G-Fold

[popmaster109]

I'm a long term samsung Knight for over 10yrs BUT come on samsung your starting to push boundaries once again with the G-Fold phone but still only giving us 25W charging speeds come on samsung 45W is slow compared to the Chinese phones and it's rumoured to not even having a 5,000mah battery just give it a 6,000mah silicone carbon battery and 65W super fast charging if Xiaomi tri-fold can do it surely samsung can 

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A lot is made out from the battery tech in Samsung phones and the supposed slow charging rates.

Samsung typically play it safer than some. A lot of this is due to the note 7 issues many years ago, and I can understand why.

I am sure silicon carbide solid state battery tech will become a new standard in mobiles, but at the moment is still a bit unknown and especially during the longer term.

Just to mention that battery charging rates based upon the wattage of the charging supported is not linear. By this I mean that a 45 watt charger does NOT mean it will be twice as slow as a 90W charger !

Taking the S25 ultra for an example... at 45 watt charging, it takes around 1hr to charge from 20% to 100%.

However the fastest Chinese phones supporting 90 or 100 watt still take some 40+ minutes.

Is it a real world crisis if a user has to wait another 15 minutes for a full charge ? Why is everyone in such a rush these days ?

Especially as the phone (s25 ultra) lasts for one and half to two days upon a single charge.

For me... this whole charging speeds argument against the Chinese phones is a 'moot' point.

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To add also... it is not always a 'wise choice' to charge a battery at its maximum superfast rate. This generates more heat, and can also affect the long term life of a battery.

To actually 'choose' to charge at a lower speed can be a good choice over the longer term.

I would personally 'choose' to charge not at the superfast 2.0 charge rate, unless i am in a real rush... I set it to the slower charging rate.

This may help with longevity of a battery and I am not someone that feels the urgent need, between a 1 hour, and a 2 hour charge.

[Glenntech]

It's just rumours and nothing ti get worked up about.
Don't understand why people believe rumours so much.
If it turns out to be then fine.
I'm sure if people don't like it they don't have to buy it.
With the advancements that Google is doing in power management with the Android operating system, the battery could well last a long time.
But I find it's rare that I need fast charging anyway with the phones I have. If I know im going to need as much battery life, then I will charge up well before.

[popmaster109]

I respectfully disagree with you in some of your answers IE a honor magic 7pro can actually charge at 100W and from 0 to 100% in 28mins and Silicone Carbon battery is relevantly new tech but has been proven safe and samsung are implementing Silicone Carbon battery in the S26 ultra so why not with the G-Fold??? Yes I agree with you to some degree in charging at 100W may generate heat and degraded the battery faster but 65W charging speed is i think a middle ground and it been so long since the exploding battery saga I feel samsung should now be moving to 65W super fast charging speeds, my gf has the Honor Magic 7pro and charging at 65W charging adaptor it doesn't generate anymore heat than my S24 ultra at 45W so the battery heat thing isn't a real issue

[popmaster109]

Yeah it's just rumours BUT it depends where those rumours are coming from this rumour is from a person who's got a solid track record of being right as i posted on here a rumour about the S25 ultra not having a Bluetooth S-pen and lots of peohad a go at me then and ur turned out I was right or the leaker was right as that rumour was from a person with a proven track record of his rumours actually being correct

[popmaster109]

Even so samsung have said that the S26 ultra will have Silicone Carbon battery so get it into the G-Fold I'm a committed samsung Knight i've got the S24 ultra a Tab S9 ultra and galaxy watch ultra and a samsung book 3 ultra BUT it's so frustrating with samsung these days that other companies oppo Honor and vivo are using 6,000mah Silicone Carbon battery's 80/90/100W fast charging speeds and samsung are stuck at 45W and the G-Fold rumoured at a unbelievably slow 25W is a joke

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Yeah fair enough. We all entitled to opinion. My main point is that it doesnt bother my brain if my phone takes 30 minutes or an hour.

How will I utilise this extra time that I save for charging? I am not sure. I may be asleep anyway. It is certainly not going to revolutionise my way of living.

You are right that it was a lonnngg time ago since the note 7 saga. But this doesnt mean that there is still some reluctance to jump on the bandwagon quickly. Probably let the market test it out first for reliability and robustness.

S26 ultra will have silicon carbide ?? Your source of information on that fact ?

I do understand your point... but a lot of this competition in the mobile phone world is purely a 'specification war'... to be the fastest charging... quickest responding.... best super camera.

The reality is that the difference between a xiaomi 15 pro, samsung galaxy s25ultra, honor 7 pro, pixel 9 pro, apple 16 pro max... are all SO close these days that the typical user will notice NO difference in their daily use. They all have fab cameras, charge quickly, last more than a day, and have a quick chipset.

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[popmaster109]

Yep fair enough I understand where you are coming from my source for the S26 ULTRA using silicone carbon battery was from SAMSUNG in their own unpacked event

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They haven't had any unpacked for the s26 ultra ?!?!?. This will be in January 2026.