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Apple Begins Selling Standalone 18W USB-C Power Adapter, Priced at $29 in United States

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Apple today began selling its 18W USB-C power adapter as a standalone product. The adapter is priced at $29 in the United States and $39 in Canada and is also available internationally with various plug types.

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This is the same power adapter bundled with the latest 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models released in November. When paired with a Lightning to USB-C cable, it can be used to fast charge the latest iPhone models, including the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR.

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KrisLord
102 months ago
The U.K. version is quite nice, it has the folding pins which was previously only available in a 5w version.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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thealkimist
102 months ago
For the same price you can get USB-C chargers with more wattage and/or ports on Amazon that give fast charging too.
Yay! Let’s burn our houses down!
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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A MacBook lover
102 months ago
For the same price you can get USB-C chargers with more wattage and/or ports on Amazon that give fast charging too.
And ****** quality, trust me, I looked.
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iMEric984
102 months ago
So no more bitching about the price of a fast charger??? lol. Who am I kidding. Apple could sell these for $5 and people would still complain.

Do people stop to think that maybe apple doesn’t include a fast charger because they know it’s going to kill the battery faster???
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Khedron
102 months ago
Tim's plan to ship iPhones with no adapters
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H3LL5P4WN
102 months ago
And ****** quality, trust me, I looked.
Yay! Let’s burn our houses down!
Or worse, electrocution.
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Odd, shouldn't my apartment, office, and parents' house have burned down/been electrocuted by now?
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