Twelve South’s new Apple charger is a compact and cheaper three-in-one alternative
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#60KD6)
Three devices on one neat charger. | Image: Twelve South Twelve South's latest accessory is the HiRise3, a $99.99 three-in-one charger designed to keep your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods topped up with power. It has a very similar set of features to Belkin's BoostCharge Pro 3-in-1 Wireless Charger with MagSafe with a more compact design, lower starting price, and a couple more caveats.
Let's get the caveats out of the way first. Although the HiRise3 only works with MagSafe-compatible iPhones, it's not an MFi-certified MagSafe charger. iPhone 12 and 13 devices will still magnetically stick to it, and they'll still charge - but only at 7.5W rather than the full 15W of charging that MagSafe is capable of. That doesn't mean an iPhone will literally charge half as fast, but it's not as speedy...