All four new iPhone 12 phones support wireless charging, like any Apple phone since the iPhone 8, but the company did not include any charger with the new product package by wire or wireless under the pretext of preserving the environment, and it asked users to purchase the charger separately.
The company has offered users two options of the usual wired charger (it puts it up for sale for $ 20), and a new wireless charger called "MagSafe" it has put up for sale for $ 39.
So how did this wireless charger perform compared to its wired counterpart?
According to a new review of recent Apple phones by Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal, and shown on the newspaper’s official YouTube channel (the video below), it was found that the Wireless MagSafe charger is two times slower than the “U” charger. 20W wired USB-C.
The review of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro was generally critical of Apple's MagSafe technology, indicating that the idea of this charger looks better in theory than in practice, according to the Macrumors website, which specializes in news of the American company.
Although Stern found that the MagSafe charger charged iPhone 12 faster than the traditional 7.5-watt Qi wireless charger, it was slower compared to a 20-watt charger that charged an empty iPhone 12 battery to 50% by 28. Just a minute, while the MagSafe charger took an hour to charge the battery to the same level.
The review also drew attention to the fact that the total cost of the MagSafe charger and the 20-watt USB-C charger is $ 59, and that the length of the MagSafe charger is less than a meter.
The MagSafe charger leaves a circular effect when used on the back of an iPhone Protective Leather Case (Apple Insider)
An unfortunate effect
On the other hand, it turns out that if you put your new iPhone in a protective leather cover while charging it using the new MagSafe wireless charger, the cover may show some circular signs resulting from its connection to the charger, according to a warning issued by Apple in a new support document issued on Friday.
And Apple's leather covers for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro will not be available until the sixth of next November, but one of the Mac Romers site readers has already shared an image of a circular fingerprint that appears on a silicone cover that Apple put to the iPhone 12 Pro, and indicated that the circular fingerprint appeared on This case is only after one day of using this MagSafe charger.
Therefore, it seems that any other protective cover for the iPhone may also be affected, with the possibility that it will appear more clearly on the leather covers, which prompted Apple to issue that warning.
In addition to the circular fingerprint the charger leaves on the iPhone leather cases, the support document contains some other information about the MagSafe charger, including:
Users should avoid placing credit cards, security cards, passports, or any keys that contain RFID chips, because the MagSafe charger may damage the magnetic strips or chips in these items.
Apple also says that if the iPhone battery overheats while charging using the MagicSave, the phone's operating system may prevent the battery from charging above 80%, and also if the iPhone is connected to the MagSafe charger and the Lightning cable, the charging will be via Lightning wire only.
It is reported that the MagSafe technology is a new feature in all iPhone 12 models, and it allows magnetic accessories to be attached to the back of the phone, including the Apple MagSafe charger.
The company also offers a leather wallet based on MAGSave technology for saving credit cards, and these wallets are supposed to start reaching users within the coming weeks.