A few days before the iPhone XS Max was announced...
A small USBC wall adapter was leaked.
And a lot of people including myself thought that apples new iPhone was finally going to
come included with fast charging right out of the box.
Something that I think is reasonable to expect when you drop over a grand for your smartphone
and something that's been pretty standard on almost every other flagship out there.
But nope...
Apple courageously decided to keep using the same 5 Watt wall adapter and USB A to lighting
charging cable they've been using since the iPhone 5S.
And this is a big deal cause it takes ages to charge the iPhone Xs Max's 3,100 miliamp
hour battery.
And after getting to see the performance improvement and just how fast this charger actually charges
my iPhone...
I feel this is the charger apple should have had included in the box for their new iPhones.
But nope, apple expects you to fork over an additional $30 if you want their new 18 watt
USB-C wall adapter.
But it doesn't end there.
Since this is a USBC wall adapter you'll probably also have to get a new USBC to lighting cable
for an additional $20 if you don't already have one.
So bringing the total cost of this upgrade to $50.
Now $50 is slightly better than what you had to pay before if you wanted fast charging.
Before if you wanted fast charging using only first party devices your cheapest option was
getting Apple's 30 watt USBC power adapter which by itself costs $50.
Now using a 30 watt wall adapter to charge your iPhone is complete over kill so that's
why I'm happy this 18 watt one is finally available.
And like I said there is a huge performance improvement.
I've noticed that my iPhone XS Max can go from 30% to 100% battery in about an hour.
But I've also noticed that while my iPhone is charging with this new 18 watt charger
it gets super hot.
And I would even say it gets slightly hotter than my pixel 3 when it's charging with it's
fast charger.
Now yeah obviously you don’t have to buy apple’s new charger if you want fast charging
on your iPhone.
There are much cheaper options out there thanks to third parties.
But this just goes to show how apple’s greediness and stubbornness is really to starting to
get in its way.
Current iPhone sales just aren’t meeting apple’s exceptions, so they're actually
offering people more money for their older iPhones if they trade them in when they buy
a new iPhone.
So this way apple hopes to increase their new iPhone sales without having to go through
the embarrassment of actually lowering their prices.
But I think apple would have seen better iPhone sales if they included this new faster charger
in the box, and marketed it properly.
Just hear me out.
The main consensus among all of the iPhone XS reviews on youtube is “The new iPhone
XS and XS max is slightly faster than last years, theres no headphones dongle and fast
charger in the box, and theres really no need to upgrade from last years model”… and
a lot of people with iPhone 6s’s, 7’s, and 8’s are holding on to their older devices
cause they don’t see a real need to upgrade.
But I think if apple had included this fast charger with their iphone XS they could have
said “this is the longest lasting and fastest charging battery in an iPhone ever”.
Now obviously if you’re tech savvy you know fast charging has been around for awhile and
its standard on a lot of other phone these days.
But for the none tech savvy people who do buy iPhones, I bet it would have at least
caught their attention more and lead to more people upgrading just cause everyone always
wants the phone with the longest battery life.
But instead, apple is going down this path where they’re trying to syphon as much money
as they can from their costumers by increasing their products prices, up selling you if you
want a headphone adaptor, and now up selling you some more if you want fast charging with
your new phone.
And again, im making a big deal about this cause charging the iPhone XS max feels very
antiquated cause it charges very slowly compared to other phones, and fast chargers come included
with almost every other phone out there.
But yeah, if you have a new iPhone or plan on picking one up, you are better off picking
up apple’s new fast charger cause its pretty compact compared to a lot of other third party
fast chargers I’ve seen out there… and I really do hope apple listens and at least
includes this new fast charger with their next iPhone.