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Hands-On With Apple's New MagSafe Duo Charger for iPhone 12 and Apple Watch
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The complete product to function requires a power brick and a lightning cable of sorts. So maybe Apple is banking you’ll just use that extra cable you have on the night stand...
it really seems at apple they built their use cases on a day in the life of a certain type of person...which they’re deriving all their business criteria from, and then turning into requirements, which engineers are just following blindly.
it really seems at apple they built their use cases on a day in the life of a certain type of person...which they’re deriving all their business criteria from, and then turning into requirements, which engineers are just following blindly.
Only 2 months ago everyone was complaining that you couldn’t use your phone while it was on a wireless charger...
In a product org like Apple, engineers don’t get to just make stuff up. They build according to the requirements and nothing more. They can be as creative as they want within the confines of what the business demands.
I sold my nomad wireless base charger
For $60 which covers almost 1/2 the cost of the Apple charger. Worth it to me knowing I’ll never need to worry about compatibility issues with my iPhone and Apple Watch.
what, because you spent all of 5 minutes thinking about what this product should be?
maybe spend a little more time figuring out how a product is designed and produced and you'll come to the same conclusion. you can't just say "oh include a brick charger and reduce the price to $80". that's not how it works.
“A standalone Apple Watch charging puck is $29 and a MagSafe Charger is $39 for a total of $68, but Apple is charging close to twice that to connect them together.”
You forgot to add the 2x Power adapters needed for the above setup. At $19 each it makes it $106.
You’re paying $23 for the convenience of carrying one power adapter and one cable.
I don’t travel so I don’t need this. But if I did. I’d pay $23 for that benefit.
You forgot to add the 2x Power adapters needed for the above setup. At $19 each it makes it $106.
You’re paying $23 for the convenience of carrying one power adapter and one cable.
I don’t travel so I don’t need this. But if I did. I’d pay $23 for that benefit.
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Can you post an update? I’m curious what they say - I have a 29w adapter and waiting for the duo charger to arrive tomorrow.
Love our Duo Charger. It's slick and feels solid. I love the one cable, simplified look on a bedside table. Paired it with a 30W USB-C adapter for faster charging and couldn't be happier!
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They basically said they can try to send it out to get replaced or I can schedule a Genius Bar appointment next week. And I was like I might as well just return it and buy a new one. But the issue seems like it’s with the 29w adapter, so I’m seeing if that can be replaced.
I would imagine there are a lot of customers with 29w adapters that will have this issue, so let’s see if apple takes any action to address this.
So it's a wireless charger that doesn't come with an actual charging adapter.
Hey, here is the car you bought. Oh sorry, it doesn't actually come with the wheels attached. That's separate.
Hey, here is the car you bought. Oh sorry, it doesn't actually come with the wheels attached. That's separate.
Update, I got back on the text chat with apple asking if they can replace the adapter and they’re pretty adamant about me bringing it in to be looked at before getting a replacement. Annoying.
don’t waste your time.
The 29W adapter does not work properly with this product, mainly because it has an old standard of voltage, or something like that.
Instead of wasting your time with Apple support, just use a different adapter.
I like wireless chargers because they're aesthetically clean on my desk.
But this charger looks cheap and ugly.
I'd rather have a slick Magsafe stand for home, and a fast Power Delivery wired charger for travel - where speed matters more than style.
But this charger looks cheap and ugly.
I'd rather have a slick Magsafe stand for home, and a fast Power Delivery wired charger for travel - where speed matters more than style.
Well I’d like to get the adapter replaced, that was literally being sold until last year for what it’s worth. I wouldn’t have as big of an issue if they included an adapter in the box, but Apple decided to go down this path.
Apple's own website said you get 14W charging with 27W or higher power adapters. They had no caveats or anything.
Exactly this.. iPhone 13 could come with Magsafe 2.0 with different magnets alignment, more features like data transfer, and most likely faster charging at probably 18 or 24watts?
Even worse, it would be extremely limited for older iPhones at that time to just basic 5 - 10watts charging. I love the concept but Apple needs to give assurance that they will support the same standard for years?
Just received mine today and discovered same thing. Would charge one device only (whichever was placed first) with the Apple 29w adapter, but charges both just fine with my iPad’s 18w adapter.
Weird.
Not worried about it, though. Charges while I sleep, so speed doesn’t interest me. And I have an iPhone 11 Pro, which I think is limited to 7W wireless charging anyway.
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I have a genius appointment on Monday. I'm hoping they can just swap it out with the 30w adapter. Their website very clearly says "27W or higher USB-C Power Adapter (sold separately) for faster wireless charging up to 14W".