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"Does it support Quick Charge and Power Delivery fast charging protocols?+
Yes, Anker Nano supports both Quick Charge and Power Deliver protocols."
So I think this is actually the newer/better version that is fully compatible with PD
"PowerIQ 3.0 is Anker's version of Quick Charge 4+. Both combine USB PD and Quick Charge 3.0 (or PowerIQ 2.0 in Anker's case) on the same USB-C port. PowerIQ 2.0 (the tech on the USB-A ports of these chargers) is Anker's version of Quick Charge 3.0. Anker's tech is mimicking Qualcomm's tech. So for the most part it is cross-compatible with Quick Charge and other similar fast charging standards."
TL;DR: PD is part of the plug.
The most important thing to note is that this plug does 9v 2.22a. This is important if you are using a magsafe charger as it would not charge at the full 15W otherwise. I just found this out reading reviews this am. This plug is fully capable of this. But if you say for a 96W apple charger with PD, even that won't give you the full 15W speed through magsafe. How crazy is that?!
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/anke...Id=64266
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I know Anker is considered better than Aukey on SD here but I haven't really had any issues with the few Aukey things I own.
I know Apple says you need 20W for iPhone 12 for fast charging but various websites had noted that 18W chargers do almost the same thing, it maybe takes a few more minutes to get to 50% battery compared to 20W charger.
USB C Charger, PD 20W USB-C Power Adapter Compatible with iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max,i Phone 11, 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPad Pro, Pixel, Galaxy Note 10/ Note 20/ S20(2 Packs) https://smile.amazon.co
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Almost certainly guaranteed it's not USB-IF compliant.
Agreed that Aukey cables have historically been crappy as hell, but most of the rest of their product line has been fine and more recent cables seem to be getting fewer complaints.
From a brand new seller Homace and brand name Auorld
with business name and address : (obviously it was a chinese lettering copy paste job)
Business Name:hunanmobakejifazhanyouxiangongsi
Business Address:
changshagaoxinkaifaqulugujidilutianlu8hao
erqichangfangxiangshuyuan8dong3lou313-Adanyuan
changsha
hunan
410000
CN
Almost certainly guaranteed it's not USB-IF compliant.
Ok thanks for doing the research. Will not buy these but looks like they are technically the same except the brand.
thanks in advance!
DS
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"PowerIQ 3.0 is Anker's version of Quick Charge 4+. Both combine USB PD and Quick Charge 3.0 (or PowerIQ 2.0 in Anker's case) on the same USB-C port. PowerIQ 2.0 (the tech on the USB-A ports of these chargers) is Anker's version of Quick Charge 3.0. Anker's tech is mimicking Qualcomm's tech. So for the most part it is cross-compatible with Quick Charge and other similar fast charging standards."
TL;DR: PD is part of the plug.
The most important thing to note is that this plug does 9v 2.22a. This is important if you are using a magsafe charger as it would not charge at the full 15W otherwise. I just found this out reading reviews this am. This plug is fully capable of this. But if you say for a 96W apple charger with PD, even that won't give you the full 15W speed through magsafe. How crazy is that?!
Well, when it comes to charging my $1k+ devices, I'd rather use a Qualcomm-certified PD charger rather than something trying to mimic it.
With a normal USB PD charger, it will not fast charge older devices (that don't support USB PD)
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I think they just had different sku for bestbuy, thats all.
I have the bestbuy version, used the $10 coupon from bestbuy