What is going on, everybody?
It is Mike, welcome back to Tech 24/7 TV.
I'm really glad that you're here today because we are
unboxing the MagSafe Duo Charger from Apple.
This is one hundred and thirty dollars ($130) and it is
on Apple's website, it's available now.
And this is a MagSafe charger for your iPhone and
your Apple Watch.
It features USB-C on the plug end and it has lightning on
the actual charger.
And let's go and open this up and see what's in the box.
That's sweet sound
of opening up new accessory.
So there is your first look at the MagSafe Duo charger.
Now this is well, it's magnetic.
That's interesting.
So I know it's magnetic, I say that jokingly,
but it's magnetic.
And the fact that when it closes like this, I thought it
would be flimsy.
That's actually surprising that it's not.
So this is really two halves and it closes very easily.
Now, let's go ahead and open this up.
This is going to be the MagSafe side for your iPhone and this
is going to be for your Apple Watch.
Now, this will actually pivot 90 degrees to go ahead and
accommodate an Apple Watch that has a link bracelet so you can
lay it flat.
This is actually really nice.
So here's going to be the lightning portion.
And they do give you a lightning cable with this,
a lightning to USB-C cable excuse me, but they don't
include a charger.
No, they don't.
Let's see what else is in the box.
So we have a lightning charger.
OK, that's a given.
And here we have safety and handling procedures because,
you know, safety is a difficult thing to do.
No Apple stickers inside of the box.
Now, you do have to use a 20 watt charger with this in order
for this to go ahead and work.
It's got a nice embossed Apple logo.
And.
It opens up
now let's go out and plug this in and see how
the magic happens.
I one of my two year extension to go and see if I can use this
travel charger that I have.
All right, then, nice mag, safe charging sound.
And what am I doing here is.
And it works.
It's very simple.
Now, here's a question, I have an iPhone charger, iPhone 11
Pro Max battery case.
Let's see if it'll charge this.
So it does it does connect to the magnets, I could feel it.
Maybe it doesn't.
But this should be QI charging compatible.
Well, let's see here,
it doesn't work with that.
Here's an iPhone eight that has wireless charging and it looks
like it just missed the spot.
Yeah, so it is charging the iPhone eight, it should
charge this, I don't know why it's not, but this,
I would say, at one hundred and twenty-nine dollars ($129) It's
a little bit, I think, too simple for my taste.
But I think there are certainly people that would like this who
like that minimalistic design.
Let's try to charge this again.
If it charges this.
It should charge.
Yeah, there it is.
So it will work on a non iPhone 12 device, it just
won't charges quickly.
I think that would be the downside or the downside of
using it with that type of device.
But like I said, here's an iPhone eight.
It'll go ahead and charge that you see changes charging.
So this will work with any device that is
charging compatible, but it will also go in.
MagSafe charge your iPhone 12 12 probe of many fast.
So at a higher rate.
So at that 15 watts when available
now, I think for 129 bucks, this is a little overpriced
because it's not very elegant for one hundred
twenty dollars.
You know, it's very simple, which some people might like
the simplicity of it.
But for one hundred twenty dollars, I want
something a little bit more substantial, I think,
laying on my nightstand.
But I can understand where some people would like this kind
of minimalistic design.
If you have an iPhone and an Apple Watch and you're looking
for a way to go ahead and charge your iPhone and your
Apple Watch at the same time, this is a pretty
good solution, minus the fact that I think that it's a little
bit maybe a little underwhelming to be
one-hundred-and-twenty-nine ($129) dollars.
I think something more like ninety nine dollars would be
Allura would probably be more reasonable for this.
Again, it does look good.
It does have heidari fit and finish.
I just don't think under twenty dollars is worth it for me.
Now let me know what you think about that.
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