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Which charger do you use?

  • 5W Adapter

    Votes: 34 23.8%
  • 10W Adapter

    Votes: 9 6.3%
  • 12W Adapter

    Votes: 19 13.3%
  • 18W Adapter

    Votes: 33 23.1%
  • 30W Adapter

    Votes: 18 12.6%
  • Wireless Charging

    Votes: 79 55.2%

  • Total voters
    143
Haha use what ever charger makes you happy. When I had my 6s I used my iPad charger as it was nesseasary to charge the 6s all the time. Killed that battery pretty fast. This time I don’t need to rape that battery while charging as the capacity is now much better. So I can allow myself to charge it slowly and cool.
Been using fast charging since it became available and all my batteries were 95% health or higher when I sold them. No “raping” occurred.
 
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Because why not.. I charge this way exclusively and I LOVE IT!!!

Seriously, why would one use anything else!? The convenience is unreal. Tbh you're doing it wrong if you aren't wirelessly charging... Like frfr
Yes but a wireless charger isn’t included and I didn’t think that so much people buy an extra wireless charger.
 
Wireless charging most often. It’s just so easy to lay your phone down when you’re ready to go to sleep.

5W second most often, for when I need a charge during the day and I have some time on my hands. Prefer it for battery longevity.

12W iPad charger third, for when I’m in a rush and need fast charging.

87W MacBook Pro charger (lightning-to-USB-C) for when I’m really in a rush.
 
Is it really a difference for the battery, whether you charge with more oder less Watt?
 
Haha use what ever charger makes you happy. When I had my 6s I used my iPad charger as it was nesseasary to charge the 6s all the time. Killed that battery pretty fast. This time I don’t need to rape that battery while charging as the capacity is now much better. So I can allow myself to charge it slowly and cool.

iPhone 6S does not support fast chaerging, so you were not charging over 5W...
 
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Wireless at home and in car. A USBC from car charger also just in case. And whatever wattage the USBA in a Chevy Trax gives.
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I’m using the 18W included and a wireless 7.5W Belkin charger (in my office)
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My iPhone too. 18W isn’t really “fast charging”.
Is there any true confirmation that 11 can use more than 18W? Tested with my wife and my 11PMs from dead on an 18 and a 30W and barely saw a difference.
 
iPhone 6S does not support fast chaerging, so you were not charging over 5W...
Actually the 6s can draw around 2,4amps (average 1,6 amps) from a charger. Since the 5w charger is only 1amp and the iPad charger is 2,4amps the phone will charge faster and heat the battery more in the process. Hence affect the longevity of the battery.
 
Actually the 6s can draw around 2,4amps (average 1,6 amps) from a charger. Since the 5w charger is only 1amp and the iPad charger is 2,4amps the phone will charge faster and heat the battery more in the process. Hence affect the longevity of the battery.
Source?
Officially does not... I can not find any evidence about faster charging with iPad charger, because the deivce will not use more than 5W (1A@5V) from the charger. But I can try it on my father's 6s later...
 
18w all the time.

Sometimes it gets a litte more hot and sometimes less.

Mine gets slightly warm on the lower back initially but it’s almost stone cold after like 60%. I think Apple’s built in battery management has greatly improved this year, I trust it to handle itself.

It’s nothing like the early days of fast charging on phones where they’d get so hot it’d be difficult to hold and have to shut down.
 
Source?
Officially does not... I can not find any evidence about faster charging with iPad charger, because the deivce will not use more than 5W (1A@5V) from the charger. But I can try it on my father's 6s later...
I thought everyone knew this already.

 
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At home, I use an Anker 5-port 40W charger for multiple devices (typically three). This USB charger is five years old, I doubt if it can allocate all 40 watts to one port. Most likely it can route 5-10W per port.
I have that one. It's not designed to deliver 40W to one port. It only does 5V/2.4A (12W) max per port. Maximum wattage it can deliver when all ports are in use is 40W (so 8W per port on average). This one's now our dedicated travel charger.

For home, we have an Anker 10-port 60W adapter. We don't need to charge 10 devices simultaneously but having the extra ports is convenient so we can just leave various cable types plugged in (1x Apple Watch, 2x microUSB, 4x Lightning, 2x 3-in-1).
 
Use mostly Apple 30 watt adapter (transformer/rectifier) along with the charger built into the iPhone 11 Pro Max. Plug it in when I see phone battery level is around 20-30%. Leave it or use it for about 30 minutes. Battery level reaches about 80%, unplug, repeat as needed, usually next day.
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12 W adapter from the iPad or 61W adapter. Yes use the 61 W adapter to charge my iPad Pro and iPad mini 5.
 
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