And after one hour of charging, the S7 was up to 88 percent battery charge. We used the bundled quick charge cable to power up the S7 direct from the mains and a complete charge from 0-100 percent took 86 minutes.Īfter half an hour, the S7 was 41 percent charged. Our S7 review model was the Exynos version, using Samsung’s Adaptive Fast Charging tech. Samsung Galaxy S7 Fast Charge test results If you disable it, standard charging will be used instead. Head the the settings and then battery and scroll to the bottom and you’ll find the ‘Fast charging cable’ option. You can actually disable Quick Charge in the battery settings menu, in case you’re worried about your phone overheating if you leave it charging overnight. The Exynos models of the S7 and S7 Edge support Samsung’s own ‘Adaptive Fast Charging’ tech for quickly powering up, while the Snapdragon models use Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 2.0 tech (rather than the newer, much faster Quick Charge 3.0, for some reason).
There are actually two different models of S7, one with Samsung’s own Exynos processor and another using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 instead – and the same goes for the S7 Edge. Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge: Quick charging explained
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Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge battery life test: How long does the S7 and S7 Edge take to quick charge using Samsung’s ‘Adaptive Fast Charging’ feature? Check out our full S7 quick charge tests for the results.