Anker is ready to start selling its PowerPort Atom
PD 1 charger. Announced first back in October, the little charger will finally
go on sale this month and is priced at US$ 29.99.
The Atom PD 1 is a really compact USB-C charger. In
fact, it's the world's smallest USB-PD charger that is capable of outputting
30W. That's enough to charge any smartphone or tablet that supports the
USB-Power Delivery standard and even smaller laptops like the Apple MacBook and
the new MacBook Air.
The Atom PD 1 uses Gallium nitride (GaN) instead of
silicon, which makes it more efficient and also a lot smaller than most
chargers for the amount of power it can output.
Anker also has larger models, the PowerPort Atom PD
2 and Atom PD 4, which feature 2 and 4 output ports, respectively. Even though
they are larger than the PD 1, they are still a lot smaller than other chargers
in their class.
