
The wire does feel a little flimsy – it’s not reinforced, but you shouldn’t need to replace this one too frequently if you run through lightning cables at, well, lightning speed. It’s small, pocket-friendly and easy to use, clicking neatly onto the back of any iPhone with a magnet in it. If you want to stick with official Apple products, then you can’t go wrong with the OG MagSafe charger, which charges your iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 at the fastest possible speed.
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That magnetic fast charging module is specifically designed for the Apple Watch series 7, meaning we were able to charge our watch up to 80 per cent in roughly 45 minutes. The Apple Watch charging module can be raised, so that you can use it in nightstand mode and view the clock. It’s sturdily built with a nice, soft rubber top that kept our devices securely glued onto the pad, even when we accidentally knocked it over onto the floor (yes, really). It’s a sleek rectangular pad that comes in white or black, featuring magnets that work with Apple’s MagSafe technology.

And the wireless charger market has absolutely ballooned in size ever since.

Apple eventually came up with a workaround in the form of MagSafe, a new magnet-based charging solution embedded into its iPhones, which was first implemented in the iPhone 12. Apple promised that the AirPower would be able to wirelessly charge an iPhone, an Apple Watch and some AirPods completely simultaneously, and it didn’t even matter where the devices were placed on the mat – something that had never been achieved before.īut two years later, the company announced that it was canning the product, citing development difficulties in making the wireless charging pad reach the company’s “high standards for hardware”.Īlthough rumours suggest that the AirPower isn’t completely dead in the water, it might not matter all that much anymore.

When Apple announced the iPhone 8 and iPhone X in 2017 – the first iPhones with wireless charging – the world got very, very excited over another product it unveiled: a revolutionary wireless charging pad called the AirPower. Now it’s pretty ubiquitous, with almost every smartphone manufacturer including the tech onto their devices, but it’s not always been that way. Samsung was the first company to give Qi wireless charging prominence when it introduced the technology into its Galaxy note phones in the mid-2010s.

The convenience of being able to charge your phone up just by plopping it down on the table in front of you without needing to dig around for a cable is a wonderful feeling. Nightstands, office desks, coffee tables, you name it, wireless chargers are finding their way onto every flat surface in our homes, and for good reason too.
