Universal charger for laptop/mobile


  1. Posts : 469
    Win 7 home premium 32 bit
       #1

    Universal charger for laptop/mobile


    why can not the laptop/mobile phone manufacturers agree on universal chargers. it will make life easier for users
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  2. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #2

    The don't care about making life easier.
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  3. NoN
    Posts : 4,166
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]
       #3

    At least i can use my phone charger with my other small devices that have the same micro usb plug. A laptop can have 55W to 95W charger that is just too powerful for a smartphone/mobile to be converted.
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  4. Posts : 2,468
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #4

    I see two main reasons for this.

    For one, different models of notebooks and phones vary widely in their electrical specifications. Each one uses different battery models, which in turn provide different voltages/currents/power, which in turn require different electrical characteristics on the chargers they use.

    Batteries are different basically because each model has different power specification, characteristics and devices, and also evolving battery technologies call for different chargers. For example, notebooks use much bigger batteries, and the CPUs are optimized for computing power while phones are meant to save energy at the cost of CPU power, hence they use smaller, more portable batteries.
    And in turn, each one ends up using a different voltage and currents, requiring another charger.

    It's theoretically possible to put adapters in front of batteries so that a single charger satisfies all, but that raises the cost of every computer out there and increases volume and weight, something that few people would accept. Variable chargers are also possible, but that also makes it more expensive for little reason. This is the part where it's practically difficult to make such a charger.

    Another reason for not making such chargers is the vendor lock-in it creates. This is obviously bad for the user but highly desirable for companies making the chargers, as it forces the user to buy a specific model from a specific company, with little chances of finding an alternative supplier or a better model. This is the part where they "don't care"
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  5. Posts : 469
    Win 7 home premium 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    thank's alejandro85 for detail answer
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