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Anker Releases MagSafe-Compatible Battery Pack for iPhone 12 Lineup
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Pretty much. That and I think there aren't any sort of software hooks, like where when you put a case on it shows the color, etc.
I personally think I like this concept. the battery cases are ugly, and difficult to remove when you want your phone to be thin and light. But why on earth does it have to be so thick? Here's hoping apple follows through on this concept with a much more streamlined design. make it as thin as the phone and I'm sold.
Man, if you ever thought wireless charging was decently efficient then look no further than this product.
5000 mAh and only a full charge for the 12 mini which carries a 2227 mAh battery, and it only charges with 5W at most?
Wow, that's a terrible waste of power and time both when charging the battery pack and discharging it.
If the charging speed was just more than 10W then maybe the more than 50 percent loss would be acceptable.
5000 mAh and only a full charge for the 12 mini which carries a 2227 mAh battery, and it only charges with 5W at most?
Wow, that's a terrible waste of power and time both when charging the battery pack and discharging it.
If the charging speed was just more than 10W then maybe the more than 50 percent loss would be acceptable.
5W is fine for overnight charging but I wouldn't want to use a brick like that on a phone for the few hours it will take to recharge the phone.
That is a chunky monkey. Looks like it was rushed to beat Apple to market.
honestly, i have no clue. i am sure magnets provide an almost perfect alignment, compared to the Qi stuff. so efficiency can be better, but i doubt we have significant differences. if there would be any breakthrough stuff, they would've mentioned it in the keynote. the amount of distance magnetic charging can bridge is proportional to the diameter of the coils: wider coils means longer reach. in the MagSafe setup the coils cannot use all available space, as the phone also needs to accommodate the magnets around the charging coil - albeit i am not entirely sure whether the magnets themselves play a role in the transmission - and also the MagSafe charger part is more compact compared to regular Qi charger.
This seems like one of those memes: Stop trying to make MagSafe happen.
With the previous smart cases I could at least put the phone in my pocket.
Being able to take the battery off is semi interesting. But, it then is just an attached battery and not really part of the phone like the old smart cases.
Also, how does that get charged? Is that a QI charger to the MagSafe battery charger to your phone?
With the previous smart cases I could at least put the phone in my pocket.
Being able to take the battery off is semi interesting. But, it then is just an attached battery and not really part of the phone like the old smart cases.
Also, how does that get charged? Is that a QI charger to the MagSafe battery charger to your phone?
is that due to just wasted energy lost while transferring the charge over to the phone? I thought it was odd that a 5000mah device couldn’t charge the pro max to 100% given its 3687mah battery.
Even a tightly coupled transformer will lose a few % in transfer efficiency resulting in the transformer heating up. A loosely coupled induction charger like Qi or Magsafe will certainly be far less efficient and the result of that will be more heat.
Anker still makes some great stuff. Their Nano 20W USB-C fast charging adapter that’s the same size as the ubiquitous Apple 5W block adapter is a good example. Apples 18W charging adapter is about 3 times the size and still won’t fast charge an iPhone with MagSafe as well.
That said, this MagSafe charger was just an attempt when it should’ve been nothing more than an early prototype instead of a marketed device. Being first to the market is what was driving this thing I imagine.
Because people visit forums to complain for the most part it seems. They see a new product and look for every negative possible even if that negative aspect is virtually non existent. Oh, and everyone seems to know how to do it better as well.
Could I also have a MagSafe-powered flame thrower for burning down swaths of rainforest? I think that would be just about as environmentally-friendly as this.
Because math.
Wireless charging is about 30-40% less efficient.
There are over one billion (with a “B”) iOS devices in the wild. So even if charging a device only takes US$1 per year, you still end up with over $300,000,000-400,000,000 excess unnecessarily used energy if everyone uses wireless charging. Considering a lot of that energy is derived from fossil fuels...
still think these type of things are far better than just bulky cases like current battery cases. be interesting to see apple's version.
I like this because it frees up the lightning port for my wired microphone, so I can keep both the phone charging and video conferencing with a wired mic. Though wireless is less efficient, this also allows for wired charging if you need it. Also, the % difference of wireless vs wired isn’t insignificant, the over all power loss isn’t that great on an individual basis. I could probably reduce my power footprint more significantly by turning off lights in my house or keeping my house heat a degree or two less. personall, I like having options.
plenty of examples out there actually.
finally. thank you. if wireless charging would be the only possibility, we would look at 42% increase in power consumption. not a great plan.