CES 2019: Anker Launching 'World's Smallest' USB-C Power Delivery Wall Charger Later This Month - MacRumors
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CES 2019: Anker Launching 'World's Smallest' USB-C Power Delivery Wall Charger Later This Month

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Apple-certified accessory maker Anker today at CES 2019 announced that its PowerPort Atom PD 1 power adapter, which it calls "the world's smallest Power Delivery wall charger," will be available to order later this month.

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Anker's PowerPort Atom PD 1

The PowerPort Atom PD 1 is about the size of the five-watt charger that comes in the box with every iPhone thanks to the use of gallium nitride components. Nonetheless, it has a max output of 30W, enough to charge not only smartphones but larger devices such as a 12-inch MacBook, Chromebook, or a Nintendo Switch.

The Atom series will be Anker's new line of slim, lightweight Power Delivery wall chargers, with a 60-watt dual USB-C port Atom PD 2 charger and a 100-watt dual USB-C, dual USB-A port Atom PD 4 charger also planned for release.

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Anker first unveiled the Atom PD 1 at an event in New York City in October, but failed to meet its promised November release date at the time. The charger will be available exclusively on Amazon for $29.99 in the United States, according to the accessory maker, with a revised release date of January 2019.

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Top Rated Comments

Aluminum213 Avatar
98 months ago
Noice
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Pepe4life Avatar
98 months ago
Won’t buy it if it’s not UL certified like most of their other chargers
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Mac Fly (film) Avatar
98 months ago
$30? Haha sure. The price will quadruple once it goes outside the US.
Add an Apple logo, add a zero.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
98 months ago
I’d be interested in a smaller price tag, too. The world’s smallest, perhaps!
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Iconoclysm Avatar
98 months ago
$30? Haha sure. The price will quadruple once it goes outside the US.
Anker is a Chinese company.
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The Nintendo Switch is not USB-C compliant. If you don’t use the official Nintendo dick or charger, you run the risk of bricking your system.
This is completely wrong. Issues with the dock were not related to simple USB-C power delivery, they were related to the DOCKED power requirements. Any USB-C charger can charge a Switch without bricking it. Also, stories about it not being compliant were written by amateurs who do not know that Nintendo submitted their requirements to the standard which is not even fully completed.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
98 months ago
The PowerPort Atom PD 1 is about the size of the five-watt charger that comes in the box with every iPhone thanks to the use of gallium nitride components. Nonetheless, it has a max output of 30W, enough to charge not only smartphones but larger devices such as a 12-inch MacBook, Chromebook, or a Nintendo Switch.
Except you click the link at the beginning of the article and there's literally a big giant 27W that fills the screen, and as you scroll down the page, it continues to say 27W.
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