Earlier this week, Apple announced a new color variant for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Mini. The new purple color is already available for pre-order and will go on sale next week. Just like the other color options, this too won’t come with a charger in the box, so you have to purchase one if you don’t have a spare lying around. One of the recommended chargers you can pick up is the Anker Nano (Anker PowerPort III Nano 20W), a 20W USB-C charger that’s no bigger than Apple’s 5W charger. The good thing is that the charger now comes in a colorway that matches the new purple iPhones.
The purple Anker Nano charger seems to be
China-exclusive as we didn’t find it on Anker’s US and UK websites. This is
also a bundle as it comes with a matching braided USB-C to Lightning cable
included in the package (doesn’t come with a cable by default). The Anker Nano
is 50% smaller than Apple’s own iPhone 12 20W USB-C charger. It is also 3x
faster than the 5W charger and will charge the iPhone 12 from 0 to 50% in 25
minutes.
The charger is also compatible with older
iPhones up to the iPhone 8, all generations of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, the 3rd
and 4th gen iPad Air, and the 7th and 8th gen iPad. It is also compatible with
Samsung’s Galaxy S10, Galaxy S9, and Galaxy S8 series as well as the Pixel 2
and up. Anker says it will also work for the Nintendo Switch but does not
support charge-and-Play in TV mode.
The Anker Nano bundle (with cable) is
priced at ¥ 298 (US$ 46) on Tmall. You can also buy just the power adapter for ¥ 99
(US$ 15). While we would love to see Anker make the charger available in matching
colors for the other colorways of the iPhone 12 series, the only other color
available is Green and it too comes with a matching braided cable.
