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Of course it does. Carriers have towers in different locations and it takes more power to communicate with a tower that's further away. That's why your phone runs out of power so quickly when you spend the day hiking or camping.

The reason why it takes so long to charge these phones from 80% to 100% is well-understood: rapidly charging a battery when it's nearly full is bad for it. In fact, rapidly charging a battery at all is not great for it. Check out Tesla's page on their Superchargers, in particular the...