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Apple's New MagSafe Charger and Cases Begin Arriving to Customers
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I’m still not totally sold. If i will leave my phone charging I’ll place it carefully in a Qi charger. If I want to use it while charging, I’ll use lightning cable. What *real* problem does this solve? 
It apparently functions as a “regular” Qi charger for pre-12 phones that support wireless charging, and “fast” charging for the 12 series. The magnets are merely there to help align the phone without fumbling around.
I’m still not totally sold. If i will leave my phone charging I’ll place it carefully in a Qi charger. If I want to use it while charging, I’ll use lightning cable. What *real* problem does this solve?
It’s a new accessory; if you have a Qi charger already, you can continue using it at regular speeds. If you have a Lightning cable, you are also able to continue using that (at least until Apple gets rid of the port).
guess it would be great if someone decides to make cases that’s adds these magnets for older iPhones or even other phones for that matter.
it’s an inherent issue of Qi charger don’t lines up properly to the phone.
what ya think?
It’s bugging me that Apple are not doing a similar shade of blue to match with the Pacific Blue 12 Pro. I also like to match my Apple Watch bands with my iPhone, but the blue sports bands on offer are either too dark or too light 😩
I would use this exactly the same I use Qi chargers. As a power “access point” in certain common locations. I have one at my work area, kitchen counter and bedside. That way it’s one cable, I’ve found a good way to organize it and work it into furniture/decor/etc and it’s nice to just put the phone on it instead of pulling out a cable each time. Sure you can call that lazy but it’s extremely practical. Also, something about the charger being laid flat on the counter or table looks better than have a cable dangling on it. It’s a cleaner look.
I got the same complaints initially but eventually the practicality and convenience was enough to end that and she loves using it. I will say that I got black Qi chargers that sit on a black table so it’s almost invisible and looks like a coaster with a cable attached, so that helps too.
Same. For me this seems like something that makes wireless charging more difficult. I much prefer the convenience of just setting it down and picking it up. But that’s just me. Others will disagree.
Not something I plan spending money on when I already have Qi chargers around the house. But that said, I do see the utility for things like using the phone mounted in a car.
It‘s like your phone is connected to the electricity all of the time. Only Apple could make “wireless” less wireless and sell it!!
I use the more traditional mini ”grab safe” method where I connect my phone by inserting a cable into a little port. It’s just like MagSafe, only much cheaper, much quicker and much lighter
I think if you set it up correctly, you could even attach it to the wall. I could see a “power wall” type thing with a little creativity and design.
I agree it has to pick the puck up, otherwise the car holder would be useless. As I said in another post only Apple could make wireless less wireless.
If the magnet was in the accessory, it would have been possibly to have different magnet strengths depending on application.
Not to mention that anyone who works in any kind of industrial engineering setting is going to find a ring of iron dust collecting on the back of their phone. Not dissimilar to old MacBook ports clogging up with fine metallic particles.
Convenience. Not only for charging but for case, for mounting.I’m still not totally sold. If i will leave my phone charging I’ll place it carefully in a Qi charger. If I want to use it while charging, I’ll use lightning cable. What *real* problem does this solve?
I see lots of practical inconvenience and the solution obviously not elegant and it requires additional support like magnets if you put case. The magsafe charger wire by itself looks fragile like most of the Apple supplied cables won't last long. Ideally to combat environment, Apple should have supplied Wires and the MagSafe separately so that you end up only replacing the wire not the entire assembly.I’m still not totally sold. If i will leave my phone charging I’ll place it carefully in a Qi charger. If I want to use it while charging, I’ll use lightning cable. What *real* problem does this solve?
thank the magnets. It allows for the case to not have to surround the edge of the phone to stay on. Instead the magnet holds it on.
I know, Im just blown away at the amazing technological advancement, its incredible, if Apple keep up this level of innovation they should discover the usb-c soon
Question is, is the magnet strong enough for it to be used as a car mount?
I'm really liking this whole MagSafe ecosystem they're introducing on the iPhone. Wish they brought it back to the Mac (somehow), but oh well. In the meantime it's awesome that the leather case doesn't look any different on the outside, if you want/can you buy MagSafe accessories, if you don't/can't you steer clear, no harm done. I'm a sucker for anything that will reduce the amount of "clutter" in my pockets ... so naturally I'm curious about the MagSafe wallet, will it interfere with cards? I'm currently using a 4 card card holder with 3 cards and a DL ... will be interesting to see it all work together.
- 15w wireless fast charging
- Drop phone on the charger and it finds the right position to charge.
- Cases snap onto the phone as opposed to you having to bend them around the phone to get them on.
- Official mag safe accessories just snap onto the back of the phone or MagSafe cases.
- No more grippy phone holders for your car, just drop the phone on the mount.
- Possibly leads us to a future iPhone without ports.
if you haven’t already watch the keynote again.
I wonder how well those magnets are going to work when the phone is dropped?... most normal cases with sides stay on and protect the phone. I could see the case on the back flying off.
All these comments saying the magnets will hold the case onto the phone so they don't need to surround the edges anymore...
NO!!!
I want the raised lip to protect the edges. That's the main feature I'm looking for in a case.
I hope this doesn't become the latest trend on all iPhone 12 cases. If anything... they can add magnets to the normal edge-surround cases. Don't take away the raise lip. Please!
NO!!!
I want the raised lip to protect the edges. That's the main feature I'm looking for in a case.
I hope this doesn't become the latest trend on all iPhone 12 cases. If anything... they can add magnets to the normal edge-surround cases. Don't take away the raise lip. Please!
What else are magnets in our pockets, on our desks, in our bags, likely to mess up?
I have already mentioned that the keys to my house have magnets built-in as part of how they work. Never yet had an issue with them.
Magnets are towards ubiquitous. Being used in so many things (a large number of phone cases have them! - there is no escape), it has reached the point at which things which are susceptible to magnet fields need to be handled more carefully.
Not many of us still use Compact Cassettes.
I still remember being told that people carrying 2400 foot computer magnetic tapes shouldn't travel on electric trains.
Guessing that symbol on the case is supposed to be a derivative or reference to the power symbol?
Power symbol - Wikipedia
Are they gonna release MagSafe compatible Cases for the previous iPhones so we can get 15W charging not the QI 7W? Sorry if that was already been asked Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.