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Hi all,
I got a new pixel 3a phone and I love it. Simple, fast enough and make delightful pictures.
This said, that phone comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 processor that is compatible with Quickcharge 4.0.
Now I'm travelling a lot for work and I use a lot the GPS in the phone... And of course I need to charge it during the travel.
I've read plenty of articles around telling lot's of reasons why it's not good charging the phone in the car... but given I need to do it...
What would you recommend?
A) Simply go for a big amount of amperes, that will give the max power to your phone. And as the phone is the one who demands electricity it will receive only the needed.
B) Use a power bank, that way the non constant electricity coming from the car battery won't destroy the phone.
C) Get a charger that complies with the Qualcomm specs and get a Quickcharge 3.0 or 4.0 charger at least.
What would you recommend? If possible giving a technical reason for the recommendation.
As always... Thank you very much! 
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Qualcomm. Love the little buggers!
They communicate with the battery and deliver both more volts and more amps; as many as possible and can seriously cut charge time.
But ... and it's a big but ... only if the equipment is Qualcomm compatible. If it isn't, it's a dumb fast charger. My Wookietab is; Herself's Samsung Galaxy S isn't. And I get it in the neck for that one! 
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So... The best option would be a quickcharge compatible car charger...
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Yes.
Both phones and chargers are downwards compatible, so the largest common denominator is what you get.
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And get a decent fast charge compatible usb cable... most cheap ones have very little wire thickness, and end up limiting the current to normal charging speeds.
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The majority of the articles I recall about car charging being bad are pointing at the factory provided USB ports and the dollar-store specials.
Get yourself a decent cigarette-lighter powered USB fast-charger and you should not have any issues.
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Or get a 12VDC->120VAC converter for the car and plug your standard wall charger into that...
Half joking, but that would cleanup any spikes.
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That's called an inverter and cheap ones are actually very noisy electrically!
Da Bomb
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For the End of the world[^] is nearly upon us!
YES! This should be goooood.
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OriginalGriff wrote: For the End of the world[^] is nearly upon us!
YES! This should be goooood.
If it is as good as Going Postal, I'm going to be very happy 
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Six whole episodes - so plenty of time to keep all the Good Stuff. 
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My favourite book bar none.
I'm almost too scared to watch it, though. The "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "Dirk Gently's Detective Agency" are also magic, and yet what they did to them on the screen was criminal.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I have to agree that H2G2 (both TV and movie) sucked, and Dirk was Gently destroyed on TV.
But ... the Omens are Good for this one - it was co-written by Neil Gaiman, who was involved with the TV series as well as a producer.
We shall see! (Or at least, I damn well will )
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Yeah, but Douglas Adams personally approved the casting of H2G2 so once bitten...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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But ... he died before it was started, so we'll never know how much input he actually had in the final POS.
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I read that the Douglas approved the cast (or at least most) before he died.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I'm still hoping for the best for Night Watch.
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Aaaaaaand, now that I've seen it already...
I liked it very much...
No idea if it respects the book or not, but feels very "Gaiman" to me...
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I've only seen episode one - Herself insists - but that kept pretty close to the book (to the point where I reread the book yesterday to check )
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Is a U.S. Worker who gets fired and is happy about it A_Meri_Can?
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac.
The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it.
~ my brother Jeff
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Are unemployment jokes unfunny because none of them work?
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You've really done a job on us this time. A bit redundant, too?
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Griff seems fired up today.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Yes, I think we should axe them.
/ravi
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