People forget that the MagSafe battery pack is the only device that the iPhone can reverse wireless charge. So you could still charge it via your iPhone 15 even if you only had a usb-c cable
@@Chromwel-A You don’t know what is the battery pack for ? Ask Apple and I already have 2 Apple Battery Pack before Apple ends the battery pack 🤷🏻♂️
I absolutely adore the magsafe duo and despite its price, it’s one of the few first party accessories that I find that’s truly worth the price as it’s hard to find reliable alternatives with the same quality and versatility. Might pick another one up for the cheap in case my first one dies.
I hope they do refresh both to the new standard. What I liked about the Apple MagSafe battery back was how cool it stayed compared to a battery pack from Anker.
You can buy 3rd party one compatible and even if says 15watt that's for Android, Apple limits iPhone to 7.5watt Max via Qi to keep devices cool and extend battery life
They seem to give me so little extra juice. But it’s cause I stream video for 2 hours via GameChanger. But it sucks like 80% of my pro max and all of the battery pack in 2 hours.
Keep in mind that the iPhone does reverse wireless charging to the magsafe battery pack when plugged in. That would be a method of charging the battery pack w/o bringing lightning cables, just charge it through the phone 😆
@@handihasan8823battery pack is an extender not a charger connect it when your phone is between 85-90% and when you battery pack is dead your phone will still have 90% battery i do this all the tome with my 14 pro
I believe the Apple MagSafe battery pack will be back. The smarts in how it reacts with the iPhone are second to none. For me only charging the phone to 91% and holding was the best feature.
MagSafe battery pro with a power button ? MagSafe was made for the iPhone 12 mini and they killed that line up so there’s really no point of bringing it back unless if they plan to bring the mini series back… However I am a fan of MagSafe battery pack bought two for my iPhone 13 mini, switch them out on the go while staying at 90% battery.
I can see the MagSafe Duo getting a newer redesign. USB-C with faster charging. Also the later Pro phones camera have been getting a bit too big for it. Maybe even making the MagSafe part adjustable like the Watch charger so you could use Stand By.
I love my MagSafe portable battery. It’s incredibly light and thin and one of the most portable and reliable ones I’ve had yet. When Apple rolled out with usb-c only I felt instantly saddened. I’ll be keeping mine till it doesn’t work anymore. Apple would have been smart to keep these in production. I love how it works so well and without being tethered
MagSafe Duo is phenomenal, absolutely love it for traveling. I have the Anker cube you show but it’s not necessarily the most travel friendly. Also the AirPods Pro were actually updated for use with the Vision Pro, which is why you can’t just buy a new case.
MagSafe battery pack also did a 90% charge limit. But now the 15’s have that option for any charging, so if third parties can incorporate the smart charging to minimize heat, then those will be good options
Great, interesting video, first one of yours I have viewed. Impressed with the fast pace, clear delivery, packed full of info and no gimmicks. Good stuff. Subscribed.
I’m doing this now. 15 Pro w Magsafe battery. It’s heavy lol but I wasn’t ready for the usb change and don’t have enough cables. Works very well and actually might keep it like this for the versatility
the magsafe battery pack is by far my favorite battery bank. no battery pack honestly comes close to it. the pack can prevent charging when the phone is too hot, has reverse wireless charging, ergonomically feels good and can be used as a bedside charger. the magnets on it is also superb. doesnt slide easily compared to many magsafe battery packs i've used. its expensive but it works rly well.
When I upgraded from the iPhone XS to the 13 Pro Max I bought 4 MagSafe Battery Packs and dedicated charging docks with a plan to rotate through them on a regular basis. I previously always had to use Battery Cases but the 13 Pro Max battery life has been so good I’ve only needed the Battery Pack on a very rare occasion that I’m at an outdoor event and unable to charge normally for an extended period of time.
1 always on the phone, 1 on a charging dock in the bedroom, 1 on a charging dock at work, 1 on a charging dock at my work condo. Swapping them regularly. That was the plan at least, hardly ever used them😅
The Smart Battery pack just got me through a full three weeks in Japan charging it up every night - never ran out of battery or felt any battery stress even doing long 12+ hours of navigation, camera use, music listening, and much much more. I hope they killed it off to follow it up with something better, but I'll be holding onto mine for a while.
Verizon was selling both of these for 25% off after Apple removed them both. I was able to snag a battery pack and it’s been amazing for my 13 mini. Definitely feels like people that hated on it weren’t using it correctly because for me it’s been absolutely perfect and doesn’t get hot at all
Same, bought 1 for mini 13, congrats on the sweet price, if I had known I would have waited 2 weeks for better price 😅 but yea it seems made for the mini
Apple magsafe battery pack is the best for most users; however, most users do not know how it is supposed to be used. It is meant to go on your iphone and sit there all day. The software is key. It only charges your iphone when your iphone needs a little extra juice. It doesn't just charge and charge, wasting its capacity and damaging your internal battery. It also doesn't charge when your phone gets hot. It is efficient in these ways so it can be a smaller capacity. It can be reverse wirelessly charged so if you have your iphone plugged in (whether that is an iphone 15 or older), your battery will charge as well. All you need is one cord. It is expensive but for me it was worth it. I hope they come out with an updated version that has usb c, can be charged via magsafe, etc. Imagine your iphone being connected to the battery pack and on the other side, the battery pack is connected to a magsafe charger. Both getting charged at the same time overnight with optimized charging or whatever. You wouldn't need a cord at all.
I used mine today with my iPhone 15 pro max. I use the 80% max charge feature. Had it on the phone from 8am until it said it was dead at 6:30pm. My battery is at 77%.
Great Vid. Well done. Ihave the 13promax. And the Anker 5k mag charge is the bomb. Its nver gottn hot, and I can mag charge phone or charge by cord, Off the battery. And with phone completely dead, battery will recharge to 100% In about 45min. The magnet is strong and attaches really well. And it wsnt $100. I bought it on a special day in July for $35.00. And tht ws about 2yrs ago. It still goin strong. And its charged off usb-c.😉
Great video, thanks for addressing this topic! I love both products, hope that they eventually have usbc versions or something better is created to replace them. I only use my duo to charge my watch and AirPods overnight so I could care less about phone fitment or qi 1 charge speeds. Will be keeping both for now. The duo needing a lightning cable is a little inconvenient but not the end of the world, you could probably find a lighting to usbc adapter somewhere. As many others here have said, the magsafe battery pack not having usbc is a non-issue, it can be reverse charged via your phone.
the thing that's really good about the MagSafe Battery Pack is that it doesn't charge that quickly--no, seriously. While charging quickly is obviously great, wirelessly charging quickly generates a lot of heat, which is not good when it's hot outside and the phone you're using overheats quickly (i.e. my old iPhone 12 mini)
Firstly, thank you. I never knew this. I actually really wanted a MagSafe battery pack and was holding out for the September event thinking they’d get upgraded to USB-C. When they didn’t I was annoyed and just went to my Apple Store on the Friday and just purchased one. Never knew they were being made extinct. I did notice I purchased the last one and it wasn’t on the shelf tho… So basically in the space of a week I’ve purchased two dead products. 13 Mini and MagSafe pack 😂🤷🏽♂️
Love both, and both have been (and still are) quite useful while travelling... What we should DEMAND Apple at this point is sort of a roadmap to know when it will kill the lightning "ports" from everything (say the Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, etc...) I am not quite sure if there's actually anything other than these 2 devices besides the magsafe duo and battery with lightning... but at this point they should replace them with USB-C versions. The MagSafe battery...took me quite a bit to find one (Apple stores were always out of stock)... At least I can get rid of all these goddamn cables that have just become obsolete. Edit: I completely forgot about the AirPods Max... grrrr...
For all the flak that Magsafe battery pack got, I think everybody forgets that this is the only battery pack that doesn’t stop charging the phone due to heat. I’ve tried other magsafe battery packs and it stops charging frequently due to the phone being hot.
FYI they did not move over to USB C because they give a f, it’s because Europe has updated the standards on all chargeable devices to have USB C to be able to sell in europe. Europe also set a date on when every phone has to have a replaceable batterie that your grandma can do without unscrewing the phone, I think it’s sometimes around 2027.
Excellent video but to be honest the battery pack never worked great for me, but I do love the Duo and still use! For the first time in years I’m skipping the upgrade for IPhone 15 and waiting until next year and keep Using the IPhone 14 Pro Max 1TB & Ultra Watch which still is amazing!
I bought the MagSafe Battery Pack before I even read any reviews of it. I was bummed when I went online and saw so many people absolutely trashing it. Almost three years later, it has charged my phone every single day. I slap it on the back on my, now, 14 Pro when I hop into bed and that's it. Also, I take it on flights and road trips, etc. It's been phenomenally easy to use and now in 2024 I wonder what all the fuss was about. Sad to see it go.
I‘m using the battery pack every day.. can‘t understand why people don‘t like it.. they even use it wrong, they think it‘s a powerbank while it‘s a battery EXTENDER.. hope they bring it back with USB-C
They didn't offer a separate USB-C case this time around because the case is tied to Find My now. The OG Airpods case was just a vehicle to store and charge them. Now the 2 airpods and case are all 3 together in Find My. Unregistering one of the devices unregisters all 3 devices.
Couple Notes: 1) "Qi 1" can support 15W, it's called the Qi-EPP (Extended Power Profile). It could actually support up to 30W (though as far as I know nothing actually utilized that high of a wattage), Apple just chose to support Qi up to 7.5W and limit 15W behind their MFI / MagSafe system. Sony and Motorola phones, for example, support 15W via Qi-EPP. Google and Asus support 12W. 2) The reason the Apple Magsafe battery doesn't get so hot is it charges your phone at a slower speed (as a wireless charging powerbank should). Wireless charging generates heat, as does drawing power from batteries can converting voltages, so a powerbank should charge slower than a standalone wireless charger. But none of the third party manufacturers can control themselves and basically all support the max 7.5W an iPhone can accept over Qi. Hell, many of them actually support higher than that for some reason, meaning if you use one of these Magnetic Qi powerbanks with an Android phone they can get scary hot as they output even more power. I tested some with my Pixel phone which supports 12W and the power banks which didn't turn themselves off after a few minutes felt like they were going to melt.
Love them both. Battery pack is so small and handy. Always take mine with me when using the phone as a hotspot which always drains the phone battery. Plus also handy to charge my AirPods too.
Didn't even know that the magsafe battery pack was discontinued; was waiting to pick one up on Black Friday from Best Buy or Amazon for my 12 mini but when I checked I found none on Amazon Canada and only one remaining at my local Best Buy! I picked it up from them just in time, so thanks for the heads up! Local Apple Store has none btw, as expected for a discontinued item.
@@beardfm I ended up returning it! It lost charge ridiculously fast while not being used, so it couldn't be counted on to have enough charge when needed. Plus, the led light that only flashes amber or green depending on whether it's charging or finished charging, but doesn't stay on in either case, means you're always wondering about the battery pack's state of charge (unless you're staring at the battery the whole time it's being charged, you could easily miss the green light flash that indicates it's fully charged!). The only way to truly tell is to periodically attach it to the phone while it's being charged and use the battery widget, which is a hassle. One of the more stupidly design electronic gadgets I've tried in a long while; no wonder it was discontinued by Apple!
The MagSafe Duo I have doesn’t even work because the camera bump on the 15 Pro is so big that it rests on the corner of the Duo and prevents the phone from forming a flat connection. Hopefully they come out with an updated version which actually fits the current phones and sports a USB-C connection - I loved the product when I could use it
I wish that Apple would sunset accessories like these instead of just making them suddenly vanish from the store. Give people who were on the fence about something that kick of “final warning: if you were interested then make up your mind and get it now or forever hold your peace”.
I’m predicting the MagSafe battery pack and MagSafe duo will launch at a spring event early next year. If I had to guess Apple didn’t want to flood a ton of new product updates all at once but did want to get rid of lightning iPhone accessories. Perhaps at a spring event we could see a 2nd gen AirTag with the updates ultrawide for better precision as it did feel sort of weird they bragged about the updated ultrawide but the AirTags ,which is the main product you find ultrawide functionality in, is still running on the old chip from the iPhone 11. Seems like they’d want to show off a much bigger range like they did with the find my iPhone ultrawide where it showed 70+ ft instead of the AirTags 30ft max.
for the Duo charger, you can just get a couple USB-C to lightning micro adapters. It's what I'm doing for the couple of pieces I still have that only support lightning. That way I can change out all the cables to USB-C, and just change a couple ends to lighting as needed...
From personal experience the MagSafe battery not only DID get hot when I was simultaneously using my phone but it also barely charged it. It was near impossible during summer for my phone to get charged. Of course when I wasn’t using my phone it charged fine, but then again you were better off buying a 15 buck power bank and charge your phone with a lighting cable bcuz it was much faster and actually charged your phone even if you were using it. The idea of MagSafe is really good being able to use your phone without a cable dangling from your pocket to it but the actual product wasn’t even worth 100 bucks like I honestly felt like I was scammed from buying an overpriced and less effective powerbank.
I’ve honestly never used the wire charging with my pros gen 2. USB c wouldn’t make much of a difference unless you can’t wait for them to charge. I just pop them on when I get back from a run, and take them off later on in the day.
I really want them to bring back the smart battery case. I’ve currently got it on my iPhone XS and I get around 24 hours of charge. The MagSafe battery just doesn’t seem like a seamless product compared to the battery case. It’s the only thing holding me back from upgrading
@@beardfm it’s great, it’s one package, and doesn’t slide off. Not to mention it’s faster at charging and you can charge both of the devices at once with fast charging. The MagSafe battery pack is slow and for you to get the same performance as the battery case I’d assume you’d have to charge both individually rather than just charging the case, as the bottleneck is the wireless charging.
As much as I would like things like the magic mouse and keyboard to be USB-C, I suspect it will be a while before Apple makes that switch because they will want to get as much money out of the lightning cables as possible before having to retire them
The MagSafe battery (and all wireless batteries) are kindof dubious as a concept. I like mine, but for the size and weight, a wired pack would have double the capacity and double the charging speed. It’s good to slip in a pocket for a full day of messing with your phone (good for travel) but it takes quite a while to impart a charge, and it is only good for ONE ~80% charge. With a wired pack, you could have multiple charges with a few 10 minute plug-in sessions.
You can recharge the phone using the battery connected to the lightning, and you can recharge the battery using the phone connected to the USB-C. It's a win-win situation - that means you can recharge with either USB-C or lightning. I say get the battery with lightning port even if you own the iPhone 15.
Apple battery pack did a lot more that just charging 1. shows up in the battery widget 2. In control center low power mode button, you had an extra option to charge past 90% 3. communication and firmware updates through MagSafe - no one does that 4. Did not get hot and stops charging when at 90% 5. Reverse charging on iPhone. Only device that does that through MagSafe Buy one while you can. I find it great on flights with a pop socket on back so I still have enough battery to Uber home when I land.
I bought a mag safe battery pack at a nearby Target the day after Apple discontinued. It is a great battery pack, as I use it on an iPhone 13 Mini on days when I can’t charge it for long periods. Too bad it was discontinued.
I def see the battery pack returning w usb-C before the end of 2023. Apple has sold an external battery pack/case for most of its models since the iPhone 6 I find it hard to believe they won’t continue to cash in.
You don’t have to toss all your Apple Lightning cables prematurely - I’ve been using very small Lightning-to-USB-C adapters for a couple of years. The only time they haven’t worked for me is when a case or accessory is mechanically designed such that the adapter can’t completely plug in correctly. Of course we can envision the near future when adapters are USB-C to USB-C, which is more elegant and universal. But for most people, this will inevitably happen - no need to spend more on cables earlier!
PIcked up the last Magsafe Battery Amazon had just now. It's for my Fiancée who has a habit of just not charing stuff. I figured the price is over doubled but if she would fail to charge her phone often enough there is no way she is going to charge a second device attached to the phone.
are there any magsafe batteries that also can be charged wirelessly, apple magsafe battery couldnt charge on its own wirelessly, i was wondering if you knew if one that does that also fits a iphone 13 mini?
@@beardfm oh, that sucks, im trying to embrace a life of never plugging in my phone or any small rechargeable peripherals, i look forward to it one day, i have a 12 pro max and a 13 mini that have never has a cord plugged into them not once, im sick of those ports dying and how slow and dated lightning is either way.
As a person who is blind, and uses GPS, when walking and on public transport, the MagSafe battery pack is fantastic! Love the portability, and it’s true wireless charging as it doesn’t need a cable to charge your phone! :-) Hopefully they revive this with USB-C!
I was watching another YTer who tested Qi2 vs Qi and found that after initial boost in charging rate it was managed down to about the same output. Why pay the premium for a small performance gain. My Anker or Morphie never got hot when charging in my pocket.
I have a iPhone 15, USB-C AirPods Pro and a M1 MBA. That's a quite nice combination, particular with an usbc external monitor. I hope the apple magic keyboard and the magic mouse are coming soon in an usb-c version.
Both MagSafe Duo and Battery Pack are absolutely ESSENTIAL for my typically weekly travel. I don’t trust other companies’ wireless chargers because they’re bound to break
It seems that Apple has been facing some issues in bringing new products to market lately. A few products appear to be lagging behind, either in adopting new technology or in production.
Apple has always been slow to adopt new standards, like USB-C, and it may be they're culling some devices that aren't as popular (like these) to focus on Apple Vision Pro and the like
MagSafe Battery Pack WAS the best MagSafe power bank when it was first released. You could leave it on your phone all the time, charge both the internal battery and the battery pack simultaneously whenever you plugged it up, and it would hold your internal battery at 90% until the battery pack was depleted, maximizing its efficiency, your total available runtime between the two batteries, AND preserving the health of your internal battery. It was simple perfection that very few people appreciated because most users just slapped it on late in the day when they were almost out of battery, which is terribly inefficient. But in typical Apple fashion, it took them less than a year to ruin it when subsequent software/firmware updates destroyed the feature that held the internal battery at 90%, and ever since it has charged the phone to 100% by default (even though that setting is not enabled) after removing the phone/battery pack from a charging cable. Again, since so few people left the battery pack on their phones all the time, nobody really noticed and Apple never bothered to fix the bug. Super disappointing.
I charged my iPhone 12 Pro Max exclusively overnight on the Apple magsafe charger and it killed 2 batteries in 15 months. Both batteries dropped to 80% battery health in a little over 7 months each.
Subscribed. Excellent video. Thx. Charming chap. Quick question: Where do we get the white, elegant stand Apple uses to show the iPhone in Standby mode? Thanks. Love you on the AppleInsider Podcast! Well done.
Thank you! That stand is from Twelve South but only available through the Apple Store. The one Apple shows in the keynote requires a separate MagSafe pick though. Twelve South’s updated model works great too, you can see it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l0GkqFI5NRQ.htmlsi=Q0P0Bvs4hMQwpdLv
I like my otterbox MagSafe charger cause it reverses charges so you can charge it on a MagSafe charger and also charge it while on your iPhone at the same time
I only appreciate magsafe duo when i travel. When fold it is ridiculously compact in my luggage and extra one lightning cable will just able to charge my phone and watch and airpods. Hope new usbc and faster charging is available
I like my MagSafe batteries. I’m often out a day-long bike ride, a camping trip, or photographing in a city for a few hours, which are all times when I can’t recharge my phone with the help of a wall socket. So my MagSafe batteries are great Insurance for insuring that I have as much power as I need. For $7 each, I purchased adapters that turn my plethora of lightning cables into USB-C cables. So while my old USB cables may be outdated, like my old USB chargers and MagSafe batteries, they’re definitely not obsolete.
