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If you look closely at the Power Adapter images, here's the specs.
5V - 3A
9V - 3A
(AVS) 9-15V - 2.67A (3A DPS)
(AVS) 15-20V - 2A (3A DPS)

I guess we'll have to see if Apple's AVS and DPS is just Standard USB PPS or if it's another Apple proprietary charging standard.
It's not PPS, but also not proprietary.
It's part of USB-PD 3.2.
 
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It looks like this adapter now has USB-PD 3.2. AVS (adjustable voltage source) is mandatory. The same must be true for the iPhone 17.

In the past, only iPads and MacBooks had more than 9V. However, it looks like the iPhone 17 has 20V (at 3A DPS).
 
Ive always felt a slower charge is better for battery?
I have the 35w dual USB-C charger, which I'll be sticking with for the moment......
Otherwise I also have a spare MacBook Air 70w charger I can use if I'm in a rush.
 
According to the Best Buy website, the dimensions of the Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max are 3.22"H x 2.63"L x 1.27"W. It is not specified whether the length measurement includes the electrical prongs in an extended position. Nonetheless, it appears that the adapter is somewhat bulky.

By way of comparison, the Belkin BoostCharge Compact USB-C Wall Charger 45W (model WCA013) is 1.38"H x 1.56"L x 1.38"W (with electrical prongs folded; certified USB-C PD 3.1 with PPS).
 
LOL “Dynamic.”
Translation: Apple’s new charger supports USB-C PD, something 3rd party chargers from companies like Anker have offered since before COVID.
Wrong translation though, all of Apple’s USB-C power adaptors are PD supplies.

Here “dynamic” means “no we don’t always do 60W, we do 40W and can sometimes do 60W maybe just of short bursts..."

So not so much “it’s a super powered USB-C PD supply” as “it is a gimp’ed 60W supply”, or maybe “part time 60W full time 40W..."

“60W when it feels like it"
 
Any reason why this isn't listed as compatible with any MacBook models on Apple's website? The Macbook Air ships with either a 30W or 35W charger depending on the model so this would still beat that.
 
If it can even temporarily do 60W, it should have two USB-C outputs, like the horribly overpriced 35W one does. Also, they need to use GaN technology to make them smaller, if they aren't already.
 
Some of us prefer ‘slow charging’ (overnight) to maximize battery longevity by using Apple’s 5W charger:

This is outdated thinking. I "abused" my iPhone 16 pro max by charging it with a 65 watt charger and after 212 cycles, it's still 100% health. lth
 
Too bad there doesn't seem to be a UK version of this adapter yet. Absolutely love my Apple 20W UK adapter (the one with the folding pins). Would LOVE to get a 40-60W one with a similar design!

Here you go: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPR2VYQF

Attached image is from one of the reviews showing it next to the Apple 20W folding charger.
 

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Some of us prefer ‘slow charging’ (overnight) to maximize battery longevity by using Apple’s 5W charger:

I keep my iPhones forever and I don’t upgrade frequently.

I charge with a 5w Power Adapter. I’m now using an iPhone 16 Plus. Is it slow? Yes! But I don’t really care. I have my iPad’s 20w Power Adapter if I ever need faster charging… and that’s as fast as I need.

50% in 20 minutes is cool but just as theoretical as the 50% in 30 minutes of my 16 Plus. Apple can do 50% in 3 minutes and I still wouldn’t care.

I’m a light user in terms of apps used and as a result I typically finish the day with 70-80% after about 6-8 hours of SOT. Even heavy camera days mean that I finish the day with 60-70% after 5-6 hours of SOT.

In fact, I’d sometimes like my 5w charger to be slower! (Or for Optimised Battery Charging to be better, actually). It consistently finishes charging by 03:30. (With optimised, if I were to let it charge freely to 100% it would finish far earlier). I’ve never unplugged my iPhone before 05:00. It should finish at 05:00 but it never changes.

So, if I start the day with 100% there’s practically zero chance of me running out of battery on my 16 Plus. Not only that, there’s a very slim chance of me ending the day with less than 50%.

I doubt I’ll ever go faster than 5w. Luckily I got a Belkin USB-C to USB-A cable, as Apple does not sell one.
 
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What Apple's base wired charger plug in 2025 should be is a 60W Dual USB-C Adaptive Charger that intelligently distributes 60 watts between two ports. So a laptop charging by itself would take as much as it can (up to 60W), and an older iPhone charging would take its max limit reserving the rest for the other port.

And Apple could sell a 90W Triple USB-C Adaptive Charger Pro.

Solutions-based wired charging designed for our modern digital world. With the advent of charger miniaturisation, single port wired chargers should go bye bye, especially with Apple not including plugs for many products.
 
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What Apple's base wired charger plug in 2025 should be is a 60W Dual USB-C Adaptive Charger that intelligently distributes 60 watts between two ports. So a laptop charging by itself would take as much as it can (up to 60W), and an older iPhone charging would take its max limit reserving the rest for the other port.

And Apple could sell a 90W Triple USB-C Adaptive Charger Pro.

Solutions-based wired charging designed for the modern digital life.
True, but Apple doesn't need to sell everything. There's a reason 3rd parties exist. They make the stuff that Apple doesn't. Plenty of 3-port high wattage models to choose from.
 
True, but Apple doesn't need to sell everything. There's a reason 3rd parties exist. They make the stuff that Apple doesn't. Plenty of 3-port high wattage models to choose from.
Apple doesn't, but Apple makes high-quality plugs and I think there's room in the market for high-quality 2 and 3 port chargers that Apple could get behind as their exclusive wired charging products for the modern era. Besides, these would be literally for charging the Apple product customers just bought from Apple.
 
Absolutely on the of stupidest designs Apple has released. One port, only works in one country, won’t plug into a power strip, and potentially covers two outlets in a wall socket.
 
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An assumption being made is that an iPhone 15-17 will in fact request and accept more than 40W. While the Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max is capable of delivering more than 40W for a period of time, that capability may not necessarily be used by an iPhone. Fast charging the iPhone 17 Pro, for example, only requires a "40W adapter or higher" according to Apple.

Additionally, consider this insightful post in a related thread:

The iPhone specs page advertises 50% in 20 min if the charger is >40W. The footnotes identities a specific charger being used, but Apple always does that with charging specs, and I do not believe that means a specific charger is required.

Also Apple advertises 50% in 20 in the EU too, but Apple is not selling the 40W-with-dynamic-60W adapter in the EU.

The fact that fast charging is supported in Europe but the Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max is not sold in Europe is consistent with the hypothesis that the iPhone only utilizes at most 40W. Time will tell....
 
Here you go: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPR2VYQF

Attached image is from one of the reviews showing it next to the Apple 20W folding charger.

Yeah, I'm aware there's 3rd parties making similar folding-pin chargers. I really like the aesthetics and design of the Apple one, though, so it'd be great if they made a 40-60W UK version!

Also, at 49 × 49 × 34.1 mm it’s getting pretty chunky. My Apple 20W UK charger measures around 49 × 45 × 30 mm.
 
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Yeah, this is a complete myth.

Any reliable sources for this claim? It’s generally accepted in the battery world (considering EV batteries, for example) than faster charging puts more long-term wear on a Li-ion battery. For one thing, it’s gonna get hotter, and heat is not a friend of Li-ion chemistry. And unlike EVs, phones don’t have active liquid cooling on their batteries.

But obviously to really test it you’d need to take two identical new batteries/devices, then charge and discharge them over 1000 cycles or whatever at different speeds.
 
Too bad there doesn't seem to be a UK version of this adapter yet. Absolutely love my Apple 20W UK adapter (the one with the folding pins). Would LOVE to get a 40-60W one with a similar design!
I wonder why these new chargers are only in a few Apple online stores worldwide. I’ve found them in the US, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan but nowhere else (checked Ireland, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Türkiye, the UAE, Brazil, Australia, India and China). Is it possible that Apple is currently producing it only for countries that use the US electrical outlet and voltage?
 
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