Apple Begins Selling Standalone 18W USB-C Power Adapter, Priced at $29 in United States

[MacRumors]

Apple today began selling its 18W USB-C power adapter as a standalone product. The adapter is priced at $29 in the United States and $39 in Canada and is also available internationally with various plug types.

This is the same power adapter bundled with the latest 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models released in November. When paired with a Lightning to USB-C cable, it can be used to fast charge the latest iPhone models, including the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR.


Article Link: Apple Begins Selling Standalone 18W USB-C Power Adapter, Priced at $29 in United States

 

[dontwalkhand]

Purchased! Finally Apple! I didn’t need a whole MacBook charger for this.

 

[Khedron]

Tim's plan to ship iPhones with no adapters

 

[fawntugboat]

It's showing the block is $39 for me in the U.S.

 

[nutmac]

This adapter is great for iPhones, which charges at 18W maximum. Sadly, new iPad Pros benefit from even faster charger, I believe up to 29W.

 

[The Oak]

For the same price you can get USB-C chargers with more wattage and/or ports on Amazon that give fast charging too.

 

[kalafalas]

no extension option like the 12w

 

[A MacBook lover]

For the same price you can get USB-C chargers with more wattage and/or ports on Amazon that give fast charging too.

And ****** quality, trust me, I looked.

 

[Hazmat401]

Waste of money compared to after market

Last generation iPad charger works well for me still. Not wasting my money

 

[zorinlynx]

This adapter is great for iPhones, which charges at 18W maximum. Sadly, new iPad Pros benefit from even faster charger, I believe up to 29W.

Can iPhone 7 series charge at 18W? I find my iPhone 7 Plus charges at nearly the same speed whether on the included 5W charger or a 12W iPad charger.

 

[thealkimist]

For the same price you can get USB-C chargers with more wattage and/or ports on Amazon that give fast charging too.

Yay! Let’s burn our houses down!

 

[gmanist1000]

So does this charge the iPhone Xs any slower than the 30w one they sell for $49?

 

[newyorksole]

no extension option like the 12w

Hence why i’ll Stick to 30W USB-C.
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Can iPhone 7 series charge at 18W? I find my iPhone 7 Plus charges at nearly the same speed whether on the included 5W charger or a 12W iPad charger.

iPhone 7 doesn’t have fast charging. The 12W does charge your iPhone faster than the 5W.

 

[Sefstah]

Someday, when Apple stops acting like its too good for the rest of the world, there will be a “universal” cable that can be used to charge EVERY device. They should call it USB-C.
No, not a USB-C to lightning cable.
That would defeat the whole purpose of being “universal.”
Get with it already Apple.

 

[max.ine]

$40 for a power brick and no cable?

 

[MrGimper]

And ****** quality, trust me, I looked.

Perhaps you should have looked at Anker gear, which will have many people on here who can vouch for the quality of their stuff, me included, and still have our houses standing.

 

[KrisLord]

The U.K. version is quite nice, it has the folding pins which was previously only available in a 5w version.

 

[Solomani]

Gorgeous! Must buy as a Christmas present to myself.

 

[justperry]

Yay! Let’s burn our houses down!

Or worse, electrocution.

 

[Solomani]

Yay! Let’s burn our houses down!

Christmas trees and after-market iPhone chargers. Many more homes will burn down this Holiday season.
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It's showing the block is $39 for me in the U.S.

I'm looking at Apple's US Store, it clearly says $29. Canada Store is at $39 Maple Dollars.

 

[BaccaBossMC]

So you mean the thing that should have come with all devices since 2017 anyway?

 

[iMEric984]

So no more bitching about the price of a fast charger??? lol. Who am I kidding. Apple could sell these for $5 and people would still complain.

Do people stop to think that maybe apple doesn’t include a fast charger because they know it’s going to kill the battery faster???

 

[nutmac]

Can iPhone 7 series charge at 18W? I find my iPhone 7 Plus charges at nearly the same speed whether on the included 5W charger or a 12W iPad charger.

No, only 8 and newer support 18W.

 

[Böhme417]

So no more bitching about the price of a fast charger??? lol. Who am I kidding. Apple could sell these for $5 and people would still complain.

Do people stop to think that maybe apple doesn’t include a fast charger because they know it’s going to kill the battery faster???

Well, it still means going the Apple-branded route would make it nearly $50 just to get fast charging. Seems reasonable to complain about that...

 

[therockyroad]

Someday, when Apple stops acting like its too good for the rest of the world, there will be a “universal” cable that can be used to charge EVERY device. They should call it USB-C.
No, not a USB-C to lightning cable.
That would defeat the whole purpose of being “universal.”
Get with it already Apple.

You know the latest iPad Pros are USB-C don’t you? And the MacBooks. So they are getting there. I expect the 2019 non-Pro iPad will go USB-C (and Pencil 2.0) so hopefully the iPhones will follow and that will be it.