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Apple's New MagSafe Charger Offers 15W Charging, Qi Still Limited to 7.5W
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This is where I see and understand the complaints about Apple's walled garden
They should allow Qi to be 15w as well as their own charger
They should allow Qi to be 15w as well as their own charger
Purpose I believe is to get the market ready for the iPhone that’ll be all around wireless for upcoming year(s)
I’ve seen so many tech people/youtubers being happy that “MagSafe is back!”. I’m not sure why they are falling for this marketing name that has nothing to do with the old MagSafe. There were no accessories that you could attach to the MagSafe port of a laptop. The “Safe” part was that if you pulled Your MacBooks cable by accident it would safely detach, that won’t be the case with an iPhone. I think removing the phone from the charger will probably need two hands. I really like the use of magnets on the new iPhones but it think it’s stupid they use MagSafe name for it.
They most likely used MagSafe because the AirPower name is a joke now because of the failed product 😂
Don’t fret my dear, you really don’t have to buy a new car to charge your phone!
Magical invention called superglue or even Velcro.
Apples product naming has been chaotic for some time and is just getting worse.
Yeah, at the very least make it compatible with Qi 15W. But as it is now, my car charger is enough to trickle charge using GPS and streaming Apple Music over BT and my bedside charger is fast enough to have it charged by morning. Having thought about it some more, at least the magnetic ring will make for a better way to mount it in the car. Still should be backwards compatible with newer standards, not just the old 7.5W.
Apple has really messed up on this one for me, making me pay crazy money for a magnet wireless charger where it would need to hands, no one ever had a problem with wireless chargers they could of made it 15w on Qi but they choose to make us pay for special chargers
So, can someone clarify this new charger for me?
- I have an iPhone X and I am planning on getting this charger for my iPhone X. Will it be charging at the higher rate of 15 W with my iPhone X?
- Will this charger auto align with my iPhone X as shown in the press event?
I rather think it's more convenient since this one i can lift the phone and use it while charging. I cannot do this with regular Qi wireless charger.
Like with a Lightning cable plugged into your phone, which comes free with your phone.
- X is qi only, so will do 7.5W max. The new puck will only do 7.5 for Qi too, so even another Qi device that supports high watts would be 7.5
- No. Only iPhone 12 has the magnets built in.
It’s compatible because its a Qi compatible charger which will work for any Qi compatible phone. There’s no need for magnets to use the charger. Having magnets just means the phone can center itself and receive the full charging power of the puck, which isn’t using the Qi standard.
You don't need magnets to charge a phone. Your 11 Pro Max will be charged with 7.5 W with this charger.
There is another brand called Pitaka that makes a slim magnetic carbon fiber case for many models that basically does what this does. Meh. I love "this is just another charging option." Basically. Reinvent the wheel and sell it for more to a bunch and of gullible consumers.
I'm sure I'll end up with three of these by the year end. Oh well. Lol