If you are looking for an all in one solution to charge
your iPhone, your Apple Watch and your AirPods, I think I
have an accessory for you.
What is going on, everybody?
My name is Mike.
Welcome back to Tech 24-7 TV.
I'm so glad that you are back with me today because we're
talking about the Belkin Boost.
Charge Pro is a three in one charging solution from
Belkin $149, and it is set to eliminate all the different
chargers that you have for your iPhone, for your Apple
Watch and for your AirPods.
The question is, is it worth $149?
Now for me, I am upgrading from the previous generation.
This is the Belkin BoostCharge from last year and it does
really the same thing, except where it doesn't have
the fast charging capabilities for the Apple
Watch Series seven.
So in today's video, we're going to unbox this and I
tell you what I like about it, what I don't like about it,
and whether or not you should pay the $149 for it.
Let's get started.
Now this unit itself here is $149, and you can find it on
Apple's website and you can find it on Belkin's website.
Those are the only two places I've been able to find it.
I'll put links down the description below.
So let's open this up.
So this here now.
This is available in two different colors.
You got white or you have black, and I had
white before, and white just seemed to be held up better to
dust and other types of Nixon's crash.
So this is nice.
It's heavier.
No, I think it's just the way it should be differently now
this device is MagSafe certified.
And what that means is it'll work with any device
that has MagSafe.
If you have an iPhone 11 and iPhone ten and iPhone eight,
anything else other than an iPhone 12 or iPhone 13?
It will not work with this, so you want to reinforce that.
That's because MagSafe is designed to.
When you connect a maximum device to MagSafe charger,
you can get up to 15 watts of charging.
Now, when you put a non MagSafe device on a massive charger,
it defaults to the lowest possible, like lowest
common denominator, and you're not going to get
that good experience.
So I would not buy this if you have a device that is not an
iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 because it'd be working,
not as expected.
Now here, if we're looking at this, this location
right here, this big charging puck, this is where
are you going to place your iPhone 12 or iPhone 13?
And the problem is that if you have something that was not
made for MagSafe, there was not the slip in.
What would happen is because the camera module on the iPhone
13 Pro and 13 Pro Max is so large that the phone would not
sit properly and not connect to the, you know,
previous charging stand.
And you'd have this problem and you could see also it is
magnetic right now.
It is quite secure.
Now this is the area where you are going to
charge your AirPods.
And then here is the charging puck for the Apple Watch.
Now, if you have an Apple Watch Series seven specifically,
this will fast charge your Apple Watch if you have an
Apple Watch Series six or earlier one two three four five
it will not fast charge your Apple Watch,
your normal conventional charging.
This also flips up so you could charge it in what they call
a nightstand mode.
And if you're one of those people that likes to maybe put
a case or some type of shield on your Apple Watch, you can
use a selector tool right on the back to twist it and
identify which Apple Watch you have.
And you see here that dock goes up just a little bit.
If I say I have a older Apple Watch or a different version
Apple Watch, that dock becomes a flush.
And here are the markings that are on the backs so you
could see them.
The charger that comes in the box with this is a standard
wall charger, and this is capable of delivering 40 watts
and there is a barrel plug here on the end.
Now, what I'm told is that if you see here, this has got
a USB plug.
What I'm told is that if you're buying this in a region where
Belkin is selling it, it's going to come with the
right adapter for your region.
So if you buy one from the US store, you're going to give
you a plug.
You probably use an adapter, you and we'll swap that out.
Now, at the end of day, you need to figure out whether
or not the Belkin Boost Charge Pro, as we see here,
is worth $130 now.
For me, the first filter criteria that I'm going to say
is do I have an iPhone 12 and iPhone 13?
Because that is the minimum requirement for the device to
be compatible with us.
Now, if I don't have that, I would say that I'm not going
to buy this.
It's a waste of money unless I'm going to be getting it in
the immediate short term, future money not well spent.
Now, if I don't have an Apple Watch Series seven and have an
old Apple Watch like a six five four three two one.
If you're not buying an Apple Watch Series seven the next six
months or a year, maybe even two years.
Maybe this is not even worth it because you're paying for fast
charging the ability that you're never going to get the
use out of because you don't have an Apple
Watch Series seven.
It does work with the AirPods Pro, does work with the
AirPods Pro and the MagSafe charging case.
It works with the AirPods two and MagSafe charging case and
the AirPods three with MagSafe charging case.
So it works with all those different devices.
It does look nice.
It does solve a problem that you have that for charging your
Apple Watch if you're wearing a case that is nice as well,
but there are other options that you can buy for.
You can buy this.
Belkin still sells this product right here.
Is it nice?
Yes.
Will it fast charge your Apple Watch Series seven?
Yes.
Will it charge your AirPods Pro with MagSafe charging case
?
Yes.
Your AirPods three?
Yes.
But again, if you don't have the latest, I would say that's
probably not a good buy for you.
And it's not a good buy.
If you have an iPhone eight, iPhone 10, iPhone 11.
You need to have a MagSafe compatible iPhone because when
you connect it to this, you are not going to get optimized
charging speeds with this.
Again, this is not Qi certified,
it's MFI certified, which is made for iPhone.
Now that is my thought process on it.
Now let me know what you think about this.
I also did get this.
This is the fast charging dock, which I will
probably end up keeping instead of keeping this, because this
just doesn't make sense.
This is $50.
This is $150 because this is a little bit more suited
to my needs.
So if you guys want to review this, let me know down
the comments below.
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which I've been working on for a while, and I apologize.
It's not out yet, as well as some additional accessory
builds for the iPad Pro.
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