Is your new phone charging much faster than your old one? It’s not your imagination, it’s by design. Your new phone or tablet could have new Qualcomm technology that speeds up charging so you can pick up your mobile device and go.

Usually when we talk about Qualcomm technology, we explain how it can delay your need for a battery charger. We would tell you how the Snapdragon processor is designed to consume very little power, and that a smartphone or tablet with a Snapdragon processor is designed to work more efficiently, reducing the need to recharge as frequently.

Last week at HTC’s Frequencies event, our Chief Marketing Officer Anand Chandrasekher spoke with bloggers about a little-known Qualcomm technology which is designed to dramatically decrease the time it takes to charge the battery in a mobile device. We call this rapid charging technology “Quick Charge 1.0.” (Qualcomm obtained this technology through the acquisition of Summit Microelectronics in June of last year. Full press release here.)

A phone with Qualcomm Quick Charge 1.0 can charge up to 40% faster than older phones. A phone without Quick Charge 1.0 could be stuck plugged in charging for more than four hours. With Quick Charge 1.0, the same phone can reach its full charge in three hours or less. The less time you spend charging your mobile device, the more time you get to use it; your mobile device becomes truly mobile. Quick Charge 1.0 makes all this is available to the user with existing USB charging accessories—no new cables and wall chargers to buy.

Quick Charge 1.0 is offered to our customers as an integrated solution (as part of the PMIC, or power management integrated circuit) and a standalone solution that interfaces to the USB connector. Any phone or tablet’s charging port can be enabled with Quick Charge.

Qualcomm Quick Charge 1.0 is available today in more than 70 Snapdragon-based devices including the Droid DNA by HTC, Samsung Galaxy S III, Nokia Lumia 920, Vodafone Smart ultra 6, Asus Padfone and LG Nexus 4. Below is a list of some of the commercial Snapdragon devices that feature Quick Charge 1.0. Check out the Snapdragon device finder to view the full breadth of devices and features powered by Snapdragon and come back next week for exciting news on the newest advancement in fast charging technology. Qualcomm Quick Charge is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Acer

Cloudmobile S500

Asus

Padfone

Casio

G’zOne TYPE-L CAL21

Medias X N-07D

MEDIAS U N-02E

MEDIAS U N-02E ONE PIECE

Disney Mobile on docomo N-03E

MEDIAS TAB UL N-08D

Fujitsu

Arrows A 101F

Arrows ef FJL21

Regza Phone T-02D

ARROWS Kiss F-03E

HTC

8X

8S

Droid DNA

Evo 4G LTE

One S

One VX

One SV

HTC J butterfly HTL21

Huawei

Ascend HW-01E

Stream

Kyocera

Digno S KYL21

LG

Escape

Mach

Motion 4G

Nexus 4

Optimus G

Optimus it

Optimus Vu 2

Spectrum 2

Optimus Regard

Optimus LIFE L-02E

Motorola

Atrix HD LTE

Droid RAZR HD

Droid RAZR M

Electrify M

Photon Q 4G LTE

Droid RAZR Maxx HD

Nokia

Lumia 820

Lumia 920

Lumia 822

Lumia 920T

Panasonic

Eluga Power P-07D

Pantech

Flex

Vega PTL21

Vega Racer 2 LTE

Samsung

Galaxy Express

Galaxy Rugby Pro

Galaxy S Relay 4G

Galaxy S III

Galaxy S III Progre

Galaxy Victory 4G

Ativ S

Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (LTE)

Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (LTE)

Galaxy Tab 7.7 Plus

Sharp

Aquos Phone Series

Aquos Phone Serie SHL21

Aquos Phone si SH-01E

Aquos Phone sv SH-10D

Aquos Phone Xx 106SH

Aquos Phone Zeta

Aquos Phone Zeta SH-02E

SH-01E Vivienne Westwood

PANTONE 6 200SH

AQUOS PAD SHT21

Sony

Xperia AX SO-01E

Xperia GX SO-04

Xperia SX SO-05D

Xperia TL

Xperia T

Xperia VL SOL21

Vodafone

Vodafone Smart ultra 6

Xiaomi

MI2

Mi2

ZTE

Grand X LTE

Flash