Review Apple 20W charger is out of stock in Vietnam: High price but nothing special

Tram Ho

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On the 12 series iPhone, Apple removed the charger that came with the box and only included the USB-C to Lightning cable. The reason given by Apple is to “protect the environment”, but most users see this as an unconvincing reason to justify Apple wants to increase profits from selling accessories. Most iPhone users today only have chargers with USB-A standard output, not compatible with the USB-C cord that Apple bundled. Therefore, they will still have to buy a new charger.

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To meet this demand, in parallel with the iPhone 12, Apple has launched a new charger with standard USB-C output and 20W capacity.

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This charger is sold by many retailers at a “promotional” price of VND 490,000 when customers buy with the iPhone 12. Currently, this charger is in a state of out-of-stock condition, many agents have raised the price to the listed price of VND 990,000. This is a relatively confusing thing, because the listed price that Apple sets for this charger is only 19 USD, equivalent to 440,000 VND.

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This is the Apple 20W charger that many Vietnamese users “hunt” for the past time.

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Genuine 20W charger in Vietnam has a round leg design. We do not really like this design because it is not as stable as the flat legs, causing users to experience flicker on some old power outlets.

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Another minus point in the design of the Apple 20W charger (left) is the relatively large size. Compared with the ZMI / Xiaomi 20W charger (right), it can be seen that despite having the same 20W capacity, Apple’s charger is larger. Not to mention, on the market today there are also 20W chargers with super small size, such as the Anker PowerPort III Nano.

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In the past few years, Apple has started moving its charger from the old USB-A standard to the newer USB-C standard.

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The benefit of USB-C charging is the ability to quickly charge from 0% to 50% in 30 minutes. Not only iPhone 12 series, but this charger can fast charge for iPhone generations from 2017 (iPhone 8 and iPhone X) onwards.

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Through testing with the current measuring device, the 20W charger can charge an iPhone 12 Pro Max with a capacity of about 19.6W, according to the specifications.

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However, when it exceeds the 60% threshold, the charging capacity will gradually decrease to avoid damaging the battery. At 60% and 75%, the capacity drops to 15W and 10W, respectively. Over 90%, capacity is only about 2W.

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Apple 20W charger charging speed chart on an iPhone 12 Pro Max with 20% battery. It can be seen that it only takes 30 minutes to charge from 20% to 67%, but then takes up to 1h30p to complete the remaining 33%.

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Overall, the 20W Apple charger does not have any outstanding features. It has large size, medium capacity and especially a significantly higher price than third-party products.

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However, many people will still accept to buy this charger at a high price to get the brand synchronization with the iPhone that they are using.

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Source : Genk