MagSafe chargers are great – they keep wireless charging simple and perfectly lined-up, while charging your iPhone faster than ever. Suffice to say, they make the nightly charging ritual feel like a whole lot less of a chore. The Belkin Boost Charge Pro Portable Wireless Charger Pad with MagSafe 15W does Apple’s magnetic charging even better by adding a kickstand to the back, allowing you to charge your iPhone while doubling as a landscape stand. It’s so good, in fact, that you’ll gladly tolerate that unforgivably long name.
Yes, adding a kickstand sounds like the simplest of changes. Despite that, the simple change makes the erstwhile regular MagSafe charger a whole lot better, as it allows you to watch videos, browse the web, and do all sorts of things conveniently, while the phone charges on the nightstand., giving you a veritable stand without adding any size or heft to the accessory.
The Belkin Boost Charge Pro Portable Wireless Charger Pad with MagSafe 15W is, basically, just a regular version of Apple’s magnetic charger, albeit with slightly thicker dimensions to accommodate the integrated kickstand. You can use it much like any MagSafe charger, so you can set it down on a desk and use the magnets to snap your iPhone in place to commence charging. Because it’s small and magnetically sticks to the back of your phone, you can hold the phone in hand for normal use, albeit while tethered to whatever outlet you have the cable plugged into.
When you want to use the smartphone as a nightstand alarm clock or watch some Netflix while it’s charging, you can simply deploy the kickstand at the back of the charger and set the handset down on its side. That’s right, no need to use a separate stand with a hole to accommodate a MagSafe charger – this thing performs double duty as charging stand all on its own.
The Belkin Boost Charge Pro Portable Wireless Charger Pad with MagSafe 15W offers full 15W power delivery, allowing you to charge your iPhone 12 and 13 at the fastest pace available. Aside from charging the two newest generations of iPhones, it should also work with older wireless charging iPhones and other Qi-compatible devices, provided you’re willing to take the extra few seconds to align them properly.
There’s no listed dimensions for Belkin’s MagSafe with kickstand. Based on the product photos, though, it looks about twice the thickness of a typical version of Apple’s magnetic charger, so it’s still compact enough to throw inside most backpack pockets and luggage, making it ideal for on-the-go use, so long as you’ll have access to power. It comes with a permanently attached cable, by the way, which is 6.6 feet long, so you ca position the charger a fair distance away from the wall outlet.
The Belkin Boost Charge Pro Portable Wireless Charger Pad with MagSafe 15W comes in three colors, namely black, white, and blue. It’s available now, priced at $59.99.