Tech bytes for tea?

Tech-U-Can-Use (TUCU): My mom’s in-box power supply for her phone died on her, so I got her a replacement wall charger – as a replacement and upgrade.

The Belkin BoostCharge USB-C PD 3.0 PPS Wall Charger 25W is an intelligent charger for those new phones that doesn’t include chargers in the box, as a second charger at the office, or simply as a spare/backup charger.

The main features of Belkin’s BoostCharge 25W wall charger can be gleaned from its lengthy name.

It’s a wall charger, it can charge at up to 25W max power, it uses USB-C, it is PD 3.0 certified, and it is equipped with PPS technology.

25W means it can charge at higher capacity than most in-the-box chargers.

USB-C means you don’t have to figure out which side is the right side up to plug the cable in, and it’s also the most common type of socket for new devices.

PD 3.0 (Power Delivery) certification means it is smart enough to figure out the maximum power that a USB-C PD-enabled device is capable of receiving and therefore pump out electricity at that rating.

In this case, the Belkin charger will pump out up to 25W to Samsung smartphones and up to 20W to iPhones (iPhone 8 or later).

Finally PPS technology enables the charger to optimise its charging of the device by negotiating with the device so that the right amount of juice is pumped out depending on the charging profile of the receiving device.

* Retailing at S$39, available in Best Denki stores, Challenger stores, challenger.sg, Lazada, Shopee.

Tags: accessories, Belkin, BoostCharge, chargers, TUCU

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