SONICable claims it can charge in 50% of time?

Anybody saying it charges faster without data and context is meaningless. Are you charging with a computer USB port? Are you syncing data the same time, or not (and how long does the sync take before it's done and no longer a factor)? How long does it take to charge it with just the power brick (and what power supply - a 1A iPhone power supply or a 2.1A iPad power supply)? From what charge level are you charging from? And how old is the beattery and how many cycles does it have?

If somebody is going to claim that a cable alone magically improves charging time, they need to be explicit by just what they mean by "faster" than what? They need to supply actual data relative to an explicit standard.

SONICable wants your money. Their cable will not speed up charging.

According to, if I recall correctly, community member Lawrence Finch, you can charge your iPhone 6/6+ faster with the iPad charger.

Meg St._Clair wrote:

According to, if I recall correctly, community member Lawrence Finch, you can charge your iPhone 6/6+ faster with the iPad charger.

Yes I can confirm that as well, I've used the iPad charger on my own iP6 and it does charge faster. As for Sonic's claims I'm suspicious.

It says that it can disable syncing, and that is what improves charging speed. And while that makes sense... you can do the same thing just by plugging it into the AC adaptor and plugging it into the wall. It doesn't 'sync' while charging this way. What's it going to sync with; the wall outlet?

In other words, it may have an effect while connected to a USB port on your computer, but it wouldn't have any impact if you were charging it while connected to the wall.

If you really want to speed up charging? Connect it to a wall outlet, and turn on Airplane Mode. I've seen my device charge up from almost dead to fully charged in about 30-40% of the time it normally takes when I've got data connectivity.

FYI

USB 2 ports are limited to 900mA unless they are a 'charge only' port, in which case it's 1.5A. If this cable makes the data/charge port appear to be a charge only port it could do what it says.

A charging port can supply currents between 500 mA and 1.5 A without digital negotiation (on demand)

Csound1 wrote:

FYI

USB 2 ports are limited to 900mA unless they are a 'charge only' port, in which case it's 1.5A. If this cable makes the data/charge port appear to be a charge only port it could do what it says.

A charging port can supply currents between 500 mA and 1.5 A without digital negotiation (on demand)

Was just trying to keep it in 'layman's terms', but I understand your point.

If it ever goes on sale we'll see. 🙂

Csound1 wrote:

If it ever goes on sale we'll see. 🙂

With as much money they've already got pledged? It better be made for sale and out in the public.

$10,000 goal but they're at $102,000? It's either an awesome scam or they should be in production already...

I'm skeptical about this cable, too.

Phones (and batteries in general) are usually designed to charge at certain rates to ensure that the battery can last a certain amount of time before it needs to be recharged again after you unplug it from the charger.

I had the droid razr maxx. The phone (back in the day) was considered to have really good battery life for its size.

But at what cost?

Motorola designed the phone making some concessions to make the phone have a long battery life once it was unplugged.

The most notable item was that the phone charged really slow. In order to keep the long battery life it has to charge slow.

There are battery charging articles that confirm this.

On the other hand, the Droid Turbo, which has battery life that blows the Maxx (back in the day was last year!) out of the water, can charge, with the appropriate charger, in less time than almost any phone I've ever seen.

Buyer beware! Unfortunately I did not read this thread. Stupidly I purchased a cable two weeks ago.

The transaction went through, and PayPal sent me a receipt that they received the money I never received an email from them, and a day later I checked their webpage, and my order was canceled

My Sonicable came in the mail, and I can confirm that it does charge twice as fast.

I received mine today. Currently testing it. Does seem to be charging at a faster pace. Ill reply back with results.

How long did it take to charge your device before you got this cable.