Compared with iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro bring several upgrades. But there may also be a subtle MagSafe charging upgrade that Apple hasn’t mentioned before.
Tests conducted and published by ChargerLAB show that the iPhone 14 Pro Max charges faster, with higher peak speeds, and lasts longer than the iPhone 13 Pro Max when powered through Apple’s own MagSafe charging stand.
Since its debut on the iPhone 12, MagSafe for iPhone has been officially rated at 15W (when using a 20W wall charger) (though slower on the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 13 mini). However, the iPhone 14 Pro Max is still an improvement over its predecessor, taking 2 hours and 18 minutes to fully charge, compared to 2 hours and 26 minutes for the iPhone 13 Pro Max. It was a similar story in the half-hour sprint test, with the iPhone 14 Pro Max hitting 35%, while the iPhone 13 Pro Max was 30% behind.
We also saw this small difference in our own wired charging tests. The iPhone 14 Pro Max charges to 42 percent in half an hour, while the iPhone 13 Pro Max charges to 40 percent, both using the same 20W Apple charger.
The increase in speed could be attributed to changes in power and thermal management in the iPhone 14 Pro’s A16 chipset and battery. The difference in battery size may have played a slight role as well. According to a third-party teardown, the iPhone 14 Pro Max has a 4323 mAh battery, while the iPhone 13 Pro Max uses a 4352 mAh battery.
The enhanced MagSafe speed might not be enough to warrant an upgrade or envy iPhone 14 Pro Max owners, but it’s still a benefit of Apple’s yet-to-be-announced new model.
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