The first actual photographs of Apple’s MagSafe Battery Pack are right here

Apple’s first official MagSafe Battery Pack is starting to reach on cabinets, and one iPhone proprietor has now snapped what look like the very first photographs of the gadget. And sure, it’s a chonk.

Photo by Steven Russell

Photo by Steven Russell

Apple’s been going the big-bulge route for years, presumably for authorized causes, so it’s not too a lot of a shock — however boy was Apple strategic about which angles it revealed when it first introduced this new accent! Compare to Apple’s authentic render:

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Now, right here’s Steven Russell, the proprietor of the brand new pack, with a barely completely different angle.

Photo by Steven Russell

Thickness isn’t essentially a foul factor: wi-fi charging is notoriously inefficient, so Apple wanted to place a decent-size battery inside to make it value your whereas, and it’s most likely nonetheless thinner than Anker’s choice (which admittedly prices lower than half the value).

Unlike Apple’s beforehand Smart Battery Cases, you might be getting extra than simply prolonged life in your cellphone — the snap-on, snap-off MagSafe pack seems to double as a Qi wi-fi charger for different gadgets. Russell says it seems to be charging his AirPods Pro wireless charging case, and you may theoretically even use it for an Android cellphone.

I’m shopping for one for my iPhone 12 mini. Here’s wanting ahead to seeing how Apple’s picture (beneath) interprets into the actual world.

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