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Hands-On With Apple's MagSafe Charger for iPhone 12
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What makes it safe is the short cables. Cable is not long enough to be in your way and trip over it.
Here's the problem: There is no precise technical information coming from Apple. It's all just marketing speak.
Plain USB, sure.
I only went USB-C last year once I got a newer MBP. I think I only have 8 USB-C throughout the house now.
Interesting, so there's not a ton of clearance of the white pad and aluminum case.
I'm sure apple has that of this, but I'd still be wary of it slowly scratching the glass from being put down on the charger repeatedly.
This charger works and sticks to other iPhones and also some Android phones.
The guys over at Android Central tested the charger with a few different phones and it works surprisingly well with non-Apple devices.
It even helps center itself on the charging coils without the phone having any magnets.
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The guys over at Android Central tested the charger with a few different phones and it works surprisingly well with non-Apple devices.
It even helps center itself on the charging coils without the phone having any magnets.
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Does anyone know if Magsafe charging affects battery health in any way? Is it worse for the battery in the long term to charge it using one method over the other?
I could be wrong...but I don't think that the orientation of the plug matters when connecting this to the iPhone 12. In other words, you can have the wire hanging down the back of your nightstand and still place your iPhone on the charger with the bottom facing away from the wall. If anyone knows for sure...please let me know...because I just ordered six of these things for all the nightstands in my house and it would be a damn shame if this charger needed to have the cord facing the bottom of the iPhone in order for the magnets to stick and/or charge the phone.
Thanks!
Is wireless charging bad for your smartphone?
With Apple adopting wireless charging in the iPhone 8 and X, many users will be tempted to leave their phones on an inductive charging pad all day. Will that hurt the battery?
Even though you're wrong, your point at least has some merit in the sense that this kind of "waste" is actually measurable, vs. the hilarious "e-waste" which is entirely theoretical and not provably wasteful or harmful in anyway. This is one of the many environmental catchall arguments where something is just assumed wasteful because it exists, and asking for proof or clarification of how its wasteful gets you called names by enviro-fanatics.
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Does it flip all over the place like the Apple Watch charger?
Well, the issue is that some people have Lightning and USB-C now. And I prolly do have 30 USB power adapters, 10 free ones in a drawer.
And a couple Lightning to USB-C but mostly Lightning to USB.
So I have 2 types (USB & USB-C) of Universal power adapters, 2 types of Lightning, plus a proprietary watch charger.
Show me one charger that would fit your definition.
I would think Apple engineers would’ve of thought of something so obvious if it would affect the battery in a detrimental way. However, the one symptom that wireless charging poses, is the battery tends to heat quicker, Which if that has any long-term effects, it’s probably variable for A.) How long of a duration the phone is on the charger and B.) How often it’s used on the charger. [As in, only used once a day or charged multiple times throughout the day.]
I'm seeing a $40 charger, not included with a $1000+ phone, that seems to have the same failure-prone cable attachment point as Apple's other fragile charging cables. Apple's Lightning cables aren't very durable but at least they're relatively inexpensive. This costs about twice as much.
Whatever happened to that rumor about Apple including a higher quality, braided cable with the new iPhones?
Also, regarding that video showing the Otterbox case, that's just awful. If I receive Apple's $50 magnetic case tand the magnet is that weak, I'm returning it.
Whatever happened to that rumor about Apple including a higher quality, braided cable with the new iPhones?
Also, regarding that video showing the Otterbox case, that's just awful. If I receive Apple's $50 magnetic case tand the magnet is that weak, I'm returning it.
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Yeah, but it seems to me that if it's Qi-compatible, out in the real world you may well want it to be able to work with pre-iPhone 12 phones as well. If I get an iPhone 12, which I might well do, my wife's iPhone SE will still want to be charged -- and aligning and balancing it on this little charger might not be so fun.
Unless I'm missing something, I assume it's orientation-neutral and you can put your phone on it "upside down" and route the cord to the back of your nightstand.
They just need to let us have cable length options.
nope.
From Apple’s sales page.
The MagSafe Charger maintains compatibility with Qi charging, so it can be used to wirelessly charge your iPhone 8 or later, as well as AirPods models with a wireless charging case, as you would with any Qi-certified charger.