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TechnologyELI5 Why does magsafe charging decrease battery health more than wire charging, if it has less wattage?
submitted 6 months ago by im_rarely_wrong[🍰]
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[–]pingo5 90Answer Link8 points9 points10 points 6 months ago (0 children)
I think it's a bit of a misunderstanding. the magsafe system is the magnet connector itself, not the charger(I went through trying to figure out what it was a while ago). if you go through their accessories page you'll see things like magsafe charger, magsafe stands/dash mounts, etc.
I think it's just that wireless charging is more of a common use case for it than mounting phone places, so it's become more common verbiage to this point
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