One watt of GaN is less than one yuan, and it is free shipping by SF Express? Lenovo has launched a price war on GaN.

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One watt of GaN is less than one yuan, and it is free shipping by SF Express? Lenovo has launched a price war on GaN. [Copy link]

 

It has been more than four years since the mass production of gallium nitride chargers. The price has also gradually become more affordable from hundreds of yuan. Recently, it was discovered that Lenovo has quietly launched a price war for gallium nitride fast charging. The price of 65W dual-port gallium nitride fast charging has been directly lowered to 59.9 yuan, which is less than one yuan per watt, and it is free shipping by SF Express.

On May 15, 2022, Lenovo officially launched a price war for gallium nitride fast charging on the e-commerce platform. The YOGA 65W dual-port USB-C gallium nitride charger is only 59.9 yuan. This is a serious high-power gallium nitride charger, not a low-power 20W one. 65W can charge laptops and supports fast charging of two devices at the same time.

What is the concept of 59.9 yuan for GaN? We selected eight 65W dual-port GaN chargers with the same specifications on the market for comparison. We can see that the general price in the industry is more than 100 yuan. Lenovo's move directly brings the price of GaN fast chargers to the same level as ordinary chargers. If you used to choose ordinary chargers because you didn't buy GaN because it was "expensive", then Lenovo's 59.9 yuan price this time can be said to give you no reason to refuse it.

GaN fast charging price trend

Gallium nitride (GaN) has unique properties such as large bandgap, high breakdown electric field, high thermal conductivity, high electron saturation drift velocity, and small dielectric constant, and is known as the third-generation semiconductor material. GaN has shown great potential in optoelectronic devices, power devices, radio frequency microwave devices, lasers, and detection devices, and has even brought about a leapfrog technological iteration for the industry.

In 2018, GaN technology came out of the laboratory and was officially applied to the charger field, allowing high-power chargers to be quickly miniaturized, with a volume only half the size of traditional silicon (Si) power device chargers. GaN fast charging has brought about changes in the charger industry. However, as a new technology, GaN chargers were priced at hundreds of RMB at the time, which was simply unaffordable for ordinary users.

In 2020, the upstream and downstream industries of GaN have matured, production capacity has been guaranteed, costs have fallen, and the price of GaN chargers has fallen to a certain extent compared to when they were released, with the price of 100 yuan becoming the mainstream. The 100 yuan GaN fast chargers have begun to attract high-demand users to buy, but compared with traditional chargers, the price of GaN fast chargers is still a certain distance.

In 2022, the power of mobile phone fast charging exceeded 100W, and laptops fully supported USB PD fast charging. The combination of various phenomena has made the GaN fast charging industry enter a white-hot stage, with further subdivision of categories and further widening of the upper and lower limits of prices, which can exceed 1,000 yuan and reach tens of yuan. Among them, the price of cost-effective GaN fast chargers is very close to that of ordinary chargers, and the whole nation is celebrating.

How does the 59.9 yuan gallium nitride charger perform?

The YOGA 65W dual-port gallium nitride charger has been deeply tested by the charging head network. It is available in black and white. The shell is made of a smooth and bright surface process, and then hot-stamped with a silver "YOGA" LOGO, with a delicate and beautiful texture.

YOGA 65W dual-port gallium nitride charger has two USB-C output ports. USB-C1 has five fixed voltage outputs: 5V3A / 9V3A / 12V3A / 15V3A / 20V3.25A. It also supports a set of PPS voltage subsets from 5-11V3A, with a maximum output power of 65W, which can feed mainstream ultrabooks on the market. USB-C2 has three fixed voltage outputs: 5V3A / 9V2A / 12V1.5A, with a maximum output power of 18W. In addition to the USB PD fast charging standard, it also supports the QC fast charging protocol, which can be used for digital products such as mobile phones, tablets, and notebooks.

The YOGA 65W dual-port gallium nitride charger adopts a foldable plug design. For cross-regional travelers, the YOGA 65W dual-port gallium nitride charger also supports 100-240V global power grids. It can provide a maximum output power of 65W (65W / 45W+18W / 18W) under a 200-240V 50/60Hz power grid, and a maximum output power of 50W (45W+5W / 45W / 18W) under a 100-200V 50/60Hz power grid.

The charger is made of third-generation gallium nitride chips, integrating power devices, drivers, protection and logic circuits in an ultra-high-density design. The dimensions are only 50mm X 50mm X 30mm. Based on the nominal output power of 65W, its power density reaches 0.86W/cm, which is only about half the size of Apple's 61W charger.

YOGA 65W dual-port GaN charger can perform PD fast charging for two devices at the same time, supporting the combination of different devices such as mobile phone + mobile phone, notebook + mobile phone, etc. When it detects that two devices need power at the same time, it intelligently adjusts the output power to 45W + 18W to achieve dual-port fast charging at the same time.

The conclusion is: big brand, solid quality, good performance, dual-port charging, worth buying.

Summarize

At present, the GaN fast charging market is divided into several major camps, including mobile phone manufacturers such as Xiaomi, Nubia, Lenovo, Huawei, OPPO, and VIVO; third-party accessory manufacturers such as Anker, Baseus, UGREEN, and MOMAX; factory-operated brands such as MOQIS and AOHI; and geek brands such as Shanji and TEGIC.

Lenovo has launched a price war for GaN fast chargers this time, taking the lead in the industry and bringing the price of the 65W mainstream GaN fast charger, which was originally hovering in the 100 yuan range, directly to the price level of ordinary chargers. Facing the 618 promotion, other lineups will also be forced into the involution mode, and come up with corresponding cost-effective models, so that consumers can experience the fun of fast charging at a lower price.

It took only four years for GaN chargers to be popularized and their prices to match those of ordinary chargers. In addition, many mobile phones even come with GaN fast chargers as standard, allowing more users to experience the compact, portable, and high-performance features of GaN fast chargers. In the future, in addition to continuing to grow in the consumer electronics market, GaN fast chargers will also be used in more industries such as PC power supplies and new energy vehicles, achieving full success.

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PDD bought one.

It's a pity that there is no cable. It would be great if I could replace SF Express with a regular courier + fast charging cable.

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In 2022, the power of mobile phone fast charging exceeded 100W, and laptops fully supported USB PD fast charging. The combination of various phenomena has made the GaN fast charging industry enter a white-hot stage, with further subdivision of categories and further widening of the upper and lower limits of prices, which can exceed 1,000 yuan and reach tens of yuan. Among them, the price of cost-effective GaN fast chargers is very close to that of ordinary chargers, and the whole nation is celebrating.