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Belkin Debuts Official MagSafe Car Charging Mount
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It gets rather cold in nyc. I’m not blasting the ac in winter.
It’s good for folks in warm year round states.
At least I think it still beats a Portable MagSafe brick that only gives a little over 2kmAh for $100
I use a different MagSafe mount - and I drive in Mexico… I can attest that MagSafe can handle “bumpy” roads.
I also use the spigen mount, but the sticky version. I hate the idea of covering one of my vents.
Only if your car doesn’t have one. Even then, adding the 30W one I got together with the MagSafe puck and spigen mount, the Belkin solution is still more expensive.
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Well if it’s attached to a car vent mount and you have the air on that will serve as a cooling source for the phone
That doesn’t actually come with the charging part. But still, you can buy that and the charger for half the price of the one in the article. Ridiculously expensive.
I had to do a double-take on the price. $40-50, I think would have been pushing it but $100 is just comedy.
For one, it’s overpriced (car MagSafe vent). Two, it’s usb-c to cigarettes lighter style. So all it’s good for is charging. Unless you have something like an Alpine iLX (or compatible) head unit that can wirelessly play CarPlay with no quality loss, I’m assuming it would be regular Bluetooth music and phone calls.
Someone please correct me if I’m wrong. I’m not sure what/if any manufacturers have added usb-c port in their vehicles. And any adapter I’ve used in my Subaru has not worked for data (only Apple cables). So not sure if a usb-a with female usb-c adapter would work.
Someone please correct me if I’m wrong. I’m not sure what/if any manufacturers have added usb-c port in their vehicles. And any adapter I’ve used in my Subaru has not worked for data (only Apple cables). So not sure if a usb-a with female usb-c adapter would work.
Mous MagSafe car mount looks way better imo, works great, and is cheaper.
Also, an iPhones battery is amazing these days, ask yourself if you’re charging your phone everywhere you go, is it even wireless anymore???
$100… 😂
Also, an iPhones battery is amazing these days, ask yourself if you’re charging your phone everywhere you go, is it even wireless anymore???
$100… 😂
I have a cheap (10.99) mount for the MagSafe puck. I drive a very rough riding old BMW. I use Pro Max phones. I have never had my phone fall off the mount. I use Apple silicon cases. That is my legit experience over two years.
I would caution about making assumptions if you haven’t tried it.
Probably a good thing it comes with a vent mount....so it can be right in the path of the air conditioning. 🤷♂️
I use Apple's MagSafe charger in a vent clip mount that I bought off of Amazon. I got the charger on sale for $25 and the mount cost me about $7. It's been a solid solution and my phone has never fallen. Also, I feel more comfortable with Apple's charger, as they have intelligence in their charger to consider certain conditions (I.e. temp) for charging.
To quote Apple's site:
"The system intelligently adapts to conditions in order to optimize charging your iPhone at up to 15W of peak power delivery for faster wireless charging. The actual power delivered to the iPhone will vary depending on the wattage of the power adapter and system conditions."
Until they allow wired CarPlay to work with MagSafe charging I’ll stick to a cable to charge and a MagSafe mount. Works fine for me until they work that out.
I charged my iPhone 13 only wirelessly for one year, this ruined my battery, more than 20% health. Changed it and went back to wire. This is crap