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"Fast USB Car Charger"

Adrenoreceptor

Adrenoreceptor

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I looked around on on Samsung's web site and didn't even see a car charger USB thing.

Does anyone know if there really is a rating or something for what I should buy? I have one now, and I'm wondering if that one is not as good as maybe a new one would be.

I was going to buy a couple extra cables and was looking at these

They say "fast charging" but it occurred to me if the car charger isn't fast charging, what would be the point in any cable that says it is?

Looking at this charger, it says its a fast charger

What should I know before buying a car charger and more cables?

Any info is appreciated
 
"Fast charging" is a minefield because there are many different fast charging standards out there, plus manufacturers' own proprietary versions. As I recall Samsung's fast charging supports Qualcomm's QC2.0 standard, and a QC3.0 charger should be backward compatible with that, so based on that I think that charger should do what you want.

As for standards, unless Samsung themselves make one then look for QC2.0 or higher (I don't think there's any advantage in higher for the S10, but there might be in future for another phone).
 
Thanks to both of you. I could not find the Samsung charger on their web site because the search feature wasn't intelligent enough to recognize "Car Charger". I had to do chat support and they sent me the link...a "Vehicle Charger". They say its compatible and it was half price at $20 bucks and comes with a cable, so its a good bet and good value.

Here's the Samsung product

I read down the finer print on the Anker charger ocnbrze is using and found this:

"Note Not compatible with Mazda CX-5 2014, Mazda 3 2012, Mazda 3 2013, and Mazda 3 2016. Not compatible with full-speed charging for Note 9, S9, S9+, S10, and S10+. These devices will charge at normal speed"

This is what made me go back to Samsung and ask them about it. Now, it will be interesting to see if the one I bought from them will actually fast charge
 
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