Pictures of pretend MagSafe Battery Packs with a USB-C charging port as a substitute of Lightning are being shared on social media websites, probably hinting at preparations to reflect Apple’s launch of such an adjunct.
The present MagSafe Battery Pack is a broadly counterfeited accent, however most one-to-one replicas accessible up to now function a Lightning port. The newest collection of photographs, shared throughout X (previously Twitter) and Weibo, depict the identical one-to-one replicas however with a USB-C charging port.
All the iPhone 15 lineup is anticipated to maneuver away from Lightning and have a USB-C charging port for the primary time, and Apple is anticipated to convey USB-C to different gadgets and equipment over the subsequent yr. It isn’t clear if Apple plans to launch a brand new model of the MagSafe Battery Pack with a USB-C port, however it’s anticipated to take action with different equipment such because the AirPods Professional‘s MagSafe Charging Case alongside the discharge of the iPhone 15 fashions.
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On the most up-to-date episode of The MacRumors Present podcast, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman stated that Apple is looking for to maneuver to USB-C throughout its lineup of equipment by subsequent yr, probably together with the MagSafe Battery Pack. The transition will apparently be comparatively quick, mirroring the transition to the Lightning connector following its introduction in 2012.
“They are going to have to do a brand new MagSafe Duo with USB-C,” Gurman stated, and Apple “actually can replace the MagSafe battery pack” so as to add USB-C. It isn’t completely clear if these refreshed equipment can be launched at its “Wonderlust” occasion on Tuesday, September 12, however the proliferation of photographs of fakes may trace that Apple is making ready to launch a few of them subsequent week.
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As well as, Gurman defined that an all-new MagSafe Battery Pack is in growth, however it isn’t but able to be launched. The following-generation battery pack apparently entails a brand new idea that enables customers to “daisy-chain” a number of battery packs collectively by stacking them and wirelessly cost a number of gadgets on the identical time. For instance, will probably be doable to cost two iPhones on the identical time, with one positioned on both aspect of the battery pack.
