No kidding, my partner’s family are all Apple die hard but they never used MagSafe until I got an iPhone and started showing off my accessories.

I understand the novelty of a magnetic portable charger, especially if you’ve just bought your first MagSafe compatible phone. But a small wired charger is a cheaper, much faster charging option and holds so much more power. I carry this really small 10,000 mAh battery and a 10cm cord. It charges an iPhone incredibly fast.

I went with the Apple pack for its intelligence (throttles at 80%, or when thermal conditions warrant), and it doubles as a travel charger since I can leave it on a Lightning cable and it will charge itself and the phone.

I would replace the battery right after you buy it. Otherwise, if you can't otherwise replace the battery, I'd pass on buying it.

Just tried an Belkin MagSafe one and returned it. Absolute garbage.

In settings go to messages, notifications and unclick badges.

You may have unknown senders filtered so you wouldn’t see these messages unless you looked for them. When in messages, do you have the world “Filters” in the upper left corner? If so, click that and check for the six unread messages.

Not really. It’s a battery extender, more than a charger.

If they're really all read, it's a bug. One thing that often works is to just kill the app.

That sounds like the intended use for the Apple brand.

I have the apple one and love it. I will say that it's something you need to plan to use. You should leave the house with it already attached and it will slowly top you up to 90% the whole time until it runs out. I have used it when my phone is almost dead to charge my phone but that is definitely not as efficient but still can help in a pinch. I use it a TON and its never fallen off (im using an official apple case). I also use it to charge my phone at night and its nice to have a wireless charger for the few occasions i need to peek at my phone in bed.

I would definitely list the lightning connector in the downside column for the official MagSafe battery. Particularly considering it has reverse charging So it can be charged by the phone.

Anker isn’t actually MagSafe. It’s just magnetic wireless charging.

While it has lower capacity and is more expensive, the Apple official has a few advantages - it is Lightning so it uses the same charger cable as your iPhone and it can do reverse charging so phone will charge battery if the phone is plugged in. When I’m traveling I just plug in the phone to power and it charges both phone and battery with one cable. It is also integrated into iOS so you can see charge status and control charging from iPhone. Lastly it is smaller than most so it fits easily into a pocket. Basically turns my 13 Pro into a 13 Pro Max in terms of battery life.

Should I wait to for the Phone 15

So my parent's are willing to buy me the iPhone 14 Pro next month, but I was wondering if I should wait for the iPhone 15 Pro (Since the price is rumoured to be the same).. My current phone (android) is kinda dying so if Apple delays the launch in September it might be a problem. Also, if i buy any of these iPhones I will keep it for the next 4-5 years minimum. I care about the camera, bezels and the aesthetics. Not sure if I would love the Titanium finish that's been rumoured, everything else seems great. Any opinions?

depends on your application I suppose i.e. when do you think you're going to need to use the powerbank and in what conditions?

induction charging is 75% as efficient as plug in.

Between improved phone battery life and the ubiquity of available power, I find myself very very rarely needing a power bank and the old Anker one I bought years ago serves that well enough.

I have the Apple magsafe pack and I agree with everyone calling it a battery extender. If I’m out and about ALL day wiith no guaranteed chance to sit by a wall socket, I’ll bring an additional external battery just in case

I have the Anker 633. It does have a kickstand and does allow simultaneous charging via the USB port and wireless charger. Love this thing as it keeps me going all day and then some. The weight is very noticeable though.

Oh yeah! I forgot about them

Belkin too!

I just bought a Casely power pod and it seems to work fine. It gets a little warm when charging and using but not too hot to hold. It’s only 5000mAh which is consistently half a charge for my 14 Pro Max (while also using it heavily. Just got the thing so I’m really trying to test it’s limits) but I think that’s enough for me. Happy to answer more questions if there are any

Tech Squared MagSafe Wireless Power Bank with Stand

This is only $20 at Sam's Club so I had to get this one.

Been using the Belkin piece for while now. I get about one extra charge for my 14 Pro. And the kickstand comes in handy.

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I use the Anker Power Bank, 633 Magnetic Battery, 10,000mAh, it’s MagSafe and it’s brilliant, the battery last for 4 days with solid use, well worth the money.

I've been using it for months with my 13 Mini and while it's a great battery this feature can't be turned off and is cumbersome when doing a lot of video calls as it drains the battery quite fast and the battery won't charge because it's "too hot" (most of the time it's far from it imo).