0% Charged to 100% Charged in 9 Minutes? This Smartphone is Breaking Records

What if you never had to wait more than a couple of minutes to charge your phone ever again?

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00:00We've all been faced with this at some point, and depending on when or where you are, it

00:08could totally ruin your day.

00:09But now China-based smartphone manufacturer Realme might put an end to that forever with

00:13this.

00:14A phone they say can charge from 0% to 100% in just 9 minutes.

00:19They're calling the phone the GT3, and they say it's the world's fastest charging smartphone

00:23ever.

00:24It was recently shown off at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, amid myriad other tech

00:28innovations.

00:29Okay, so 9 minutes is pretty good.

00:31But here's what Realme's product communication manager says it can do with even less.

00:3630 seconds is all it takes to get you out of a squeeze and keep you going without disrupting

00:42your flow.

00:43A 2 hour 5G call, 3 and a half hours of music, 40 minutes of video streaming, 25 minutes

00:51of gaming, a TV episode, any of these can come from just 30 seconds of charge.

00:57And apparently it can do this over and over again.

01:00The battery is reportedly ultra-long lasting, able to retain 80% of its charging capacity

01:05through 1,600 charging cycles.