I really like a intelligent gadget nearly as a lot as I really like saving area in my keep on. Native Union’s new Voyage charger handily ticks each packing containers. It’s an unassuming puck-shaped product that’s simply stashed in a pocket or bag when folded shut.
Open it up, and also you get a pair of Qi2 chargers. One facet is designed for MagSafe iPhones, and the opposite contains a acquainted Apple Watch charging connector. The Voyage will lay flat on this configuration, so you possibly can snap a telephone and both an Apple Watch or wi-fi charging suitable AirPods case on the opposite.
Relying on whether or not or not your Watch band could be opened flat or is a loop, this positioning generally is a little awkward. Fortunately, the watch connector flips up, permitting you to cost the smartwatch on its facet like such:
For those who want an extra possibility, the charger’s exterior sides additionally magnetically snap collectively, permitting you to cost each the telephone and watch on their sides. This could be the most effective configuration of the bunch, because it pulls up the iPhone’s Standby mode, thus changing the necessity for a bedside alarm:
The Voyage is costly for a charger, as one may anticipate from a product with the phrase “Paris” etched onto the entrance. Loads of of us will understandably balk at paying $100 for an iPhone journey charger, even one which ships with a woven USB-C cable and a journey bag.
If it had been totally as much as me, I’d cram a 3rd charger into the factor, so I might substitute the funky little MagGo Wi-fi Charging Station outright. After all, Anker’s product is an extra $10 and significantly thicker.
For the sake of paring down my carry-on baggage as a lot as doable, I’m OK with the Voyage’s tradeoff. And hey, Native Union has to avoid wasting methods for the Voyage 2.