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Anker's New 100W GaN Charger Features Three USB Ports, 34% Smaller Size Than Apple's 96W Charger

SoybeanStasher said:
I would 100% prefer 3 USB-Cs. I can’t seem to find a reliable 100ish watt GaN charger with 3 C ports
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I’ve been using this for a few months and it works very well!

www.hypershop.com

HyperJuice Stackable GaN 100W USB-C Charger

World's first 100W USB-C GaN charger with pass-through AC power outlet that allows charger to be stacked together to become a 1600W charger, all from one wall outlet.
www.hypershop.com www.hypershop.com
 
dmx said:
Should make it 3 USB-C ports. I’m personally done buying chargers with USB-A ports.
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Apart from the fact that the world is full of USB-A connected devices that need charging, isn't the Apple Watch charger USB-A? How do you charge the AW from a USB-C port without some sort of adapter?
 
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senttoschool said:
Macrumors forum: Chinese make crap products and can only steal IP
Also Macrumors forum: Anker makes great products with great value

Anker is a Chinese company.

It never amazes me how both racist and greedy some people are.
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Mkay, and here’s what you said on April 11th, 2022.

“I want my iPhone to be made in China. I think the quality is better in China and they have more humane work conditions in China than in India.”

/end quote

Senttoschool, It’s racist to assume the quality and working conditions are better in China as opposed to India. You haven’t even had the opportunity to use an Indian made iPhone nor are you aware of the contrast between Indian and Chinese labor laws.
 

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dmylrea said:
Apart from the fact that the world is full of USB-A connected devices that need charging, isn't the Apple Watch charger USB-A? How do you charge the AW from a USB-C port without some sort of adapter?
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The Apple Watch now has a USB-C charging cable, which is also how the latest Apple Watch models support fast charging
 
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KPOM said:
I've had good luck with this charger so far.

www.amazon.com

100W Multiport USB C Charger, 4-Port PD Power Adapter GaN PPS Fast Charging Adapter Compatible for MacBook Pro/Air, Dell XPS 13, iPad, iPhone 13/13 Mini/13 Pro Max/12, Galaxy S21/S20, Pixel-Black

100W Multiport USB C Charger, 4-Port PD Power Adapter GaN PPS Fast Charging Adapter Compatible for MacBook Pro/Air, Dell XPS 13, iPad, iPhone 13/13 Mini/13 Pro Max/12, Galaxy S21/S20, Pixel-Black
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Looks pretty nice. It says it's UL-Listed. Is the UL logo actually on the charger? Is there also a TUV logo?
 
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Apple chargers have looked positively antiquated against Anker’s for some time now. No wonder they stopped including them in the box, competitors are out-innovating them at every turn.
 
This is great, and I have been waiting for this, but I can’t help but ask, where are all the PD3.1 chargers? PD3.1 was announced almost a year ago, and the only notable charger that supports the standard is from Apple (which is surprising). I saw today that Baseus supposedly has a new PD3.1 160W charger, but I can’t find it anywhere online for purchase; never mind, it’s a company that I don’t trust. I need a new charger, so this offering from Anker will probably be it, but I was hoping we would have some PD3.1 options by now.
 
randomnut said:
Apple chargers have looked positively antiquated against Anker’s for some time now. No wonder they stopped including them in the box, competitors are out-innovating them at every turn.
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Why do people think that Apple have to make All their products better than All their competitors, All of the time. How are Anker going with their Mac Studio equivalent? "Can't Innovate, my arse…"

btw, Apple have always had companies ‘supporting' their products, and they’re fine with that. That’s why they sell non Apple products in their store.
 
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wowotoe said:
When both chargers are overheated and burned down your house, I've more faith in Apple to take actions and reimburse any damage caused by their chargers.
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Describing and comparing a system based on one component is not good practice, but I’m going to do it here anyways. The 140w Apple GaN charger uses a chip from Navita. Navita supplies GaN chips to numerous other companies, including Anker.
 
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steve09090 said:
Why do people think that Apple have to make All their products better than All their competitors, All of the time. How are Anker going with their Mac Studio equivalent? "Can't Innovate, my arse…"

btw, Apple have always had companies ‘supporting' their products, and they’re fine with that. That’s why they sell non Apple products in their store.
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Because apple always describe all of their products as the most innovative , best in class, and ‘magical’.

Either they’re striving for that in all of their products, or they’re not.

Their chargers… well, they’re not.
 
dmylrea said:
Apart from the fact that the world is full of USB-A connected devices that need charging, isn't the Apple Watch charger USB-A? How do you charge the AW from a USB-C port without some sort of adapter?
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The world is ALSO full of USB-A chargers, quite a few from Anker. What the world is NOT full of, is chargers with USB-C only connectors.
 
oneMadRssn said:
The chart is just explaining what the wattages will be depending on what port is plugged in, this is just hard-coded logic based on which ports have a plug inserted. There is nothing intelligent about it. It would be intelligent if the wattages supplied were based on how much each device was capable of drawing. For example, Anker has other multi-port USB-A chargers that are able to intelligently assign 5w, 12w, or 18w depending on what kind of device is plugged in, and it's totally agnostic as to which port you use.
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Let’s assume you only have devices capable of 5w, 12w or 18w. This charger would work the same as those because even with 3 18w devices, that’s only 54w, well under the 100w max. Each device gets the charge it can handle.

This is a device capable of providing power to devices from 5w up to 100w. And, unless the charger is capable of providing full power to all ports (225.5w on this one), then the only choice left is to intelligently have the ports step down to the specific maximums approved USB-C charging wattages that add up to less than 100w.
 
I’d prefer all usb c too. I’m not buying anything anymore that’s not usb c Anymore. Just need the iPhone to go that way.
 
Unregistered 4U said:
then the only choice left is to intelligently have the ports step down to the specific maximums approved USB-C charging wattages that add up to less than 100w.
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That would be great, but this device cannot do what you described.

If I plug a 20W device into either USB-C port, then USB-C the other one is limited to 60W or 40W (both totals well under 100W maximum). It doesn't care what is in either USB-C or what wattage the other USB-C is using. All it knows is 2 devices = limit to 40W/60W split. That's not intelligent, that's a preset limit.

Intelligent would be: Know what X wattage each port is using via the USB-C PD handshake protocol or by measuring, and dynamically adjust the other port maximum to allow 100w-X.
 
oneMadRssn said:
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That would be great, but this device cannot do what you described.

If I plug a 20W device into either USB-C port, then USB-C the other one is limited to 60W or 40W (both totals well under 100W maximum). It doesn't care what is in either USB-C or what wattage the other USB-C is using. All it knows is 2 devices = limit to 40W/60W split. That's not intelligent, that's a preset limit.

Intelligent would be: Know what X wattage each port is using via the USB-C PD handshake protocol or by measuring, and dynamically adjust the other port maximum to allow 100w-X.
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I imagine it has something to do with the combination and limits of the internal components that can be shoved onto a circuit board. Even Apple’s own charges support a very specific set of wattages. You can see this listed on any Apple charger in small print in the form of V==A. I’ve added a photo of my 96W MacBook charger to show this. I don’t think a charger exists that does what you want it to.
 
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