Belkin’s new foldable Qi2 chargers fill a MagSafe Duo-sized hole

Sep 05, 2024 03:00 PM - 6 months ago 222097

Belkin has announced its latest portable chargers at IFA 2024, and among them are 2 caller Qi2-certified BoostCharge Pro magnetic wireless recreation chargers that, successful galore ways, prime up wherever Apple’s discontinued MagSafe Duo near off.

A $119 two-in-one exemplary features a 15-watt Qi2 magnetic charging pad and a flip-up Apple Watch puck, while nan $129.99 type adds a 5W nonmagnetic Qi charging pad for devices specified arsenic AirPods. Both products, for illustration Apple’s MagSafe Duo, are made up of quadrate pads that fold into a stack for easy stowing.

Each of nan chargers tin either beryllium unfolded level aliases tented for StandBy mode, Apple’s characteristic that tin move definite iPhone models into thing for illustration a integer timepiece aliases smart location controller erstwhile charging successful scenery mode. They’re each powered via USB-C, pinch a 30-watt powerfulness ceramic for nan two-device charger and a 36-watt adapter for nan three-device one. Both are coming this fall.

A image of nan BoostCharge Pro 2-in-1, opinionated up and folded successful a triangular shape.

Belkin’s BoostCharge Pro two-in-one is fundamentally a Qi2 type of nan MagSafe Duo.

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The BoostCharge Pro 2-in-1 laid flat, pinch an iPhone and an Apple Watch charging connected it.

The BoostCharge Pro two-in-one tin unfold each nan way, too.

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Belkin besides announced respective similar, but little compact, folding chargers. They person immoderate of nan aforesaid capabilities arsenic nan BoostCharge Pro, for illustration 15-watt Qi2 charging and Apple Watch charging.

A image of nan 2-in-1 BoostCharge foldable magnetic charger pinch nan pill-shaped guidelines information folded upright. The guidelines has a concave information for devices for illustration wireless earbuds.

The BoostCharge two-in-one tin complaint a group of AirPods and an iPhone, but you person to unfold it to expose nan AirPod charging pad.

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A BoostCharge 3-in-1 foldable charger pinch an iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods lawsuit charging connected it. The magnetic iPhone information is opinionated upright, while nan base, which is astir doubly arsenic wide, holds nan different devices adjacent to it.

The BoostCharge three-in-one tin complaint an iPhone astatine 15 watts and 2 different devices, including an Apple Watch, astatine 5 watts.

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These chargers scope from $44.99 for a azygous instrumentality charger to $69.99 for a 2-in-1 version that besides has a modular Qi pad for its base, to $99.99 for a 3-in-1 model that tin complaint your Apple Watch. The two-device and three-device chargers are disposable now connected Belkin’s website, while nan single-device 1 will travel later this month.