Apple Reportedly Planning Smaller and Lighter GaN-Based Chargers

[subi257]

a lot of people don’t realize the quality of Apple chargers far exceed many third party chargers http://www.righto.com/2012/05/apple-iphone-charger-teardown-quality.html

considering usb-c type chargers are a much more risky investment, $19 isn’t all that bad for a 20w

Including the fact that a lot of the are neither UL nor MFI approved.

A few years back there was a woman who was electrocuted....dead (sarcasm) because she was using a cheap ass $2 knock off Non UL approved adapter cube. Yes, she was in a bathtub, but that charger is supposed to supply 5VDC filtered with no 120VAC component in it....well it passed enough 120VAC to fry her.

 

[Hammerd]

Bill of materials does not include shipping of product to stores, inventory costs, return overhead, warranty costs, packaging, quality control, and etc...

Oh you mean the never-endind 1yr limited warranty?

 

[farewelwilliams]

Oh you mean the never-endind 1yr limited warranty?

if you don’t think apple factors warranty into the costs of a charger, you probably need to learn a thing or two about business.

 

[SirWill]

Navitas Semiconductor is expected to obtain orders from Apple in 2021 for fast charging solutions based on gallium nitride or "GaN" technology, according to Taiwanese industry publication DigiTimes. The report claims that Apple's chipmaking partner TSMC will supply Navitas with GaN chips as part of an existing partnership.

This supply chain news suggests that Apple is planning GaN versions of its USB-C power adapters, allowing them to be smaller and lighter, more power efficient, and less heat conductive compared to its current chargers, which are based on silicon. Many other brands like Anker and Belkin have introduced GaN chargers over the last few years. It's unclear if Apple's first GaN chargers would be ready for release this year.

Navitas is the creator of GaNFast, a gallium nitride solution that the company says is found in some of the most popular fast chargers in the world. GaNFast has been adopted by several brands, such as Aukey, Dell, Lenovo, and Xiaomi. Last year, the company said GaNFast-based solutions include wall chargers ranging from 24W to 300W.

Apple no longer includes power adapters in the box with iPhone and Apple Watch models that it sells, but it continues to sell a variety of power adapters on a standalone basis, including 5W and 12W USB-A options and 20W, 30W, 61W, and 96W USB-C options.

Article Link: Apple Reportedly Planning Smaller and Lighter GaN-Based Chargers

I did some checking and other than the Apple one just having the one charge port on the 140W It is actually priced fairly competitively. SlimQ has a 150W PD 3.0 one for $10 less. $100 for the 140W with PD 3.1 is actually a good deal currently. Why would I choose a different one and save $10 and have it be questionable if I will truly get the fast charge even because it is only PD 3.0 Nope if I need a 2nd one at this time I will stay with Apple on the adapter. But nice to know they are using a standard.