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iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Capable of Faster Charging Using iPad 2.1A Adapter
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That's a bad choice of pictures to use. The one on the right isn't even a genuine iPad charger, meaning we have no idea if it's really just inefficient and wasting that extra energy it's consuming.
They really couldn't find one single iPad charger???
That's a bad choice of pictures to use. The one on the right isn't even a genuine iPad charger, meaning we have no idea if it's really just inefficient and wasting that extra energy it's consuming.
They really couldn't find one single iPad charger???
Isn't kenroberts83 talking about the discussion on how fast-charging can degrade a battery, and you were testing that fast-charging with an iPad charger will charge an iPhone quicker?
To me, it sounds like two different things. I've not read any PROOF that fast-charging degrades/destroys a battery over time. Like kenroberts83 said, all a bunch of conjecture and hearsay.
See this post. https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/19854488/
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That may be but even when he addressed me directly he did not make that clear. He seemed to be denouncing everything in this thread.
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I connected my iPhone 6 to my MacBook Pro and looked at the System Report. It does request 2.1A according to that.
Just need someone to cut up a Lightning cable and hook up an ammeter in series to monitor the actual current sent to the iPhone. Any volunteers?
I connected my iPhone 6 to my MacBook Pro and looked at the System Report. It does request 2.1A according to that.
Just need someone to cut up a Lightning cable and hook up an ammeter in series to monitor the actual current sent to the iPhone. Any volunteers?
Or, instead of destroying a cable, you can get one of these. It's what I use and goes in-line between the USB charger port and the device.
Smarter than cutting up a cable, eh?
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Seems like part of the issue there is that it hasn't been clear at all what those comments were wven aimed at, especially the initial ones. They were just generalizations about anything and everything in this thead basically.
After more testing, my iPhone 6 Plus draws about 1.3A while charging with the screen off, and up to 1.5A if running a game.
Friend with an iPhone 6 tested also and got similar results.
We used those Charger Doctor gadgets that are common for this sort of thing, in combo with a 12W iPad power adapter.
Friend with an iPhone 6 tested also and got similar results.
We used those Charger Doctor gadgets that are common for this sort of thing, in combo with a 12W iPad power adapter.
The have the same price. That doesn't mean they have the same cost. Unless you're privy to Apple's internal numbers, you don't know Apple's cost for either charger.
Despite your first three words, what you wrote is PRECISELY an "anecdote". It's a personal story. It's based on a tiny, statistically insignificant sample. Unless you carefully controlled all the other variables, your different experience with different chargers tells us almost nothing about what anyone else could expect. If you actually DID pay attention to all the other variables and take them into account, your anecdote omits the information that would make your experience objectively useful to other people.
Anecdotes are great for making people feeling better (or feel worse). Devoid of logic, they feed directly into the emotions of the teller and the reader. They are a wonderfully efficient way to reinforce pre-existing bias. Cheap and easy, everyone has a few and is willing to share them. And the MacRumors forums are the IDEAL venue for anecdotes.
Charges quicker than what?
If you've only been using iPad chargers for 2 years, you can't possibly say that you remember the charging time of the standard 5W charger and therefore you know it's quicker.
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I am concerned using the more powerful iPad adapter might overload the iPhone battery and cause damage in the long term. Can someone confirm it's completely safe and wont damage the iPhone 6?
It is completely safe. The charge rate is determined by the PHONE not the charger. The phone will not request more than it can handle, and in the case of the iPhone 6, the battery never charges at anything but the normal 6w.
Oh, my bad.
I missed the 5 times the 10w was mentioned in the 174 previous posts. You got me.
The article itself (even its title) covers it basically.Oh, my bad.
I missed the 5 times the 10w was mentioned in the 174 previous posts. You got me.
Or, instead of destroying a cable, you can get one of these. It's what I use and goes in-line between the USB charger port and the device.
Smarter than cutting up a cable, eh?
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I was so perplexed reading in a couple comments here, and on the previously linked iPad charger store page http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD836LL/A/apple-12w-usb-power-adapter?fnode=3c that it could charge iPods, too. Because I've tried with mine and am disappointed that it doesn't work.
Then I saw (on the product page) that it charges probably just-about-all iPods of the last ten years *except* for the very last 6th generation iPod Classic.
I wonder what that's all about.
Then I saw (on the product page) that it charges probably just-about-all iPods of the last ten years *except* for the very last 6th generation iPod Classic.
I wonder what that's all about.
Here's my test on a iPhone 6 plus with a Anker 20w dual port charger with a max of 2.4a per port. The only time I can get 12w is if the iPhone is below 50% and the screen on. With the screen off the phone charges at 11w. After 50% the phone starts to trickle down. Every time I tap the home button to check the percentage I notice that the killawatt jumps up 1.5w. I'm guessing the 12w everyone is getting is due to the screen being on causing the phone to draw more power. I just bought a 12w 2.4a apple iPad charger and will run the next test with it but most likely be the same. Here's my test with the anker from 5% to 100% checking every 15 mins and the displayed watt on my killawatt.
Start. 5% - 11w
0:15min 20% - 11w
0:30min 35% - 11w
0:45min 50% - 11w
1:00min 65% - 10w
1:15min 77% - 8.5w
1:30min 87% - 7w
1:45min 94% - 5w
2:00min 97% - 2w
2:15min 99% - 1w
2:35min 100% - 1w
Everything I check the percentage I also picked up the phone to feel any heat on the back of the phone. Throughout the whole test i felt no heat and the iPhone stayed cool as a cucumber.
Start. 5% - 11w
0:15min 20% - 11w
0:30min 35% - 11w
0:45min 50% - 11w
1:00min 65% - 10w
1:15min 77% - 8.5w
1:30min 87% - 7w
1:45min 94% - 5w
2:00min 97% - 2w
2:15min 99% - 1w
2:35min 100% - 1w
Everything I check the percentage I also picked up the phone to feel any heat on the back of the phone. Throughout the whole test i felt no heat and the iPhone stayed cool as a cucumber.
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So it looks like both the 6 and 6+ are capable of charging at a max rate of ~1%/minute until it begins to taper.