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Anker Re-Thinks the Multi-Device Wireless Charger Form Factor

The 3-in-1 Cube with MagSafe chalks one up for modernism

By Rain Noe - January 24

in Tech

For wirelessly charging an iPhone, Apple Watch and Airpods, most of the options on the market are some variant of this form factor:

The designers at accessories brand Anker, however, have pushed themselves into thinking outside of the box (paradoxically, by making a box) with their 3-in-1 Cube with MagSafe charger:

While I don't know if I'd qualify it as "compact for travel"—is a cube ever an ideal shape to go into a bag?—it certainly presents a more compact form on the tabletop than the competing designs. And I think that when not in use, the bare cube is easier on the eyes than the clotheshorse-style units.

The device runs $150.

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Bob Bob

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I just wish the magnetic pogo pin would become a standard. Wireless charging is pointless if it needs to be within a few millimetres, might as well use physical connections that are steered together using magnets.

I have a 20 pin usbc adapter that works brilliantly. It's small enough that it would easily fit on a watch and earbud case. They'd be charged in a fraction of the time as well

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- Zach W
  
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  Totally agree. I bought a wireless phone charger and returned it the next day once I realized I have to place the phone in the EXACT right spot on the pad or else it won't charge. I'd rather have it wired and use it while charging
  
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  This is literally happening. Apple’s MagSafe charging is the basis for the Qi2 standard: https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/01/03/apples-magsafe-is-the-foundation-for-new-wireless-charging-standard
  
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