2018 iPhones Again Said to Have Faster 18W USB-C Charger in Box

[Sasparilla]

Nice to see them doing this so we have the option to quick charge - thank you to the Android marketplace for nudging Apple to do this.

Now batteries tend to get hot when they are charged fast and that affects their life (capacity). This is probably the only advantage of the 5 watt charger - the batts don't get hot charging up with it.

That said, its easy enough to get a battery replaced nowadays after a couple of years. JMHO..

 

[iAVERY]

As you can tell from the replies, a lot of people care.

You cry and whine about literally everything. If they offered USB-C phones, you'd be whining that your existing peripherals don't work.

I myself would love a usb type c iPhone. They will remove the lightning port before that happens unfortunately.

 

[DotCom2]

Apple's philosophy is to price products based on their own idea of how insanely great magical they are to us, the fortunate customer. At a bare minimum, they get their 50% gross margin; be it laptop, cable or dongle.

That is why I have been buying Apple stock since 2008. At least I get a good return on my money that way.

 

[lec0rsaire]

I guess this will finally end all the noise about not being able to charge and sync iPhones with MacBooks out of the box. Doesn’t seem like Apple will be ditching lightning anytime soon since the port is smaller, albeit not that much, than USB-C. USB-C cables are also thicker.

 

[Hustler1337]

A step in the right direction, but they still couldn't pluck up the courage to scrap their proprietary Lightning cable in favour of true USB-C.

 

[jeremysteele]

Does it reduce battery life if you always charge using fast charging ?

If they engineer their battery right, the difference should be negligible. I know people with older Samsungs w/ fast charging that still hold a charge fine (well, for any 2 year old phone!)

 

[itsmilo]

So this means the iPhone XS or whatever will start at like 1.199€. Up from „only“ 1.149€.

This and probably still starting at only 64 GB for the entry model. Cannot wait!

 

[cale508]

This would be nice and I really hope it's true, but knowing Apple, I don't think so.

 

[lec0rsaire]

So, the charger has USB-C and the phone Lighting?

Elegant. Simply elegant solution.

Lightning is also reversible like USB-C. Why ditch a smaller, proprietary port when there is no reason to? If you were Apple you would sell as many USB-C to lighting cables as you could. I sure as hell would!

 

[Matthew.H]

I guess this will finally end all the noise about not being able to charge and sync iPhones with MacBooks out of the box. Doesn’t seem like Apple will be ditching lightning anytime soon since the port is smaller, albeit not that much, than USB-C. USB-C cables are also thicker.

People with USB-C Macbooks will stop complaining and people with older Macbooks will start complaining that they have to buy another cable .

 

[enmanuelrrr]

I don't think they would ditch the Lightning port for a USB-C port on the phone. They would rather keep the Lightning port and ship the phone with a Lightning to USB-C cable as they make a lot of money through their MFi program. Also, they have never made an iPhone with a universal connector such as USB-C. They have always had proprietary connectors on their phones.

 

[lec0rsaire]

This would be nice and I really hope it's true, but knowing Apple, I don't think so.

It probably is. The 12” MacBook will have been out for 3.5 years and the touch bar MBPs for almost 2. It makes sense to do this now. Those with older 2015 and earlier MBPs and iMacs will have to use the older lightning Type-A cables.

 

[Gilligan's last elephant]

That's a very good question and a very common one. It does not affect battery life but it generates more heat than slow charging. Now, heat does impact battery lifespan and it damages your battery quick.
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Yes, the iPhone regulates the current it is receiving. It doesn't matter if you charge it with a 29W or 87W USB-C charger.

Maybe higher powered chargers not such a good idea.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....ger-iphone-fire-leah-shead-bedroom-keith/amp/

 

[kemal]

My Galaxy S8/S9 will 10 Watt fast charge provided one uses the included charger and the special Samsung cable. I would be afraid to leave the phone alone if it tried to charge at any hotter rate. I can wait if it saves my battery. Hot is bad.

 

[bladerunner2000]

As you can tell from the replies, a lot of people care.

You cry and whine about literally everything. If they offered USB-C phones, you'd be whining that your existing peripherals don't work.

Prove me wrong. Apple doesn't respect it's consumers. Sounds like you don't seem to care.

 

[avanpelt]

This is a logical change. It makes no sense that today, you can buy the newest, top of the line MacBook Pro and the newest, top of the line iPhone and you can't connect one to the other over a wire without purchasing an additional cable.

 

[Matthew.H]

Maybe higher powered chargers not such a good idea.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....ger-iphone-fire-leah-shead-bedroom-keith/amp/

Reading that article it says the phone was on the bed whilst being charged. It also says she would have the phone under her pillow or on pillows next to her. Very likely the phone just overheated.

 

[Kirb112]

I wish we could just go to one charger. If the phones had a USB-C port, wouldn't this be amazing. I know that everything is going toward wireless charging tho.

 

[anshuvorty]

Does it reduce battery life if you always charge using fast charging ?

Yes. I have been charging using the iPad charger on my iPhone X when I go to bed at night and when I used the Battery Health utility in the battery section of Settings, it showed that my capacity was at 98% instead of 100% like many other iPhone X users using the standard 5W charger.

 

[lec0rsaire]

Maybe higher powered chargers not such a good idea.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....ger-iphone-fire-leah-shead-bedroom-keith/amp/

I’ve always charged my iPhones with the iPad adapters since 2011. Whatever possible depletion is worth it for the convenience. I usually don’t charge it with my MBP unless I’m already using and charging the MBP as well. My 7 Plus has 93% capacity after a year of normal everyday use.

If you want to charge even faster just turn on low power mode. It gets up to 80% much faster than if the high performance cores are activated.

 

[Analog Kid]

People with USB-C Macbooks will stop complaining and people with older Macbooks will start complaining that they have to buy another cable .

Nobody here will ever stop complaining.

 

[groovyd]

I'll bet that from a materials cost (BOM) and manufacturing perspective, manufacturing a higher output charger doesn't cost much more money if any than the little 5W charger. The artificial elevated prices of these higher powered chargers only exists because Apple enjoys jacking up the price.

the truth is they most likely cost less...

 

[Falhófnir]

Fast-charging for iPad typically has meant 2.1A@5VDC, or 10.5W chargers. Traditionally Apple-included iPhone chargers are 1A@5VDC, or 5W.

With 1these 8W chargers, then the amperage is scaled-up to 3.6A@5VDC. Or a whopping 360%.

I assume that the charged device controls the amperage supplied by the charger, via current limiting. Or, otherwise, bad things will happen.

That’s usually how it works, the phone already goes into trickle charge mode (at least if you’re using an iPad charger, the supplied iPhone chargers are barely more than trickle at full throttle ) past about 90%.

 

[recoil80]

This is a logical change. It makes no sense that today, you can buy the newest, top of the line MacBook Pro and the newest, top of the line iPhone and you can't connect one to the other over a wire without purchasing an additional cable.

This.
And if you just need to charge the phone you can use the wall plug so you don't care about USB-C or A connector

 

[lec0rsaire]

I wish we could just go to one charger. If the phones had a USB-C port, wouldn't this be amazing. I know that everything is going toward wireless charging tho.

Wireless charging is going to make a huge difference once every car is equipped with it. Many car companies have it for MY 2019. The same thing with cafes and bistros.