iPhone 14 Pro Charging Station

It was time to replace the generic “Wireless Charging Stand” (Input: DC 5V / 2A, Output: DC 5V / 1A - yeah, a blistering 5W) I’ve been using at the office since 2017 or so, when I got my iPhone X. The 14 Pro has a larger camera bump and the phone wouldn’t sit flush, and I wanted newer, better, faster charging tech.

The main issue I found is that many of the chargers out there will say MagSafe but they really mean “regular Qi charger with some magnets in the right spot to attach a MagSafe phone.” Most of them top out at 7.5W and don’t have any of Apple’s intelligent capabilities (like thermal suspension).

So I picked up:

• An actual Apple MagSafe Charger puck (another one; I now have one in the Jeep, this one at the office, and one on its way for the living room, plus the Belkin MagSafe 3-in-1 on my bedside table) [$30];
• A Spigen Mag Fit S mount that seems really well constructed [$20];
• A UGREEN USB-C extension cable (USB-C to USB-C extension cables are pretty hard to find!) that works and allows my sit-stand desk to move up and down [$13]; and
• a UGREEN Nexode 45W charger (CD294)[$30]

Apple MagSafe Charger in Spigen Mag Fit S stand with UGREEN extensinon cable, next to old generic 5W charger

The charger puts out up to 45W on each of the two USB-C ports (total output a combined 45W):

• USB-C1 Output:
• 5V ⎓ 3A (15W)
• 9V ⎓ 3A (18W)
• 12V ⎓ 3A (24W)
• 15V ⎓ 3A (45W)
• 20V ⎓ 2.25A (45W)
• 3.3-11V ⎓ 4.05A (45W)
• USB-C2 Output:
• 5V ⎓ 3A (15W)
• 9V ⎓ 3A (18W)
• 12V ⎓ 3A (24W)
• 20V ⎓ 2.25A (45W)
• 3.3-11V ⎓ 4.05A (45W)