Samsung could finally catch up to rivals, offer faster charging on Galaxy S22

The Samsung Galaxy S22 series is only expected in early 2022, but that hasn’t stopped a stream of rumors and apparent leaks from surfacing online. The latest leak points to Samsung’s 2022 flagships gaining long-overdue fast charging capabilities.

Regular Twitter tipster FrontTron claimed that 65W charging is being tested for all three Galaxy S22 models. The leaker previously claimed that “Rainbow” is the Galaxy S22 family’s code-name and that the individual models are named “red” (standard S22), “green” (S22 Plus), and “blue” (S22 Ultra). Check out the tweet below.

This would be a major step up for Samsung, as it’s largely insisted on using 25W wired charging speeds for its flagship phones. We did see 45W charging capabilities on the S20 Ultra and Galaxy Note 10 Plus, but the actual charging time didn’t appear to be all that different from using the 25W adapter.

Rival devices such as the OnePlus 9 Pro and Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra offer 65W or higher charging speeds, resulting in a full charge taking less than 40 minutes (or 29 minutes in the case of OnePlus). By comparison, the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra hits 100% capacity in just over 70 minutes via 25W charging. So there’s definitely time to be gained here.

Faster charging does tend to degrade battery health at a faster rate than slower charging speeds though, so this might be an issue for the Korean firm if it is taking this route. However, we’ve seen OEMs address this concern with features like smart charging, which learns from your usage and only hits 100% when you actually need your device.

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