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by Kirby64 922 days ago
12V isn't a 'standard' USB-PD voltage, so pretty much none of them. Tons of phones charge at 9V, though. And some use 15V.

The regulators/buck converters you speak of are inside the phones these days. They want a higher voltage even if the battery itself is 3-4.2V, so losses from cabling are lower and you don't need a special 5A cable to handle charging at the fastest rate.