Just as important a step on your iphone x fast charging journey is the cable that transmits the power.
Iphone x lightning cable or usb c.
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To charge the iphone x and iphone 8 faster.
Here s what you can do with a usb c to lightning cable.
Connect your iphone ipad mac airpods or ipod with lightning connector to your usb c or thunderbolt 3 usb c enabled mac for syncing and charging.
Charge your airpods pro iphone ipad or ipod touch when it s connected to a usb c port.
Iphone 8 iphone 8 plus and later.
Ditch your lightning cable.
Ipad pro 12 9 inch 1st generation.
Any mfi certified lightning cable should support up to 12 w of charging power or up to 18 w if it s a usb c to lightning cable and usb 2 0 data transfer rates up to 480 mbps.
Cable matters has a number of great options but the best is this premium usb c to lightning cable.
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It s fully mfi certified and is made of durable materials to make sure that it won t fray or.
The newest batch of iphones can charge to 50 percent battery in 30 minutes but you ll have to buy some extra hardware.
After learning that you ll need to spend at least 74 on a special charger and a usb type c lightning cable to enable fast charging on the new iphone x and iphone 8 models you may be wondering why you can t just use the standard lightning cable.
While we can t answer why apple didn t include the usb c cable in the box with their new phones we can explain why you need usb c to enable fast.
Fast charging with a usb c to lightning cable.