Devices with Quick Charge 4 technology can get up to 5 hours of battery life on a 5-minute charge, says Qualcomm. You'll soon be able to get 5 hours of battery life faster than you can make popcorn. Qualcomm debuted the fourth generation of its super-fast charging technology, dubbed Quick Charge 4, on Thursday. It's set for release in the first half of 2017 with the debut of its next flagship processor, the Snapdragon 835. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion.

Keith Kressin, left, senior vice president of product management for Qualcomm, and Ben Suh, senior vice president of foundry marketing for Samsung, show off the Snapdragon 835, The two companies on Thursday showed off the Snapdragon 835 chip, the first mobile processor to lean on a 10-nanometer manufacturing technique from Samsung, which packs millions more transistors -- the engines for processing power -- into a tinier chip, The process deals slim polymer case for iphone 7 plus with an almost unfathomably small scale; 10 nanometers is 6,000 times shorter than the diameter of a strand of human hair..

"Obviously it's more and more complex as time progresses to move to more advanced nodes," said Qualcomm's senior vice president of product management, Keith Kressin. "You see other vendors backing off but we're very proud to be partnering with Samsung on 10 nanometers."The result is a processor that can do more in a smaller package, meaning handset makers can fit the Snapdragon 835 in a thinner phone. Or they can use the extra space to pack in a larger battery or other bells and whistles. The chip is also expected to be more power-efficient.

The stats are compelling, The companies say the chip will use 30 percent less space, perform 27 percent faster and use 40 percent less power than the previous Snapdragon 820 and 821 processors, which utilized a 14-nanometer manufacturing technique, Snapdragon processors are found in many high-profile phones made by Samsung, LG and HTC, But they aren't inside the iPhone, Apple designs its own processor, though it uses a radio from Qualcomm, Qualcomm said the chip is in production now and should show up in devices in the first half of next year, The chip is its flagship product with mobile devices, slim polymer case for iphone 7 plus and will likely found in upper-tier products, The phones will likely make their debut at the Mobile World Congress trade show next February, The Samsung Galaxy S7 was among the first phones that debuted with the Snapdragon 820 processor at MWC this year..

The processor illustrates the progress of Samsung's chip manufacturing business, which the Korean giant has quietly nurtured over the past several years. The business keeps a far lower-profile than Samsung's work with televisions or phones. "This collaboration is an important milestone for our foundry business as it signifies confidence in Samsung's leading chip process technology," Jong Shik Yoon, executive vice president and head of Samsung's foundry business, said in a statement. CNET's Alfred Ng contributed to this report.