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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2021
I never owned Anker’s previous Magnetic wireless charging power bank because I opted to go for the official one from Apple. I didn’t feel like the old one offered anything extra, but I wanted this new one as soon as I saw an article about Anker’s 2021 lineup of MagSafe accessories. The stand made it useful and worth the lack of 15 watt MagSafe charging when plugged into the right cable.
This Mag Go feels really premium too, more premium than Apple’s MagSafe battery. I love the texture of it and how it’s thinner than the older model. It also is wider and longer, they had to change the design so that it could accommodate the larger camera module on iPhone 13 models (especially the 13 Pro/Pro Max). The bottom of the powerbank sits flush with the bottom of my iPhone 12, but it’s still comfortable to hold.
The wireless output when not connected to a cable is still only 5 watts, but then so is Apple’s version and you can’t even charge your iPhone from it using a cable. This one has a USB C port with an input and output of 12 watts, I wish they could find a way to make it 18/20 watts for full speed wired charging. There are Magnetic, wireless powerbanks that can also output 18 watts with a USB C to Lightning cable, but they are either larger, like the full size of your iPhone or from cheap no-name brands that I wouldn’t trust to charge my iPhone with on a regular basis. If you plug this one into a power adapter with 12 watts or more, it will charge the iPhone at 7.5 watts, wirelessly. It won’t be way faster than 5 watts, but it will speed up charging speed slightly.
This is the best third party magnetic wireless charging powerbank that you can get for iPhone 12/13 series. I think it’s worth 60 if you find yourself needing an extra 50% of a full battery before you get home at the end of your day. Or if you are often not able to charge your phone sometimes, like you work outside or in the car (and your car charger doesn’t work or something). You could just get a regular portable battery that requires a cable, but those won’t comfortably fit in your pocket.
Using it wirelessly, it can provide about 50-60% of a full charge for an iPhone 12 Pro, a little more than the Apple MagSafe battery, but not by much. A good example of why you can’t just look at mAh, 5000 for this one vs 1460 on the Apple one.
This Mag Go feels really premium too, more premium than Apple’s MagSafe battery. I love the texture of it and how it’s thinner than the older model. It also is wider and longer, they had to change the design so that it could accommodate the larger camera module on iPhone 13 models (especially the 13 Pro/Pro Max). The bottom of the powerbank sits flush with the bottom of my iPhone 12, but it’s still comfortable to hold.
The wireless output when not connected to a cable is still only 5 watts, but then so is Apple’s version and you can’t even charge your iPhone from it using a cable. This one has a USB C port with an input and output of 12 watts, I wish they could find a way to make it 18/20 watts for full speed wired charging. There are Magnetic, wireless powerbanks that can also output 18 watts with a USB C to Lightning cable, but they are either larger, like the full size of your iPhone or from cheap no-name brands that I wouldn’t trust to charge my iPhone with on a regular basis. If you plug this one into a power adapter with 12 watts or more, it will charge the iPhone at 7.5 watts, wirelessly. It won’t be way faster than 5 watts, but it will speed up charging speed slightly.
This is the best third party magnetic wireless charging powerbank that you can get for iPhone 12/13 series. I think it’s worth 60 if you find yourself needing an extra 50% of a full battery before you get home at the end of your day. Or if you are often not able to charge your phone sometimes, like you work outside or in the car (and your car charger doesn’t work or something). You could just get a regular portable battery that requires a cable, but those won’t comfortably fit in your pocket.
Using it wirelessly, it can provide about 50-60% of a full charge for an iPhone 12 Pro, a little more than the Apple MagSafe battery, but not by much. A good example of why you can’t just look at mAh, 5000 for this one vs 1460 on the Apple one.
