Could fast charging finally be coming to the iPhone? Apple’s 2018 successor to the iPhone X — already nicknamed the iPhone X2 — looks set to improve on the $999 device that’s claimed the crown of world’s best-selling smartphone for the past six months, potentially offering a new power brick that cuts down charge times.
The leak, spotted on social networking site Weibo this week, shows a redesigned power adaptor that offers 18 watts, charging an iPhone from 0 to 50 percent in half an hour and 80 percent in an hour. This would be a marked improvement over the current 5-watt power block that takes around two and a half hours to fully recharge an iPhone. While the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X that launched in September 2017 all support faster speeds, Apple does not include the more powerful plugs with the phones, requiring users to opt for third-party solutions to avoid spending hours waiting to charge.
Rumors suggest that Apple will launch three new iPhones in September:
- A 5.8-inch OLED iPhone (said to be the flagship iPhone X successor)
- A 6.5-inch OLED iPhone (Apple’s “Plus” variant)
- A cheaper 6.1-inch LCD iPhone
If Guggenheim Securities’ naming structure holds true, the two OLED iPhones may keep the “X” branding and be called something like the”iPhone X Plus” and “iPhone X2” or “iPhone X (2018)” or just “New iPhone X”. The midrange LCD iPhone might simply be called the “New iPhone” or “6.1-inch iPhone” or “iPhone (2018)” without a corresponding number.
Whatever it decides, the names of those 2018 iPhones are forcing Apple to think different.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
