Perhaps a naïve question, what does the potential of pushing 100 W into any device pose a risk for that device? Thanks. Keith
> On Dec 9, 2024, at 6:21 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Below is a link to the 4-port desktop charger from Hyper Shop directly, it's > regularly $149.99, but shows on sale for $89.99. > I am actually not sure if the one you saw on Amazon is from that brand or if > it's just called "Hyper" because the original one has 4 ports and they can > each output 100 Watts. > > https://www.hypershop.com/products/hyperjuice-245w-gan-desktop-charger?srsltid=AfmBOooNo4L41fmYFASi25mVhECBflvmX2L5x7W1tauLuxA3hWnO5AKC > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of James > Bentley > Sent: Monday, December 9, 2024 2:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Hyperjuice wall adapter, was RE: What Are The Advantages For > Totally Blind People In Getting The Top Of The Line iPhone/s Whenever They > Are Released? > > Hi Sieghard, > I found a hyper charger with 4 ports for $120.00 at Amazon. > It has 2 ports that put out 100W and 2 that put out 65w. I may get this > charger. > Thank you very much for digging around to help. > James B > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Monday, December 9, 2024 4:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Hyperjuice wall adapter, was RE: What Are The Advantages For Totally > Blind People In Getting The Top Of The Line iPhone/s Whenever They Are > Released? > > James, > > Firs to fall I apologize, but I was wrong about the 245 Watts total output, I > just looked it up on the manufacturer's website and it only has 140 Watts > output. However, unless you are fast charging a new Mac laptop at that > capacity, you can still use all 3 ports to operate 3 devices. I was just away > and I used the 140 Watt port for my Lenovo laptop, the 100 Watt port for my > "Butterfly" charger and I had a USB-A to USB-C cable plugged into the USB-A > port to charge my headset. Hyper does make a 4-port 245 Watt desktop charger > and external battery which I also have and I think I mixed it up. If you are > strictly using this at home I would recommend the 4-port desktop charger as > it has a cable you plug into the wall outlet and into the charger whereas my > 140 Watt charger is meant as a compact travel charger with a foldable plug so > your ports will be right down there wherever you plug it into the wall outlet > and while many hotels nowadays have an outlet above the side table or a desk, > if they don't you might be moving furniture to plug everything in. I also > find this charger has one flaw in it's design as the foldable plug is on one > of the narrow sides which means it sticks out from the wall quite a bit. As > it's also quite heavy, this often makes for a not very secure connection and > I have used it in the Philippines where the plug fits in the wall outlet, but > it was so loose that I had to find something to prop it up with. I actually > plan to get myself a short, maybe 2-foot cable I can pluginto the wall first > so I can potentially put this on the ground for such situations. I have seen > other chargers from Anker who are designed the same way and I don't > understand why they don't design it so the plug is on the flat side which > means the flat side would be against the outlet and it would stick out a lot > less and the weight would not be pulling away from the wall so much. Not sure > if this makes sense, but imagine you put a piece of 2-sided tape on a deck of > cards which is inside a cardboard box ro which is still wrapped. You want to > stick this to a wall. If you put the piece of 2-sided tape on one of the > narrow, long sides and stuck that to the wall, it would be very difficult as > it sticks out a lot and would want to pull away from the wall. If you put > that piece of tape right in the middle on the flat side of the deck it would > only stick out by the thickness of the deck, maybe half an inch or a bit more > and it would stick just fine. > > Anyways, I have these 3 Hyper products because I bought them when they were a > Kickstarter campagne years ago and you could not really find much with that > capacity. The battery pack, by the way, is big and very heavy, fantastic if > you want lots of power, it can run my laptop, but not what you want if you > want to pack light. Nowadays Anker makes many options with 100 Watts and 200 > Watts and they also make a 250 Watt desktop charger with I think 8 ports. I > just bought a 200 Watt desktop charger from them during Black Friday with 6 > ports and while my Hyper 245 Watt charger with 4 ports can put out more per > port, the question really is whether it's needed. The Hyper desktop charger > and external battery also have 4 USB-C ports only, the only one which has 1 > of the older, larger USB-A ports is that 140 Watt travel charger. > The 200 Watt Anker desktop charger I just bought has 2 USB-A ports and 4 > USB-C ports which might be a bit more versatile if you still have devices you > may want to charge with a Micro USB plug as they typically have a larger > USB-A port on the other end. Below is a link to the travel charger I have > from the Hyper website, you can explore their site for the other products as > well: > > https://www.hypershop.com/products/hyperjuice-140w-pd-3-1-usb-c-charger-with-adapters > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of James > Bentley > Sent: Monday, December 9, 2024 12:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: What Are The Advantages For Totally Blind People In Getting The > Top Of The Line iPhone/s Whenever They Are Released? > > How can I find the same wall adapter that you are using. > Thank you, > James B > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Monday, December 9, 2024 2:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: What Are The Advantages For Totally Blind People In Getting The > Top Of The Line iPhone/s Whenever They Are Released? > > Ron, only you can make that decision. I think most of us on this list buy a > new iPhone and tghen have it for at least 2 or 3 years or in many cases > longer. > I had an iPhone 13 Pro which I actually bought in 2022, a year after it was > first released, because at that point I got a significantly better deal for > it compared to buying the newest phone at the time which was the iPhone 14 > Pro. > I did buy an iPhone 16 pro this year because I use dictationand Siri a lot > and I wanted to have access to all these Apple Intelligence features as they > are being introduced throughout the fall of 2024 and the spring/summer of > 2025. If this is not important to you, there is little reason to spend the > money for an iPhone 16 or 156 Pro. In fact, the iPhone 15 Pro which was > released in September of 2023 will also support Apple Intelligence and you > probably can get a much better deal on it. For me a smaller yet welconme > benefit of the iPhone 16 Pro is also the fact it has a USB-C port instead of > the Lightning port which means I have to worry even less about having the > right cable, all I need when I go somewhere is 2 or 3 USB-c cables now > because the headsets I have all use USB-C for charging and even my laptop > charges via USB-C. > Therefore, I aso only need one wall adapter because I have one which has 2 > USB-C ports and 1 USB-A port (the older larger USB port). One of the USB-C > ports puts out 140 Watts which is more than enough to charge my Lenovo > laptop. The second puts out 100 Watts and the USB-A port puts out 30 Watts, > if you use all three ports at the same time they can output a combined total > of 245 Watts. > As for the form factor, I prefer the slightly larger iPhones when compared to > the SE model, but I don't want the size of a Plus or Pro Max phone and I also > prefer Face Id over touch Id. Your iPhone SEE from 2022 actually has the sam > e processor as the iPhone 13/13 Pro family and also the same as the regular > iPhone 14 because when Apple released the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro phones inn > 2023, only the Pro models got a new processor. If your iPhone SE does > everything you want I wouldn't worry about it and continue to use it until > you are not happy with it any more or until you feel a new iPhone has > features you want and which are not supported on the iPhone SE from 2022 > which I think was the third generation iPhone SE. > Apple is expected to release a new iPhone SE next spring which I expect will > have the same processor as the iPhone 16, but while it may still have a > slightly different form factor and a camera system with lower specifications, > this phone is expected to also use Face Id instead of Touch Id and it will > be a larger phone as well, no longer the small form factor with the 4.7 inch > screen. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ron > Canazzi > Sent: Monday, December 9, 2024 12:02 PM > To: ViPhone List <[email protected]> > Subject: What Are The Advantages For Totally Blind People In Getting The Top > Of The Line iPhone/s Whenever They Are Released? > > Hi Group, > > While monitoring this list, I see that many people are ordering the latest > and greatest iPhones: 15, 16, and so on. Now of course, I don't know the > visual status of all posters on this list nor would I be so bold as to ask > each one who says they have just purchased said models. > > I myself am totally blind and have an SE 2022 model with minimal capacity 64 > GB I believe. I am able to download and install numerous audio related apps > as well as home items and their apps and use them very well. 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