Qi vs Qi2 vs MagSafe – Ultimate Wireless Charging Test!
Anker MagGo Qi2 is out! How does it compare to Apple’s MagSafe Wireless Charging? Or should you just buy a Cheap 7.5W Wireless Charger?
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Now can you compare phone temperatures of wireless charging vs cord. I’ve had many phones over the years and USB-C and Lightning ports never failed me. Other things on the phones will fail before they do. Micro USB on the other hand sucked.
Does the heat actually will afect the batery long term? also how is the wireles heat compare to plug cable fast charging?
Mine says its charging but my battery isn’t increasing at all
They actually love saying actually. MaxuallyOfficial
How can you make a video about tech and still only use the imperial system. I have no idea what 6 feet means or 3 football stadium length.
Qi 1 chargers are not created equal. I use a ugreen 7.5w magnetic charger and it doesn’t run hot when using.
37 Celsius is heating ? That’s why we people now a days keep holding it on hand instead of putting it in jeans 😂
I gladly bought the new Qi2 MagSafe
iFixIt did a test for wired vs wireless charging. Even with wired charging, we lost 35% of energy already. Wireless charging lost 35% more, so 70%. And that’s MagSafe where the coil is aligned. Out of alignment, and it will take 104% more power (slightly more than double) to charge a phone. People, please, go back to wired charging. Faster, longer battery life, better for environment. Just plug it in, even the Airpod, just plug it. Apple Watch is kind of no choice, so..
The whole idea of charging phone wirelessly with an attached cable is sick for me XD
Would have been prudent to separate the wireless chargers more to eliminate even minimal potential interfernce between them.
Speed and temperature of Qi2 and Magsafe look to be statistically unsignificant, buying one or another will not affect the phone in any way different than the other option 🤨 still, nice video comparison
In Sweden the cost is more or less the same for MagSafe and anker…
Very little consideration was given to the temperature range presented ans it’s effect on battery health. In the future I’d like to see mention of how either one of these chargers will degrade your device faster than a cable. Perhaps a comparison of variables between wireless and cable charging? Unless of course, this oversight stems from a bias toward ad revenue through affiliate links? Hopefully there’s more care for the consumer than that.
I don’t see the point. Wired is faster.
The question is how the Anker Qi2 puck compares with the communication to Apple’s MagSafe ecosystem because from what I am aware of is that iPhones actually communicate with MagSafe chargers and that MagSafe chargers has firmware that can be updated via the phone when it is on charge.
From this I believe that with the iPhones if the internal thermometer s too warm it will tell the Apple MagSafe charger to ‘pause’ charging, however 3rd party MagSafe chargers don’t allow for that so like your thermal camera showed will heat up more which in turn can reduce the life of the battery from overheating whilst charging.
wow !
Better charge via cable
Really informative, thank you.
I used wireless extensively on my iPhone 14. It fried the battery. I used a 5W brick with the MagSafe cable and would leave it overnight. Only been using cable with my 15 Pro, it’s resulting much better.
30°C is the temperature your battery will begin to degrade faster, so it sounds like wireless charging is just a waste. More energy used, less energy transferred, battery degrades faster and it takes longer than a standard connection to charge. It’s fun, but wireless charging isn’t practical yet
Anker makes a new slim version that’s Qi2.
It only seems useful for dash mounts or those little power banks that just stick to the phone
The wireless 50W AirVOOC is over two years old now and still beats most wired speeds of 45W (max). In 2024, a super slow 15W is unacceptable.
Set a water bottle on the phone while charging. It will keep the temperature below 30c which means it will never throttle.
MagSafe only charge with 15w if u use an apple 20w adapter, otherwise only 10-11w
Could you please do a test comparing the iPhone’s temperature when charging wirelessly vs through USB C at different wattages?
It’s because Apple learned from the air power disaster that heat dissipation matters a lot
I use a belkin magsafe stand, i only charge at night. I love not using cables, it just pops on and does it’s thing when I’m sleeping.
If you take a phone cooler that uses the Piezo electric plate and stick it to the back of the 15 watt charger and then use this combination to charge the phone, the phone doesn’t get hot and it charges even faster.
QI2 is useful and convenient in a vent carmount. If not, you can use the cable.
if you care about heat then just use a cable man
Good review but shouldnt of bothered even comparing the 7.5w in the test.
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thanks for the info!
I wonder why anyone complains about the massive „energy loss“ due to heat compared to wired charging. Imho wireless charging is only good for cars and other paces where you drop your phone conveniently.
Apple’s Magsafe chargers are overpriced junk. I know because I actually used one before switching to an alternative onn Magsafe charger. Furthermore, the onn Magsafe charger is recognized by every charging block even when a USB-A adapter is added on to fit older charging blocks that have fast charging, whereas Apple’s Magsafe is only recognized by its PD charging block.
Seems like a small miss not testing the new puck, that is capable charging 25W with the new iphone 16s + a 30W adapter.. please test this next!
I think MagSafe is hot, but there are other wireless chargers that are hotter than Apple’s MagSafe. So, I don’t regret buying Apple’s MagSafe.
Your mind was not blown by this test, ease up a bit. Always this over the top screaming. It’s a nice insight, nothing more. Not minds blown or game changing
cool video, I’m hella broke – can’t afford the best one, sadness
My comparison will be like appels and oranges, but I dont think that lithium batterys differ that much, but in electric car world 80-100% will take as long as 20-80% this is because of how hard it is to lithium to go from cathode to anode when aproaching that max charge. It is like parking lot. First the valet can find spot easy but when cars start to pile up it takes longer and longer to find empty spot. And that actually shows in that diagram. Charging slows at end. Ofcourse this is much apparent in fast charging.
Need to c results compared with qi15w vs qi2 15w
I have a 15W Samsung charging pad for my venerable S22 Ultra. I never let the phone get to zero, but the for topping off or charging while I’m doing other things, it’s great. It’s actually attached to a 25W convertor, which works 90% as good as a full 45W convertor for wired charging, but if I really need the phone charged quick or it’s very low (15-20%), I just pop the cable from the USB-C connector right on the pad and go wired into the phone. No, none of that cool (?) magnetic nonsense, but whadda ya want, magnets or your phone charged fast?
i’m not sure, but they saying around you can only get 15watts from the Magsafe, when using genuine apple 20w power adapter. When you’re using even strongers power adapters, you will be limited to around ~10watts… Apple’s things …………
So, they both are equal as far as charging, even with throttling. A more accurate test would be pressing the power button after say, 45 seconds, if iOS allows you to do that. I know you can on Android. That 10.minutes auto startup is just software telling the phone turn on when the battery gets to a certain level. For some reason Anker chose a higher battery charge level before auto starting. It explains the early lead because it got to charge for 8 more. minutes while off. Once thermals kicked in, the iPhone version caught up but they both hit 100 percent. So for half the price you get the same performance, better magnet, longer cord and charging is same as apple. Apple version is slightly smaller.
This is why I don’t do wireless charging, they can’t get the thermals down. The battery throttling and dropping to 8W is due to the laws of thermal dynamics, If you set a battery on a piece of metal that gets to 30°C pretty fast then this is the.best it will get.unoess they figure out how to get. There are 120W phones out there that get a full charge in 15 bto 20 minutes. Yes, that would be some very unique android phones but they exist, charge that fast, and STILL have better thermals. Same is true for Android, which is why I gave up wireless charging. Compared to a 30W to 60W which is just a low/high android value value for android phones (not sure what latest iPhone does but it’s probably around 45W), when using the included charger.
So outside having one next to your bed to charge overnight, I would always use wired because of the ridiculous amount of time to get to a full charge for the minor convenience of not having to plug in a USB C or lightning cable on 1 or 2 year old iPhones.
Wireless charging isn’t new and the fact that throttling down to 8W due to heat around 30 percent just means it’s not going to get much better. At least for a few more years. It’s been proven that wireless charging causes thermal issues quicker compared to wired. I think when wireless charging first came out 5 to 7 years ago the first wireless charger did 5W with no throttling and now we are up to 15W and 8W at 30 percent. . They could do 30W if they wanted but then throttling would kick in at probably 10 percent or lower so it’s pointless. Heat is absorbed into your battery causing it to heat much faster than a charging vs getting vs at least 30W or more, with some throttling kicking in maybe at 80 percent, maybe slightly lower.
If you’re worried about heat making your battery not holding a charge over time due to heat then sticking it on a magnet attached directly to the battery that gets to 35°C is the absolute worst route to go. With that said, for the most part overall battery life is really a matter of dumb luck. Plenty of people have battery issues , in rare occasions maybe in less than a month and thermals aren’t the issue… Lithium ion batteries aren’t all equal, one will hold a slightly higher amount of power than the same battery that comes off the manufacturing line after it. That’s just how lithium ion batteries work. Some also slip through QA and get out into the wild which is a scenario where you would have issues in under a month. At the end of the day battery life is a crapshoot. Extreme overheating will make them die faster but any phone in probably the last 7 years handles thermals through software so you phone will throttle if charging and the battery gets roughly 35°C no matter how it’s charged.
How does the heat compare to wired charging?
MagSafe is actually very efficient.
All these Magsafe systems are useless compare to faster and safer wired charging pd 20 – 27w almost twice the speed with no drop up to 80% during the charge . You want a fast wireless charging go oppo , Xiaomi or 1+.
What kind of stupidity is wireless charging. You still have your phone tethered physically to something, it takes double to fully charge, uses way more energy, heats up your phone more while charging which negatively affects the longevity of the battery,. lose, lose, lose scenario.