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wanjuggler t1_jdv8pik wrote

Reply to comment by k4l1m3r in Which MagSafe power bank brand are you choosing for your iPhone 14? by AptCovering

Not only that, but the Apple one is also the only one that prevents your phone from doing dumb things when you connect the battery.

With all the other battery packs, your phone thinks that it's connected to a wall charger, so it will start wasting power: updating apps, processing photos, running background tasks. When you connect the Apple battery pack, iOS acts as if it's still on battery power.

(You can verify this with the developer APIs.)

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k4l1m3r t1_jdvb59g wrote

Yes, the OG Apple MagSafe battery pack is a different product and plays in league of its own. The others are just wireless chargers with magnets. Apple’s is a dedicated MagSafe product

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heynow941 t1_je2bylx wrote

Is there such thing as a “Made for MagSafe” battery pack? Seems like the real Made for MagSafe are the magnet ones that still plug in or are on a stand.

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k4l1m3r t1_je3u8x4 wrote

I don’t know. What I do know is that the Apple battery pack is the only MagSafe battery which is thermally throttled by the phone and also the only one that can be set to charge the phone up to 90% and keep it there.

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henrydavidthoreauawy t1_jdwni2s wrote

They should open up that private battery API. It’s not fair that other batteries are less effective because the phone thinks it’s plugged into the wall.

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wanjuggler t1_jdwphk9 wrote

Apple opened up its MagSafe tech to the new Qi2 Magnetic Power Profile standard, which "will also support new types of accessories that magnetically attach to the back of the phone, like an extra battery."

Presumably that support would include the signaling for the charger to tell the device that it is an external battery. So there's a path forward.

https://www.wirelesspowerconsortium.com/qi/#qi2

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