PROS
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Among the fastest phone
charging tech in world at launch
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Built-in fan and vent
for cooling
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LED indicator
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Also, Qi-standard / EPP
cross-compatible
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Bedtime Mode
CONS
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LED indicator has no OFF
option
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Cross-compatibility
charges at max 10W
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Made for portrait
position only (no landscape)
The OnePlus Warp Charge
30 Wireless Charger was advertised as allowing you to charge a OnePlus 8 Pro
smartphone from 0% to 50% in 29 minutes. This device has a single LED indicator
light, a built-in fan, a vent, and a rubber bumper, as well as Qi/EPP cross
compatibility (see disclaimer below). It also costs nearly $70 USD. Could such
a charger be worth that kind of cash?
The OnePlus Warp Charge
30 Wireless Charger works at full speed with a single device at launch – that’s
the OnePlus 8 Pro. Much like any sort of charging, wireless or wired, pushing
energy into the battery in the device means heat. The faster the charge speed,
the higher the potential heat.
Because of the potential
for heat from fast charging, this charger has a fan. The fan works with a vent
at the back of the area where the phone rests to charge to keep the phone from
getting overheated during charging. There’s also a space between the phone and
the charging back – this is on purpose, also in place to keep air flowing and
the phone from getting too hot.
The charger’s full
physical size is 74*118*77.9mm. The charger weighs in at 300g, and its exterior
is largely made of PC (V0) polycarbonate. The plug input (US standard plug) is
100-220V ~50/60Hz 1.2A, output depends on the device it detects – 5W/7.5W/10W/30W.
Charging Speed
Charging speed appeared
to be the same (or well within a margin of error) regardless of which case we
used with the OnePlus 8 Pro. That included each of the standard cases OnePlus
had for sale at launch for the OnePlus 8 Pro: Sandstone, clear transparent
silicone (included with the device, in the box), and the OnePlus Karbon Bumper
Case (Kevlar + TPU). OnePlus suggests that this wireless charger will work fine
so long as the phone case is thinner than 8mm.
Charging is smart – it
does indeed go approximately as fast as OnePlus promises, from 0% to 50% in
around 30 minutes. Much like other fast chargers, this charger slows down the
closer it gets to full, so it’s not accidentally stressing the battery out,
significantly lessening the lifespan of the phone (assuming you’re not a DIY
parts replacement sort of person).
Even after the 50% mark
is reached, the charger charges quite a bit quicker than the chargers of
yesteryear. It’s fun to see the battery meter fill up before your very eyes. At
around 70% we can see the battery percentage go up by 1% every few seconds.
This is with the OnePlus 8 Pro with its in-box thin transparent silicone case,
mind you.
Non-OnePlus
Wireless Charging
If you’re using this
charger to charge a non-OnePlus phone, the charge is lower, therefore
significantly slower, than 30W. Slower, maybe, than the wireless charging pad
you’ve already got at home. If you’re charging a Qi-standard wireless
charge-friendly device that’s not from OnePlus, you’re charging at a max of
10W.
Sound
level of running fan
After a couple of weeks
of use, the level of sound of the fan does not seem to have increased to any
significant degree. Below you’ll see a video captured at point-blank range, at
the back of the charger.
You’ll have to turn your
volume up significantly to hear the fan – maybe even wear headphones. It’s been
surprisingly quiet so far.
Wrap-up
If you’ve got a OnePlus
8 Pro in mind and you’re looking to get the full experience, you’ll probably
consider purchasing this wireless charger. You do not NEED this charger to use
the OnePlus 8 Pro, as the phone comes with a USB cord and a Warp Charge fast
charge plug in the box. But this charger with this phone is the only way to get
this fast a charge speed on a OnePlus device right this minute.
The Bedtime Mode working specifically with the OnePlus 8 Pro (and likely future OnePlus devices) is a bit of a bonus – but it might just be the last ingredient you need to push you into a buy. You’ll find this charger available for around $70 from OnePlus as of April 29, 2020. You might also find the device for free in a “launch day bundle” from OnePlus dot com on April 15 – after that, it’ll be priced at around $70.
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