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Anker's Qi2 Chargers Will Charge iPhones at 15W

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Next-generation Qi2 chargers from Anker will charge the iPhone 13, iPhone 14, and iPhone 15 at faster 15W speeds, Anker told The Verge. Current Qi-based chargers from companies like Anker are limited to 7.5W when used with Apple's iPhones, while MagSafe chargers support 15W charging.

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While Qi2 has the same magnetic alignment that MagSafe offers, Apple has not provided details on the Qi2 charging speeds that the iPhone will support. During the introduction of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models, Apple said they support Qi2, but the technical specifications page for the devices says that Qi wireless charging is limited to 7.5W.
Anker spokesperson Mary Woodbury confirmed in an email to The Verge that, unlike older Qi products that were limited to half-speed 7.5W charging with iPhones, the new MagGo products can support 15W charging, the same maximum rate you get with Apple's MagSafe-branded gear.
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Apple has not confirmed 15W charging speeds with Qi2, nor have other manufacturers working on Qi2 provided specific charging speeds, but if Anker's upcoming Qi2 chargers work at 15W, other wireless chargers will likely have the same maximum speed.

The iPhone 15 models have had Qi2 support since they launched, and with the iOS 17.2 that's coming soon, Apple is adding Qi2 support to the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 models.

If Qi2 does support actual 15W charging speeds on the iPhone similar to MagSafe, the certification could help clear up some confusing with existing magnetic wireless chargers. Current Qi-based chargers that have magnets are still limited to 7.5W charging, but manufacturers often like to say that they support up to 15W because other non-iPhone smartphones are able to charge at those speeds.

The first Qi2 chargers are expected in late 2023, and brands like Belkin, Mophie, and Anker have already announced new Qi2 products.

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truthsteve said:
good. let's remove the port from the iPhone next
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With USB-C, there's an enormous world of peripherals that now work on iPhone- without any adapters. The same devices work on Mac, iPad, Windows and Android. It's amazing. Displays, Hubs, Docks, Audio, Input Devices, Video Input, faster charging, 10Gbit transfers.

Why would you want that gone?
 
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Talking about wireless chargers without mentioning the efficiency of the charge is a waste of time. Like obsessing over the range of an electric car without talking about how much power it consumes to cover the miles.

Wasting 30-40% of the power consumed by these chargers is a real issue when you scale that up.
 
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segfaultdotorg said:
I have a MagSafe for iPhone charger (as opposed to the MagSafe for MacBook one) and I never use it. Wireless charging sounds good only in theory.
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Considering they courageously took away the 3.5mm port, I do sometimes use wireless charging while my phone is plugged in to a Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter. Also the MagSafe docks are very handy whether actually applying power or not, they hold the phone at pretty much just the right amount of force to stay put while being easy to remove.
 
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Talking about wireless chargers without mentioning the efficiency of the charge is a waste of time. Like obsessing over the range of an electric car without talking about how much power it consumes to cover the miles.

Wasting 30-40% of the power consumed by these chargers is a real issue when you scale that up.
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I am personally not a big fan of wireless chargers, but efficiency is not a major issue unless you are charging from another battery powered device. iPhone 15 peaks at 17 watt-hours of capacity. If you fully recharge daily, you are spending an extra 2kWh per year to do so wirelessly. That is less than a dollar. I am all for improving efficiency, but focusing on optimizing already tiny amounts is misplaced effort.
 
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With USB-C, there's an enormous world of peripherals that now work on iPhone- without any adapters. The same devices work on Mac, iPad, Windows and Android. It's amazing. Displays, Hubs, Docks, Audio, Input Devices, Video Input, faster charging, 10Gbit transfers.

Why would you want that gone?
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to build/improve wireless solutions for all of that.
 
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I upgrade our iPhones every year and went all in on MagSafe charging when iPhone 12 debuted.

I put chargers in on our nightstands, in the kitchen, my home office, living room and even kept a spare in a travel bag of other power related stuff.

I mounted them all in Elago MS2 charging stands, which I filled with copper BBs to give the charging stations enough heft to have the phone pried off cleanly without any regard for technique.

I also put a 3rd party charger in the car, which ended up being the best mount for the driver because it allowed easy visibility of driving directions while charging the phone.

It was all quite expensive, and sometimes I felt a bit nuts pouring more BBs into another double bagged improvised weight and stuffing it into those stands.

But the results over the past few years have been worth it. We’ve rarely reached for a cable.

I ran the numbers at the start, trying to quantify the time and frustration of cables slipping off bedstands, fiddling with them in the dark, dealing with pulling them back out day after day.

Getting to charge AirPods Pro was a bonus, I switched out my ES2 for the MS1 to get the bedside table mode. Now I just put my iPhone on that vertically and AirPods on the other and power is always sorted out.

It was obvious that the money would be well spent then and it remains that way now.

I don’t know how much 15 Watt will matter. With new phones every year on IUP, the battery life loss isn’t significant. It’s unusual to run low.

But I just bought another pair of Apple MagSafe chargers for a remote work location and those are definitely going back before Amazon’s holiday return deadline if they aren’t somehow automagically upgraded to handle 15W.
 
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I'm beginning to think we got it backwards. The portless iPhone will actually be the SE or base iPhone and the port will remain a "pro" feature with USB4 speeds for the Pro series only (for external SSDs, etc.). No port + no usb controller but the inclusion of Qi2 could end up being cheaper to manufacture than a phone with both but who knows, the price difference is probably miniscule.

Ultimately, I think Apple standardizing MagSafe into Qi2 is a proactive move to prepare for a portless iPhone. That way if a portless iPhone is released with Qi2 as the sole means of charging they will get to claim they're still utilizing an industry standard instead of gatekeeping the best performance (15w+ charging) to a proprietary technology.
 
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