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Hi, I just got a upgrade to a S24 Ultra and seeing that all of my chargers are only 15W, I decided it's time to get a new one.
So I was wondering if the 45W charger is a better investment than the standard 25W.
I did watch some videos about it and to be honest I wasn't really impressed with the 45W one but I wanted to hear your opinions too.
I've been looking at some options on Amazon and it seems like a lot of other 45W chargers - for instance Anker's 45W nano charger - don't give full 45W performance due to electronics things I don't fully get. Is there any chargers cheaper than 50 damn bucks for Samsung's charger?
Edit: Anker seems to have a new model that advertises specifically being capable of 45W charging on Samsung phones.
And I also found this cable from Monoprice that's 5A rated. From all I've looked up online, it seems the S22 Ultra didn't come with a 5A cable, and it's necessary for 45W charging, as Fast Charging 2.0 runs at 9V/5A.
Here's an article from Anker on that.
It'll probably be hard to find anything cheaper than this. I've looked at a couple of the charges recommended in the comments, and the Jsaux one for instance looks good, but it doesn't list 9v/5A in the specs, so I don't think it'll work, which is a shame because it's a very economic model.
I do not recommend anyone to buy 45w charger kit and here's why.
•Charging speed difference is way too small for its cost
With normal charging speed it takes 2:11m to charge my Galaxy s23 plus from 4% until full.
With Super fast charging (25w) it takes 1:06m
With Super fast charging 2.0 (45w) it takes 58m
I would post pictures but the subreddit doesn't allow me.
It's only 8 minutes difference, and if you're charging not from 4% but from 40% in example, the difference will be even smaller.
• Wire is way too thick
Samsung Super fast charging 2.0 (45w) uses 5A cable which gives up to 100w. It's a thick cable and you will not like it for a daily use. People usually get 100w cables to charge their large notebooks.
As you can see that little speed difference doesn't justify the price and the uncomfortable thickness of that cable at all.