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Apple Says MagSafe Charger Limited to 12W for iPhone 12 Mini
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Thermal concerns and longevity... if you put more power in, battery life is impacted negatively
This MagSafe charger is getting worse and worse every day. They honestly should have delayed it a year to make it up to Apples previous high standards.
Can you imagine the heat from 15W wireless charging? The iPhone 12 mini is too small to dissipate heat effectively.
I'm surprised Apple even allowed 12W.
I'm surprised Apple even allowed 12W.
What I want for the 12 mini is to be able to purchase it without magnets. I don't want to wear magnets in my pocket. I think they understood it wrong when we said we want the magsafe back: we meant in the macbooks, not in our pockets...
For sure not easily. On the other hand, I was blessed being born with two hands, making plugging in a Lightning cable into my iPhone trivial.
Yeah, exactly. Especially since the most useful thing about this gadget is just to have it on a nightstand and charge overnight. At least that's how I plan to use it.
I have simple question - does 15W charging of iPhone 12 works without MagSafe case? I currently have Spigen one and it bothers me...
The environment matters when it helps margins and makes them look good.
I worked for Disney and they cared about the environment when it was beneficial for them, and disregarded it when it wasn’t.
You can’t argue about the hypocrisy of what they’re doing. They tout environmental responsibility, but want to move to wireless (in the next few years). You know how much extra energy they’re going to waste worldwide by doing this?
I’m not saying they shouldn’t push forward with wireless, they most certainly should. But the whole mantra that they are some sort of savior to the environment is cringe.
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For sure not easily. On the other hand, I was blessed being born with two hands, making plugging in a Lightning cable into my iPhone trivial.
Of course the MagSafe charger is stationary, it's not rolling around somewhere. Have you ever seen a wireless charging pad? It lays on a surface face up, you just lay the phone on top of it. And yes, it is quite easy to pick a phone up off the MagSafe charger and disconnect it with one hand, I can say that from personal experience. I have one hand free when I'm laying in bed with a wife/dog/cat on my other arm, or when I'm driving so I don't have to take a hand of the wheel, etc.
I just don't understand why people find it necessary to proclaim their preference to not buy something. Great, that's fine, do you go around to every forum for every product you don't buy and tell people it's not worth it to you?
Oh what a great idea! Imma gonna have to try that!
MagSafe*^
*not really
^conditions apply
*not really
^conditions apply
I’ll personally just keep using my 20 bucks 30w charger from Ankor and a regular cheap wireless charging mat for overnight charging. This whole MagSafe charging seems to introduce issues that needed no fixing. All this money to charge so slow! No thanks
Well, unless the rating of the charger adapter magically changes during the powercut, what's the problem?
I've been using cheap Qi pads since purchasing iPhone XS two years ago. I don't see the appeal of magsafe yet.
I didn't think you could order the mini yet?
Looks nice, I had a cheap Qi charging stand in a spare cup holder in a car I recently sold. No double sided tape needed. Easy to remove if I needed the 3rd cup holder.
Especially since MagSafe is still two hands to remove
So the company that portrays itself as environmentally conscious has made a device that effectively wastes 8w of power versus just plugging the phone in? I'm sorry but what is the point of MagSafe? Not having to fiddle for half a second with an actual plug? Stop trying to make the iPhone portless, Apple. Your implementation sucks and the drawbacks are absolutely not worth the miniscule benefits.
It been 2 weeks since I ordered my Magsafe charger and Clear case. Lets just say I will be returning it. I believe the best combination is the 20w adapter with usb-c to lightning. It charges 50% is about 30 min. I don't see the point in wireless charging especially Apples solution. Ive actually made charging automated. I have an older apple lighting dock connected to a smart HomeKit switch. Ive timed the charging time and its the same. I keep it docked and when the battery reaches less that 15% the automation triggers the switch. Once it reached 100% it turns off. I find this to be a better investment than the "Magsafe" crap.
If I got a mini, I’d keep using Qi charging. It’s plenty fast for overnight charging, and I don’t have to bother with plugging it in - which is a tiny hassle every time - I just set it on the charging stand. And if I need to use it for some reason, I just pick it up and use it, no worry about “well, but I have to stay with X feet of where the phone was charging because it’s still plugged in” (and when I’m don’t I just set it back on the charging stand).
Agreed that MagSafe doesn’t look to be worth the hassle. But Lightning charging isn’t worth the hassle any more either (unless I’m in a huge hurry to get it charged right now). These days, my recurring thought about charging is, “I wish my iPad Air had Qi charging just like my iPhone, so I didn’t have to bother to plug it in, and didn’t have to plan ahead to charge my iPad.