I’ll bet my left nut that you don’t have a male USB-A to female USB-C adapter that can support fast charging. So you’ll still end up ordering one from Amazon - a local store is unlikely to carry one.
USB-A to USB-C is the current standard. I am convinced they include a USB-C to USB-C cable because most people don’t have those chargers, so they’ll be more likely to order one with their phone.
C-to-C is capable of much faster charging than A-to-C; the weird “C plug on phones but A plug on chargers” period was a mistake, plain and simple. For modern tablets with giant batteries an A-to-C charger would take much longer to charge.
You can use your ten year old charging brick if you want, the A-to-C from your old phone will still work with your new phone (unless you’ve bought a phone from a brand that decides that standards are for losers, like OnePlus, then who knows how fast you’ll be charging, but that’s on the manufacturers making their own USB-PD for ~reasons~).
USB-A doesn’t carry enough voltage to support USB-C fast charging rates. So even if you have an adapter (I have a few), you’re not getting the best performance from your devices.
Depends on what you call fast charging. My phone does 12V @ 1.25A over USB A. My 45W Deck charger isn’t charging my phone any faster so I’m clearly getting the best performance out of my charger.
1.25a is not fast charging, at least not the new standard. You need at least 3a, and 5 is ideal. You also need a matching cable capable of carrying those loads. USB-A caps out at 1.5a.
What standard are we talking about? I don’t think there’s any standard names “fast charging”.
People on the internet seem to use it to indicate anything faster than the 5W USB 2 allows (7.5W if your ports exceed spec for old fashioned iPad charging).
1.25A on nornal USB voltage isn’t fast charging, I agree, but the voltage is negotiated to 12V, which turns those 1.25A into 15 watts. That’s three times the standard spec for USB charging and twice the spec for the weird 1.5A charging that Apple and other phone manufacturers squeezed out of old USB ports.
My Android firmware calls this fast charging (one USB PD succeeds) at the very least, and I agree with it.
I’ll bet my left nut that you don’t have a male USB-A to female USB-C adapter that can support fast charging. So you’ll still end up ordering one from Amazon - a local store is unlikely to carry one.
USB-A to USB-C is the current standard. I am convinced they include a USB-C to USB-C cable because most people don’t have those chargers, so they’ll be more likely to order one with their phone.
C-to-C is capable of much faster charging than A-to-C; the weird “C plug on phones but A plug on chargers” period was a mistake, plain and simple. For modern tablets with giant batteries an A-to-C charger would take much longer to charge.
You can use your ten year old charging brick if you want, the A-to-C from your old phone will still work with your new phone (unless you’ve bought a phone from a brand that decides that standards are for losers, like OnePlus, then who knows how fast you’ll be charging, but that’s on the manufacturers making their own USB-PD for ~reasons~).
Is there actually a major phone company defaulting to shipping their phones with C to C???
USB-A doesn’t carry enough voltage to support USB-C fast charging rates. So even if you have an adapter (I have a few), you’re not getting the best performance from your devices.
Depends on what you call fast charging. My phone does 12V @ 1.25A over USB A. My 45W Deck charger isn’t charging my phone any faster so I’m clearly getting the best performance out of my charger.
1.25a is not fast charging, at least not the new standard. You need at least 3a, and 5 is ideal. You also need a matching cable capable of carrying those loads. USB-A caps out at 1.5a.
What standard are we talking about? I don’t think there’s any standard names “fast charging”.
People on the internet seem to use it to indicate anything faster than the 5W USB 2 allows (7.5W if your ports exceed spec for old fashioned iPad charging).
1.25A on nornal USB voltage isn’t fast charging, I agree, but the voltage is negotiated to 12V, which turns those 1.25A into 15 watts. That’s three times the standard spec for USB charging and twice the spec for the weird 1.5A charging that Apple and other phone manufacturers squeezed out of old USB ports.
My Android firmware calls this fast charging (one USB PD succeeds) at the very least, and I agree with it.