Having recently earned an FCC clearance, Apple’s travel-friendly MagSafe Duo wireless charger is now available to pre-order from an authorized Apple reseller in Switzerland. Digitec Galaxus is now taking orders for the device with a ship date of December 21-29, AppleInsider reports.
The MagSafe Wallet is arguably the most polarizing Apple accessory for the latest iPhone 12 family of smartphones, and it takes full advantage of built-in magnets! You've probably seen some negative reviews online and complaints about this case. Our own Harris Craycraft himself has run into several issues on day one and got confused by a few aspects of this case. But when he actually started using it, it became clear to him what Apple was trying to achieve with this wallet accessory. We thought you might like to learn more about why Harris changed his initial opinion about the MagSafe Wallet, so we created a video about it.
We already know that Apple's new, travel-friendly wireless charger, the MagSafe Duo, is "coming soon". But, ahead of that, it has to pick up federal clearance.
We've known about the MagSafe Duo wireless charger for a bit of time now. But it wasn't until today that we found out the accessory will launch "soon".
As Apple introduced new magnetic charging options and accessories with MagSafe last month, accessory maker Belkin confirmed it was working on a car mount and other MagSafe products. As of today, Belkin's car vent mount is available to order from Apple's website with estimated shipping times of 3-4 weeks.
As the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro Max and HomePod mini went on sale earlier this morning, Apple's online store revealed that the MagSafe Duo charger and Apple's first-party leather sleeve for the latest phones are coming soon, priced at $129 each. The Cupertino technology giant previously stated that both accessories would be coming "at a later stage" so this change in wording might imply that a launch could be imminent.
Despite its small stature, the iPhone 12 mini supports the same features as its larger brethren in the lineup. That includes wireless charging with MagSafe. However, there's a catch.
Apple's upcoming MagSafe Duo charger has been approved by South Korea's National Radio Research Agency (NRRA), indicating that a launch may be imminent.
The fact that Apple's new $39 MagSafe wireless charger currently works full speed on the new iPhone 12 if used with the company's new 20W power adapter, sold separately, had doubters crying foul, saying it's an artificial limitation to force users to buy new chargers from Apple.
If you want to charge your iPhone 12 full speed via Apple's new MagSafe wireless charger, you'll need to run out and buy the company's new 20-watt USB-C charger because higher-wattage Apple chargers and third-party options currently don’t perform quite well.
The repair experts over at iFixit have torn apart Apple's new MagSafe wireless charger for the iPhone 12 family, revealing an elegant design of the internal components such as the magnets that are arranged in a circular layout within the puck.
Apple's new MagSafe charger for the iPhone 12 family doubles the wireless charging speed but is still slower compared to the wired solution. Concretely, the Wall Street Journal's Joana Stern found out in her video review of the new iPhones that the magnetic charger charges an iPhone 12 more than 2x slower than a 20-Watt USB-C charger with fast-charge support.