Apple might actually start selling an iPhone power adapter worth buying

Until you are shopping for an iPad or MacBook and get a charger in the box, we really don’t endorse purchasing just one of Apple’s standalone chargers. For a firm which is often ahead of the curve, they’re remarkably clunky and dated.

That may possibly be shifting. As spotted by 9to5Mac, Apple may possibly be making ready to launch a new 35W Dual USB-C Port Electricity Adapter, which would be a new wattage and the 1st time Apple offers an adapter with more than a single port. Apple at present sells a single-port 20W adapter for iPhones and iPads, and many more recent and more mature chargers for MacBooks. According to a assist doc, the new plug will also have folding prongs like the MacBook plugs:

Use the Apple 35W Dual USB-C Port Electrical power Adapter and a USB-C cable (not integrated) to demand your device. Link a USB-C cable to both port on the energy adapter, increase the electrical prongs (if needed), then plug the electric power adapter firmly into the energy outlet. Guarantee the electric power outlet is effortlessly obtainable for disconnecting. Hook up the other conclusion of the cable to your device.

A 35W twin-port charger would offer more than enough electrical power to speedy-demand an Iphone or iPad when nonetheless charging yet another machine, this sort of as an AirPods circumstance or Apple Watch. 9to5Mac notes that the adapter would also help USB Power Supply. What we really don’t know is how significantly the new adapter will charge. Apple’s 20W USN-C electric power adapter sells for $19, when its 30W USB-C adapter sells for $49.

Apple has been rumored to be generating a reduced-wattage gallium nitride charger immediately after releasing a 140W GaN charger for the 16-inch MacBook Professional, seen above. A 35W GaN charger would most likely be more compact and lighter than Apple’s latest 20W adapter.