Anker makes a higher wattage dual USB-C charger. I want to say it goes up to 80w or something, and it uses the GaN tech
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Apple Shares Charging Details for New Dual USB-C Power Adapters
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35w is not enough, my iPad Pro 12.9" 2021 pulls 30/35w just by itself so even just charging some low powered airpods on the second port I'll be sacrificing some charging speed. What a crap product at a massively over inflated price. If each port supplied 30w each then fine, but 17.5w per port is taking the piss for what they are charging for it.
Had a quick look and I can by the Anker 60W 2-Port USB C Charger on Amazon for £49.99, still pretty compact, provides far more power and much cheaper while still being a well know brand.
Apple would have to manufacture a UK version and they probably figured that a lot would stay in the warehouse because a lot of Brits and other Europeans tend to be more price sensitive than Americans. With the standard dual USB-C port adapter, they can be more flexible with distribution based on demand geographically thanks to the interchangeable plug design. There are a lot of quality dual-port USB-C adapter alternatives already on the market.
This is by far the dumbest least sophisticated Apple product yet. I have a handful of 66W and 100W GaN chargers at home. The 66W are the same size as this apple thing, have 2 USB-C and 1 USB-A ports and can easily charge a MBA, iPad Pro AND Apple Watch at the same time at full speed. Oh. It costs less too and comes with world wide plugs.
I’m assuming you weren’t around for the round puck mice…
Late 2020 the HomePods mini received a firmware update allowing them to work with 18-watt chargers. So, perhaps one of these new Apple chargers will be able to drive two HomePods mini.
The product isn't for you. No doubt Apple did it's market research and decided on who needs a charge such as this and at what price point.
it's 2 versions because there is the travel version with their "standard" design and the new design with honestly looks better but only works in places like China and the US and wherever else the 2 parallel prong outlet design is a thing.
Apple should have offered GaaN power bricks ages ago, but there are so many better options these days. It does take some research to find bricks that support intelligently splitting the output across the ports and many do not realize that most will split the output as soon as a cable is plugged in whether a device is attached to it or not.
What a weird product for Apple to put out, and, to promote. It’s this years polishing cloth 😂
In an ideal world that would be great, along with the same voltages/frequencies and all driving on the same side of the road. I don't care which side, just pick one. I've worked in a few car factories were we had to keep 2 sets of tools for making either left or right hand drive. Apart from the monumental cost of the tooling, it takes several hours to convert the machines when they could otherwise be running. Same goes for the moulds that make chargers.
Attempting to standardise all electronic devices to USB-C is a step in the right direction.
Quite often, when you've lived and worked in over 40 countries as well as at sea.
Spot on. It's no more complicated than that. And it's sad so many people still refuse to understand that.
I rarely have to charge all 3 at the same time. It's the phones that get the most use.
If one of the two devices gets charged to the maximum, does it reduce its absorption to let the other one charge faster, or does it need to get unplugged?
Here’s the million dollar question (or the $59 + tax question?)
M2 MBA - dead
iPhone 13 PM - dead
You plug them both in.
Obviously iPhone will be fine, and charge at 17.5W.
But what can you do with MBA? Once it turns on, if you start doing anything a bit intensive (photo editing, video editing, gaming), does it:
1. Die almost immediately
2. Stay at 1% but never die
Or
3. Slowly charge?
M2 MBA - dead
iPhone 13 PM - dead
You plug them both in.
Obviously iPhone will be fine, and charge at 17.5W.
But what can you do with MBA? Once it turns on, if you start doing anything a bit intensive (photo editing, video editing, gaming), does it:
1. Die almost immediately
2. Stay at 1% but never die
Or
3. Slowly charge?
I’m going to assume (and that may be a mistake 😂) that it will trickle while the other port gets the 27.5W split maximum?
Would be cool if it could delivered 33-34W to one while the other trickles at 1-2W
