DON’T Buy OLD MagSafe Battery Packs (Get Qi2 Instead)

Now is the WORST time to buy MagSafe battery packs for your iPhone 15. The Qi2 wireless standard is coming and has compelling improvements for battery packs, so here are some alternatives you should consider in the meantime.

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00:00 Introduction
00:41 Qi2 Charging is Coming!
02:04 Why Qi2 is Better
03:36 Coming Qi2 Devices
04:31 Get THIS Instead
05:39 Anker Prime Battery

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[TyreonCryptor]

I bought my wife an Apple MagSafe battery pack over a year ago to use with her iPhone 13. She uses it for long trips and it hasn't degraded her battery capacity at all. Hopefully the new Qi2 standard battery packs work at least that well and have more capacity.

[MikeMike-dwwf]

I actually picked up the Anker Nano Powerbank about a month ago and I love it too! Perfect combination of portability and power. Anyway, glad that you’re still making content Stephen, I was worried that you might be going away entirely lol

[Tony.in.motion]

Honestly bro I bought that Anker nano and hated it. It makes using your phone impossible while charging. I ended up just getting an anker wireless pack. Yea it’s a bit slower but i liked it better. Good video

[HardyOh]

I’m holding hope on Apple’s next MagSafe battery pack with Qi 2 and USB-C

[martinxfinn]

Took your advice and bought one. Got the 15 Pro Max so this will act as a nice little boost if I need it. Very small as well! Love it!

[frwd]

I use 2 Apple MagSafe battery packs like a trickle charger. I charge my phone fully. Then I put the power bank on. Have 100 percent 4-5 hours later. Do the same thing with the other one. Have 100-90 percent a majority of the day.

[roguephoenix]

yept those small ones are the ones i have. easier to carry in my pocket and doesn't require cables.

[tcastle]

I really like the Anker Nano Power Bank despite the 5, 000mAh size since it’s pocketable (I have it in my EDC bag) and versatile since I can use it for both my 15 Pro Max and iPad Mini (I liked your recent iPad Mini vid btw!). Keep up the solid work, Stephen!

[jack]

None of the features mentioned seem to justify replacing my current 15w wireless 10000 charger which was less than $30. Incremental improvements like less heat and a little more efficiency are minor. Better to wait till the price drops to about $30 for a qi2 10000 pack

[elonnut]

“Wirelessly charging my apple wireless power bank through an iPhone” is a crazy sentence and I can’t wait to try to 😂😂

[xti]

Thanks for this. Perfect timing. I’ll wait.

[Flakitonica]

You came back to pocket cast 😂. I was using Apple podcast but for some reason I keep coming back to pocket cast. I love the queue

[looper]

Looking forward to your next video, waiting on the new wireless ones. Thanks for the content, I didn't realize any of this lol.

[petarmiloradovic]

I got a wireless power bank for 15 bucks from ugreen, its a 5kmah small like the original apple one but with usbc feature, it gets hot but it helps me to give a little charge when im not home.

[thejtray]

My favorite thing about Apple’s MagSafe battery pack is it wouldn’t charge past 91%. I hope this QI2 standard adopts that and shows in the battery widget.

[heidiheaux]

I just got my iPhone 15 yesterday...so glad I saw this!! Thanks

[mcham]

That anker nano is good. Its my back up portable charger

[SoufBayDad]

I just picked up two during cyber Monday. One for me and one for a colleague.

[immabroke]

Where’s guarantee that it would work with >15w? Only thing that works with 15w MagSafe is apple’s one.

It’s not a standard for iPhone and since Apple didn’t announce anything I would assume power of them would be still limited to 7, 5w by iPhone itself.

[SwaGooDuP]

thats not risking damage to the port? that cant be the intended weight and use for a lightning port.