It should have been included in the new iPad Pro 10.5" & 12.9". Personally I am on the fence because apple chargers run hot to the touch. I am using third party charging lighting cables and charger which runs cool to the touch. They are a lot more reliable in the long run since i had my charger for years and my current cables for over a year.
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You gonna spend extra money on fast charging?
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No need for me as I always charge overnight when needed. Do not ever think I have run the batteries down on any of my iPads in less than a day.
Love the fast charging. It cuts down your recharge time in half. It also does a good job topping off an iphone in a pinch, though I don't recommend doing that all the time. If I'm working on something intensive its nice to see it recharging while I have it plugged in. If you use the standard adapter you will be lucky to stay at the same % level when working with iPad while plugged in.
If it was like $10 sure, but not at $30 for the charger + $25/$35 for the cable. That's a ridiculous cost.
I use the insignia 12 watt charger(http://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-usb-wall-charger-black/5689167.p?skuId=5689167) and the zueste lighting cable 5FT(https://www.amazon.com/iPhone-Zeust...ie=UTF8&qid=1496855713&sr=8-1&keywords=Zeuste)
PS: make sure to push the lightning connector down into the cable so it wont come out. I did that several times and now its been working for over a year
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In my experience my old 12.9 Pro lasted 4-6 hours before it was dead. so I had to get the fast charger. The 9.7 has much better battery life so it not necessary for me.
I bet the Pro 2 will be similar.
I bet the Pro 2 will be similar.
Apples accessories are always priced high. There is no way a fast charger would be priced at $10.00. Even the 3.5 lightning adapter is $9.00.
Already did for my original 12.9". I hemmed and hawed for quite a while, though, but I was happy I did it when I finally pulled to trigger. Still, $84+tax (2m cable) was more than it should have cost, for sure.
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It's actually $49 for the charger!
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Although there may be another combination that works, every test result I have read says that only Apple's charger AND cable will fast charge.
It may one day but I see wireless charging soon for the iPhone and it will be slow as a slug.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I'd take a super quick charge to 80% over wireless charging every time.
And I still roll my eyes at the term "wireless" charging in its current form.
I personally think that the next step for the upcoming iPhone will be fast charging.
Wireless charging will come with the next years iPhone (as one of their key marketing features for the "same-design-model").
There is an extra page on the Apple website, where they clearly emphasize the compatibility of the iPad / iPhone chargers. Do you have any information for me on how fast charging could affect battery life? I was fairly certain that this is not the case.
Yep, wireless is not really wireless.
For me plugging in and charging while I sleep has worked for years and years but I understand that others want it to charge NOW!!!
Physics and long experience with closed-loop feedback balance charging LiPo's in RC applications. I'm sure that it has gotten better, but charge rates and heat generation reduces battery life. No need to do so given proper power management, which admittedly can be a pain.
Used to travel with a paperback book, now its four devices that require immediate set up of a charging station when I hit the hotel room.
I know from my experience with RC's that fast charging LiPo's shorten their life. No idea if it's the same witth Li-Ion though. For me not taking the risk.
Voted "No".
The key point is "spend more on". I love the idea of fast charging. I have reasonable faith in it not ruining the battery, plus generally get applecare anyway to cover most issues. But I really dislike the overly large brick (I'm a travel efficiency kind of person) and also can't find a use case where even trickle charging overnight doesn't cover me.
I will very rarely find myself where the battery is nearing zero and I also don't have a good 8 hour timespan to recharge. 10 hour lifespan is pretty good.
However if the brick gets smaller and/or USB 3.1 gets more widespread I'm there. There just isn't a use-case right now for buying a larger brick and a specific cable for something where I've got tons of smaller bricks and older lightning cables to meet the need.
Plus there's always the "maybe this year" idea that wireless charging is somewhere on the horizon.
Speaking of which, why the heck are the 29w bricks so large?
The key point is "spend more on". I love the idea of fast charging. I have reasonable faith in it not ruining the battery, plus generally get applecare anyway to cover most issues. But I really dislike the overly large brick (I'm a travel efficiency kind of person) and also can't find a use case where even trickle charging overnight doesn't cover me.
I will very rarely find myself where the battery is nearing zero and I also don't have a good 8 hour timespan to recharge. 10 hour lifespan is pretty good.
However if the brick gets smaller and/or USB 3.1 gets more widespread I'm there. There just isn't a use-case right now for buying a larger brick and a specific cable for something where I've got tons of smaller bricks and older lightning cables to meet the need.
Plus there's always the "maybe this year" idea that wireless charging is somewhere on the horizon.
Speaking of which, why the heck are the 29w bricks so large?