DangDave
About
- Banned
- Username
- DangDave
- Joined
- Visits
- 50
- Last Active
- Roles
- member
- Points
- 405
- Badges
- 1
- Posts
- 98
Reactions
-
Apple 35W Dual USB-C power adapters available to order
These Apple charging adapters are USB-C PD (Power Delivery). PD is the standard from the USB-IF and is what EU is mandating in their new regulations for fast charging or for charging above 15 watts. All Apple devices that include fast charging or require more than 15 watts have PD.
Many Anker and other charging adaptors do not have PD, instead they have what they call IQ which means that the voltage will not change and therefore they are limited to 5 volts and therefore 15 watts. So yes, 15 watts is better and faster than 5, 10, or 12 watts, but this is not considered fast charging.What we don’t know is how the two ports share the 35 watts when two connectors are attached? Probably port 1 max 20w, port 2 max 15w?
-
iPhone & AirPods will require USB-C for charging in the EU by late 2024
I have attached the June 2020 fact sheet for the EU announcement.Apple has been part of the USB-IF since it was formed and I presume it hasn’t always gotten its way, but it will adapt. Other OEMs are going to have to make bigger changes such as adding USB PD along with or in place of QC to their devices sold in the EU.
The bottom line is that it’s win win for all of us.
-
Satechi GaN USB-C Wall Chargers: faster, better, cheaper
Another great feature of both of the two 3-port chargers in the article are that all of the ports are truly PD (Power Delivery) and therefore able to negotiate voltages other than 5V and therefore can all provide more than 15W with PD capable devices.https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1520/4366/files/66W_3-Port_GaN_Wall_Charger.pdf?v=1626884143
Many of the other portable multi-port chargers from various providers on Amazon, or wherever, say that they are PD, which they probably are, but as soon as you plug in a second cable or device, all of the ports revert to, or stay at 5V with a maximum of 15W or less, and they don’t always say so in the big or small print.
-
Are the iPhone 13 differences that noticeable?
Apple did not increase the prices this year! In fact they decreased the price of both the iPhone 13 and Mini by $30 while doubling the base storage capacity.
-
Mark Zuckerberg may have lied to Congress about who can see WhatsApp messages
So if I forward a screen snap of my WhatsApp conservation to somebody else, does that mean that Mark Z is lying to Congress under oath and is committing a felony?
