Re: Will you use the turbo charger as your daily charger?
It comforts me that its the only charger included (they wouldn't have done that if it was bad, right?), but since I'll never need a mid-day charge I wonder if it would be at all healthier for the battery to simply use a normal 1a charger overnight.
I was wondering the same. I asked that question in the other thread. Does the turbo charger speed hurt the battery when compared to a slower charger? Should it be used when absolutely necessary or every day/night? I assume the answers to these questions are no, it does not harm the battery. I don't think that Moto would have included it stock if it did. They assume (rightfully) that we will all use the included charger as our main charger for this phone. There would be future lawsuits if it damaged the components of the phone, including the battery.
It is interesting to discuss though. Everybody has something different to say when it comes to these Li-Ion batteries. My father bought the Note 4 the other day and they told him to let the phone discharge to 5% before fully charging it to 100% at least three times to "condition" the battery. They further said that if you charge your phone at 50% instead of when it gets low, that the phone recognizes 50% as being "low" and battery life will decrease.
Whether or not that is true, my father listened to the T-Mobile salesman for his previous phone, the G2, and noticed significantly less battery life when he started charging at 50% after always charging when it got very low.
A lot of the "speed" of a charger is related to the USB standards regarding the power output. For the most part, the rate at which a charger can charge a device is dependent on the amps that the charger can deliver, because USB power is generally set at 5V (Amps x Volts = Watts). What Motorola did with the "Turbo Charger" is actually increase the voltage that it can deliver to higher than 5V. If you look at the specifications on the charger, I believe it's actually rated to provide output at 3 different power levels: the standard 5V, 9V, and 12V. By doing this, they are able to deliver considerable more watts than a standard USB changer which is limited to 5V output.
In order to comply with USB, the charger must normally operate at the standard output of 5V, and it only steps the voltage up with the device it's connected to is designed to use it.
The Droid Turbo's processor is built recognize the required power level and accept the higher voltage output, and then step back once fully charged, just as any other phone does. For this reason, you should have no issues plugging it in and walking away and/or leaving it charging overnight -- at least not any more than any other phone with a regular charger. (The "should I charge my phone" overnight is separate argument in and of itself).
I've noticed the phone gets quite warm when charging on the turbo charger, but cools down quickly once it reaches 100% battery, even if it's still plugged in.
Is it both pieces that make it turbo charge or is it the part that plugs into the wall?
The USB cable that goes from the wall wart to the phone looks like an ordinary USB cable.
The part that plugs into the wall is what delivers the extra power, however I wouldn't be surprised if the cable were specially made as well...it's
possible that if you used a generic USB cable that the turbo charging features wouldn't work. (I haven't tested that)
i tried plugging the Droid Turbo charger into the Droid Maxx to see if I could even get a "regular" charge and it doesn't even register on the phone.
I'm kind of surprised by this, because it did work with my tablet and my bother in-law's phone. Whether it works or not, just know that unless the phone has a processor that allows it to use the "turbo charger" setting, it will charge at 5V/1.6A and not the higher power levels, so it won't charge other devices any faster than their usual charger.
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