Oppo shows off 15-minute smartphone charging tech

Fast charging has become one of the more important features expected on smartphones these days. Today, at MWC 2016, the company announced two new innovations related to faster charging and image stabilisation.

The Original VOOC Flash Charge gives user 2 hours of talk after just 5 minutes of charging.

Oppo launched its VOCC flash charging technology back in 2013, and the company says that till date there are more than 17 million smartphones featuring this battery charging technology.

One aspect that differentiates Oppo’s technology from others is the use of a new low-voltage pulse-charge system.

Alongside software enhancements that allow Oppo to carefully modulate how the phone is charged, the company achieves the incredible feat of allowing you to get away with not charging your phone the night before by taking an Apple-esque approach to battery tech, whereby they control all the components and software involved.

Chinese handset brand Oppo has unveiled a SmartSensor image stabilization and Super VOOC Flash Charge technologies at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.

Oppo states that the reason they developed the SuperVOOC was because “the current battery technology isn’t advancing almost as fast as the rest of the mobile device industry”. The company can pull off its fast charging magic off thanks to an all-new low-voltage pulse-charge system, in combination with a customized battery. This means that the power can be directly transmitted to the battery without any voltage conversion, allowing the process to attain a charging efficiency of up to 97%. The Super VOOC Flash Charge adapter, cable and connector have all received a full redesign using premium and extremely reliable military-grade materials. Super VOOC Flash Charge supports Micro USB or type-C interfaces, in line with the global standard. The other is a Smart Sensor Image Stabilizer for cameras. SmartSensor uses a voltage-driven sensor, which reduces electricity consumption to as low as 10 milliwatts.

The Oppo SmartSensor differentiates itself from lens-based image stabilizers by correcting motion on three axes, including the roll axis which usually isn’t accounted for by lens-based units.