The OnePlus phones were great flagships when it came to processing power and speed. However, the absence of certain features always separated the devices from other flagship frontrunners. One of these was wireless charging. It was revealed a few months ago that the company will be finally including wireless charging in its phones starting with the OnePlus 8 Pro.
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Now the company has just revealed that the highest-end OnePlus 8 Pro will not just feature regular wireless charging, but 30W fast wireless charging. The new wireless charging element will be able to bring the phone to 50 percent battery life in just 30 minutes. This is the usual speed of fast wired charging phones we have right now.
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Operating at 30W on peak speeds means that the OnePlus 8 Pro will leave behind flagships from Samsung and Apple. CEO Pete Lau mentioned in an interview that “the issue of [charging speed] not being up to the expectation that we have with wired charging” was the reason the feature never came to a OnePlus phone before this. This may be pointed to a minimalist approach where people would usually go with the fastest charging method compared to the more convenient one.
