specifically, I was able to iPhone 16e charge for AppleI have the proclaimed half hour at 58%, which I think is really good.
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However, as is often the case, the first percentages fly up quickly due to the high consumption, while completing the charge is often a long journey. Specifically, I needed one hour and 16 minutes to fully charge my iPhone 45e, while the consumption dropped to around 15W in the second third of the charge and towards the end (estimated at the last 20%) I was happy when the meter display showed over 10W, and even that was quite an exception. The last percentages are therefore charged really slowly, despite a promising start. Even so, I think that depending on how long the battery lasts Apple The phone promises 1 hour and 45 minutes for a full wired charge is solid. And charging the phone to almost 60% in half an hour is really great.
Great values unfortunately maxAt least for the iPhone, even the much cheaper Chinese competition is unfortunately somewhere else (120W is already quite common, usually not below 68W), thanks to the use of modern, more capacious and faster charging Si/C Li-Ion batteries.
For example, the Xiaomi 15 in a similar body with a 6,36″ display (+5,6mm height, -0,3mm width, +0,3mm thickness) and 3 rear cameras has a 5400mAh battery in China, and a 5240mAh Si/C battery globally with 90W wired and 50W wireless charging.
1h45m for 4005mAh is unfortunately a 5 year old joke...
That is, except for Samsung, which even with this year's almost identical S25 (+0,2mm H, -1mm W, -0,6mm D) shamefully used only the classic 4000mAh Li-Ion (albeit with 3 rear cameras) with only 25W wired, 15W Qi2. The funny thing is that the mid-range A56 and even the cheaper A36 already got at least 45W wired ;-)
And also except for the Pixels, which even with the nines also only have 27W wired and 12W Qi wireless (P9 can also do 15W, P9Pro 21W proprietary wireless).
The new P16a, a direct competitor to the 9e, has leakThe P23 has 7,5W wired, 8W wireless, the P18a has 7,5W wired and the same XNUMXW wireless.
It's really mega-poor how all 3 non-Chinese mega-companies are still mega-skimping on batteries and their charging :-((
Otherwise, Jirko, you obviously achieved the 58% in 30 minutes by using a more powerful power supply than 20W,
with 20W it would be I calculate the 50% as Apple states ;-)
Yes, you are right about the last paragraph. The document alluded to the fact that if Apple written on the website "20W or more powerful", it actually talks a little unnecessarily about better results - it would be enough to elaborate a little more and the text would be more cheerful. :)
Yes, yes, Jirko :-)
Jen Apple This is a very clever marketing reference to the 20W adapter in order to push this cheapest charger (on which he also has an unchristian margin, because it is of course a normal antediluvian cheap Chinese basic without GaN) to everyone, ideally for every iPhone ;-)
By the way, the 20W Apple (it is not stated on the US website whether it has PD, so apparently not, i.e. it is cheaper to produce) = 590,- CZK, looks the same as the 20W Chinese Foneng EU39 with PD 3.0 including USB-C cable (!) can be purchased from 118,58 CZK according to the product ;-)
If we deduct VAT, cable, transportation, and sales chain margins, then Apple he cannot buy his 'sew' per unit more expensive than 1 USD and certainly less with his global mega-subscriptions.
Even if it were $1, it would be 23,038 CZK according to the current CNB exchange rate, rounded up to 25 CZK, and even if we add another 30 CZK for all additional costs for transportation, storage, etc. (which will certainly be less than half), then 590/1,21=487,60-55=432,60/55=7,86, so miniat least 786% PROFIT before the ridiculous <1%(!!!) Irish taxation, isn't that GREAT?! :-(((
Even the pot-and-bake action scoundrels turn pale with envy...
Not just for fun, please try Jirko from 0 to 100% with 7,5W Qi, I would say that I'm not only interested in how long the 4005mAh will last, but also the charging curve.