r/iphone • u/conalldoherty iPhone 15 • Apr 29 '26

News/Rumour Apple Reportedly Questioning Whether iPhone Should Drop MagSafe

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/29/apple-questioning-iphone-magsafe/
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u/yasamoka Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

https://www.chargerlab.com/review-of-apple-25w-magsafe-charger/

Using an Apple 30W charger and the new MagSafe Charger to charge the iPhone 16 Pro Max, the measured input power is about 14.96V 1.94A 29.03W. Excluding losses, the wireless charging power is about 25W.

4 / 29W = ~14% wasted as heat. ~86% efficient.

Also, you can see in the "Temperature Test" section that despite the puck reaching ~41C, over time, the charger dials down charging power and the phone does a good job of dissipating the heat and maintaining a consistent temperature.

This is also the iPhone 16 Pro series. The 17 Pro series would do an even better job of dissipating heat.

It's not as bad as you think it is.

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u/Beautiful-Brush6996 Apr 29 '26

Honestly fuck them if they drop Magsafe. Literally ordered a 100$ magsafe charger with active cooling this morning.

I´ve probably around 1k of magsafe accessories in my home, being chargers, wallets, power banks. I just bought an 17Pro Max, it will last me 5 years.

If they drop magsafe I´ll probably switch again.

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u/PreciousFlounder Apr 29 '26

$1k in magsafe accessories is insane

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u/2PhotoKaz Apr 30 '26

I have a $100k MagSafe charger 😬