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MagSafe on iPhone 12: I still want USB-C, but I was wrong about Apple’s magnetic charger – Source CNET Computer News

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MagSafe is a snap-on charger, and it’s great. But it’s also proprietary, and iPhone 12-only for now.


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The iPhone 12 (and iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max) has a new magnetic charger system called MagSafe (and the first-gen MagSafe accessories are officially available for purchase.) It’s a familiar name because MagSafe used to be on all the MacBooks, once upon a time. It auto-attached and easily popped off so that tripping over a wire wouldn’t knock your laptop off a table… and was generally appreciated. 

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