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Jeremy Armstrong & Rachel Hains

The new tech that can charge your phone in just nine minutes - and will be available this summer

Many of us will be relieved to hear that soon our mobile phones could be able to recharge their batteries in just nine minutes. This is due to a new kind of battery power, developed by Chinese phone maker, Oppo.

Oppo, the fourth biggest firm globally, is behind the latest innovation and demonstrated its SuperVooc charging technique at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The firm said the new technology will be in devices by the summer.

The demonstration used 240 watts of power, showing a battery going from one per cent to 100 per cent in nine minutes. In comparison, a 150-watt version does it in 15 minutes.

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