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Photos of Apple's New MagSafe Battery Pack Provide First Look at Thickness

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Apple's new MagSafe Battery Pack will begin arriving to customers around the world this week, and one lucky person has already snagged one.

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Steven Russell from Memphis, Tennessee said he managed to pick up the MagSafe Battery Pack from a local Apple Store over the weekend, and he has since shared photos on Reddit, providing a closer look at its design and thickness.

Russell shared some early impressions of the battery pack, noting that it is designed with hard but smooth plastic and has a very strong magnetic attraction to his iPhone 12 Pro, even with Apple's silicone MagSafe case on the device. He added that while the battery pack is quite thick, its rounded edges make it comfortable to hold.

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Priced at $99 in the United States, the MagSafe Battery Pack attaches magnetically to the back of the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, or iPhone 12 Pro Max, providing additional hours of battery life. Apple says the battery pack is able to wirelessly charge the iPhone at up to 5W on the go, or at up to 15W when the battery pack is connected to a 20W or higher power adapter with a Lightning to USB-C cable.

When you attach the MagSafe Battery Pack to an iPhone 12 running iOS 14.7 or later, it will automatically begin to charge the iPhone and a charging status will appear on the Lock screen. iOS 14.7 is currently in beta and should be released within the next few days.

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The MagSafe Battery Pack can be ordered on Apple's online store in a white color only and currently has a late July delivery estimate.

Update: Russell has also confirmed that the MagSafe Battery Pack can wirelessly charge AirPods, which is to be expected, as the battery pack is functionally equivalent to the MagSafe Charger in this regard.



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Does 14.7 just do the reverse charging?

It works fine otherwise right?
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I hope 14.7 comes out soon for other reasons, my GF got the 12 regular recently and said battery life has been horrible on 14.6 coming from whatever she was on on iPhone 11, I think 14.5 or 14.4 or something

I turned off Siri, background refresh, tracking apps, location services made sure none are set to always - hopefully that improves it in the interim
 
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I really like this product line and want it to succeed and get lots of support. I was always annoyed Apple didn't make full battery cases for more of their phones, because it (usually) more than doubles phone battery and takes it from "Solid, with all-day use" to "Holy crap I can't even remember the last time I charged my phone but it's been at least 2.5 days" ? So the idea of having the advantage of the extended battery life with the option to slim down when I get out of the car is fantastic.
 
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If this thing does reverse wireless charging from the iphone, I wonder if it can be left overnight to charge on a magsafe charger
 
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I get through an entire day on an overnight charge with my iPhone X. What are people doing with their iPhones to justify this inconvenience? When you go out, you meet friends, you take a group selfie first, sit down, eat, talk about careers, life, gossip; during all this you might check your phone one or two times. Maybe walk around town then just before you leave, you all take another group selfie. If you are taking public transportation or walking home, you might look at email, death scroll a bit on IG or Facebook. But it should not warrant needing this.
 
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Let's understand what this is: it is a MagSafe Charger that, when needed, you can take with you to charge on the go. It is not an add-on, semi-permanent, battery.
I believe, and would love to see pictures, that this can be used as your standard overnight charging puck. But it also doubles as a separate battery pack, like the ones you buy at airports, or that come with your luggage and you always forget to charge the night before you have to fly.
This is a Battery Pack that is always charged, if you use it as your main MagSafe Charger, and you just pick it up on the way out.
 
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Mr. Dee said:
I get through an entire day on an overnight charge with my iPhone X. What are people doing with their iPhones to justify this inconvenience? When you go out, you meet friends, you take a group selfie first, sit down, eat, talk about careers, life, gossip; during all this you might check your phone one or two times. Maybe walk around town then just before you leave, you all take another group selfie. If you are taking public transportation or walking home, you might look at email, death scroll a bit on IG or Facebook. But it should not warrant needing this.
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What year are you from? This is 2021, not 2005. People these days stare at their phones ALL THE TIME. Yes, even when hanging out. If there was no instagram, fb or reddit, there would probably no real need for battery banks lol

About the battery: It's good it has strong magnet, but the price is too god damn high
 
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