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MagSafe Charges 2x Slower Than Wired 20W USB-C Charger

Apple's MagSafe charger charges over two-times slower than a wired 20W USB-C charger, according to a new iPhone 12 video review (https://youtu.be/jGhDDHuPnRY) from the Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern.





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The review of the iPhone 12 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-12/) and iPhone 12 Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-12-pro/) was generally critical of Apple's MagSafe technology, explaining that the idea seems to be better in theory than in practice.





Although Stern found that the MagSafe charger charged the &zwnj;iPhone 12&zwnj; faster than a traditional 7.5W Qi wireless charger, it was still slower than plugging directly into a 20W charger. The 20W charger charged an empty iPhone (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/iphone/) to 50% in only 28 minutes, while the MagSafe took 1 hour.





The full video review covers other aspects of the new &zwnj;iPhone 12&zwnj; and &zwnj;iPhone 12 Pro&zwnj;:


 


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The review was also critical of the fact that the combined cost of the MagSafe charger and a 20W power adapter was $58 combined, and that the MagSafe charger's cable is less than a yard in length.





<div class="linkback">Related Roundups: iPhone 12 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-12/), iPhone 12 Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-12-pro/)</div><div class="linkback">Tag: MagSafe (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/magsafe/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: iPhone 12 (Buy Now) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iPhone-12), iPhone 12 Pro (Buy Now) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iPhone-12-Pro)</div>
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Source: MagSafe Charges 2x Slower Than Wired 20W USB-C Charger (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/10/23/magsafe-charges-2x-slower-than-wired-20w-charger/)