Apple’s MagSafe Battery Pack can cost iPhones sooner with a brand new firmware replace

My favourite type of software program replace is the sort that unlocks secret {hardware} options, and the Apple MagSafe Battery Pack is the newest shock — you’ll be capable to cordlessly cost an iPhone at a sooner 7.5 watts as a substitute of the unique 5 watts, once you apply firmware update 2.7 (by way of 9to5Mac).

You can await an replace over the air, or plug a Lightning to USB cable from the pack to a linked Mac or iPad to get the repair, and then you definitely’re off to the races, as they are saying.

But if I’m being trustworthy, I wouldn’t set up the replace fairly but — I would wait till we hear again from Apple (or reviewers) on whether or not it’ll have an effect on how heat the battery will get.

You see, I purchased a MagSafe Battery Pack myself final yr for my iPhone mini, however I returned the pack fairly fast. As I’ve written, the Mini-MagSafe combo felt uncomfortably heat and not using a case — however with a case, the MagSafe Battery Pack felt a bit too free and tended to slip round whereas I held it. (Yes, I used to be utilizing Apple’s personal Clear Case with MagSafe, not some third-party knockoff.)

And so you possibly can perceive why I’m having a tough time imagining that getting higher now that the MagSafe Battery Pack places out extra juice. In our evaluation of the MagSafe Battery Pack, Dieter identified that the 5W charging velocity was meant to attenuate warmth and protect the battery’s longevity.

Now, maybe Apple has made different tweaks as effectively that may negate the warmth concern — the corporate might need modified the frequency and period of the cost. Perhaps if it costs at 7.5W for brief durations, it’ll must cost much less usually, and it would even be much less annoying for these of us carrying it round all day.

If so, I would truly purchase one once more. I’ve reached out to Apple, and I’ll let you understand what the corporate says.