One of the main inconveniences still plaguing gamers this generation is the need to recharge your controller batteries during long play sessions. If a new accessory from Performance Designed Products (PDP) is any indication, then we finally may be able to put this issue aside.
It's being called the Super Charger and it's being designed for the Xbox One controller. In short, players will be able to charge their Xbox One controller fully in under a minute. Yup. Under one minute. One full charge equals about 10-12 hours of gameplay.
"The Super Charger's unique ability to recharge the Xbox One controller in just seconds reduces interruption in game play sessions – a full recharge during a quick break provides convenience to all gamers," says Tom Roberts, PDP's chief technology officer.
Not much else is known about the Super Charger, but it appears that more details will be revealed during the Consumer Electronics Show this month. If PDP can guarantee the Super Charger's sixty second charging at a reasonable price, then we can't wait to own one of these.
[source ca.ign.com]
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I'll wait until there is a lot of feedback about this product.
60 seconds for a full charge? How is that even possible... even my Samsung phone with it's Fast Charger takes about 45 minutes to charge my battery fully...
Part of me feels the claim is disingenuous and it's more something like it'll give you a full charge in 15 minutes (for example) but you can get a 1 hour charge to get back into your game with a quick 60 second partial charge...
If it really can give a full charge in 60 seconds AND that charge lasts for the stated time then count me in!
No, no, no! We need this technology for our smartphones, not a controller! What a waste lol.
Seriously though, I can't imagine this battery having much life in it.
I'll just stick to my play and charge battery
10-12 hours? That is garbage and will hurt your Xbox One Controller's battery charging capability long term...
On Amazon's site
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DBDPOZ4?keywords=xbox%20one%20plug%20and%20play%20charge%20kit&qid=1451943070&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
Microsoft's official Plug and Play offers up to 30 hours of gameplay on a single charge (under 4 hours).
Cutting that much playtime (only up to 12 hours) with this new recharging device will not be good for your battery with long term use. It will shorten the lifespan of your battery by a lot and will cripple the charge your battery will hold over time.
In short this device isn't charging your battery to 100% capacity and this will damage your battery's ability to reach the 30 hour charge, because of battery conditioning over time.
I'll pass on this and continue to use Microsoft's plug and play recharge device. The cord is long enough for me that when I'm playing it's not a distraction and allows me to get the most use out of your Xbox One Battery.
@chuckyj1 Your premise of an Xbox One controller possessing its own special battery is flawed. The battery is a part of the Play N' Charge kit, not the controller, so presumably this kit has its own as well, making your comparison apples and oranges. From the chunky backside on the picture, the two systems wouldn't even be remotely compatible. Even if they were, though, you're spouting clueless FUD and passing it off as fact with your claims of "damage," and that's offensive in its own right.
Anyway, personally, the prospect of waiting the length of two commercials every twelve hours is a lot more appealing than waiting the length of two feature films every thirty.
Yea they forget to mention the batteries will have a lifespan of 12 charges because of massive overheating. Lol.
@Fath No... really? You would still be charging the MS official battery less than 100% capacity... SO your Controllers battery will go bad faster... Anyone who owns an Xbox One knows you purchase the batter to use with the controller.... And when I state battery Conditioning... it's not clueless and will erode the life span of your battery a lot quicker over time... than using the official product in which, you get more than DOUBLE the playtime with the properly charged battery.
@chuckyj1 I was angrier than I had to be in my first post, so sorry about that; just blowing off some steam after work. Anyway, the point I was trying to make, is that I expect that this kit wouldn't be using the MS battery at all, because...
Batteries are scary technology; we know they're always slowly dying on us, but we can't see it happen. I hate to break it to you, but even your beloved Official Microsoft battery on a strict diet of Official Microsoft cable's gonna go bad for good someday. Lovely thing about the One controllers, though, when the battery does go, you can just buy a new one. In the meantime, not having to outright cancel a multiplayer session when one too many batteries run low is a compelling idea.
edit: Here's an article a quick search turned up discussing batteries that sound an awful lot like this one being developed in labs. Sounds like it does indeed take some really cutting-edge battery design, with nanotubes and whatnot, but the kicker is that it might actually be dramatically longer-lived than current batteries to boot. Article's from a year ago, and predicts the tech could be commercialized within two years, so it might line up. It begs the question of why we're seeing this from some third-tier peripheral maker, instead of trumpeted in Applesung's flagship fondleslabs (energy density problems, maybe?) but it's fascinating stuff regardless. Technology is cool!
http://www.gizmag.com/quick-charge-li-ion-battery/34347/
I'll stick with my bulk-buy duracells.
Your batteries will die after a few super fast charges, I know for sure because all super fast chargers do the same to the batteries.
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