The arrival of Apple‘s new Magsafe charger with the iPhone 12 was a joy for many users who saw in this accessory a new world of possibilities to charge their iPhone through wireless charging without giving up many of the advantages of doing it with cable. However, some limitations have been found that will also be greater in the ‘mini’ model that the company will launch soon.
Low charging power in the Magsafe
In many tests carried out, it has been found that Apple’s Magsafe is a good accessory to charge the iPhone, but it does not quite provide an ideal power for them to be charged quickly. In fact, its maximum power is up to 15w even with Apple’s own 20w adapter.
According to a new document that MacRumors has had access to, the new charger includes new limitations such as reducing the load to 7.5w when EarPods or other headphones that are connected to the iPhone are connected through the Lightning. Although it may seem a negative thing, the truth is that it could be motivated by taking good care of the performance of the device, thus preventing possible overheating.
Another limitation that has been disclosed, although it was already intuited, is that the iPhone 11 and earlier will charge slower with Magsafe than with other Qi charging bases. This is probably due to the fact that they are not really compatible devices because they do not have the magnet system and other internal systems that manage the load with this accessory.
New limitations for the iPhone 12 mini
Although there are still a few days to start the reservations of the iPhone 12 mini, the Apple document shows the compatibility of the Magsafe with it. Specifically, it has been known that the maximum power will be 12w for this phone, which is not an abysmal difference with its older brothers, but it is a reduction to take into account. Probably the size of the battery of this terminal is one of the determining factors.
The same even with third-party Magsafe?
The technology used by Apple’s Magsafe is open to other manufacturers to create iPhone-compatible accessories. In fact we can already find some examples on the market and although these may offer some differences, for practical purposes we could find the same load limitations.
This is not really confirmed, but it would not be unreasonable if the protection system implemented by Apple also affects third-party accessories. We will have to wait to test them in depth to find out in any case, although we hope that in the coming years this power will improve so that those who want faster charges on their iPhone can get them even with the Magsafe.