Realme is the first to bring wireless magnetic charging to Android

Realme has announced a new device called Realme Flash, which it says will be the first Android phone to use magnetic wireless charging. While it looks like the company is adopting Apple’s MagSafe system for the iPhone 12 line, Realme takes a somewhat different approach with the initial hardware.

As reported by GSMArena and confirmed by The edge, Realme will launch a wireless magnetic charger called MagDart which is much larger than Apple’s MagSafe washer. Charging speeds are said to exceed the 15W that MagSafe achieves, making it the fastest magnetic charger in the world, but the trade-off is that the device is much thicker and requires an active cooling fan.

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Realme is also working on a thinner MagDart charger that looks a lot more like Apple’s MagSafe washer, Gizmochine reported last week.

According to GSMArena, the Realme Flash will be a flagship phone with a Snapdragon 888 processor. A render leak from the phone shows that at least one model will have 256GB of storage and 12GB of RAM. Sources with knowledge of Realme’s plans tell The edge that it will probably be announced next week.

Realme has never included wireless charging in any of its phones before, although it does sell Qi wireless chargers that work with accessories like headphones. It took sister brand Oppo many years to use the technology, after focusing on the proprietary VOOC wired fast charging system that was also adopted as Dash Charge in several OnePlus phones.