MacFormat UK – June 2019

Head to head APPLE CHOICE

VERDICT

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Charging methods and times

Times taken to go from powered down to a full charge

The Base Station looks great, but falls down

where it matters: charging time and ease of use.

It’s hard to endorse with the issues we had.

+++++

Arguably the less elegant mat, but Cygnett’s

TwoFold is exactly what wireless charging should

be: simple, convenient and a pleasure to use.

+++++

How we ttested

We drained an iPhone X

and XR before each charge.

Background App Refresh

was disabled, no apps were

left open, and the screen was

turned on only to check the

battery percentage at regular

intervals. We took readings

at 30-minute intervals until

the battery level reached

85%, 15-minute intervals

until 95%, every five minutes

until 98%, and then every

minute until 100%.

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Duration (hours:minutes)

Nomad Base

Station Hub Edition

Cygnet t

TwoFold

Legend

Cygnett (XR + X)

Nomad (XR + X)

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

0 0:30

0

1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00

We recorded the battery levels

every 30 minutes, then put

the phones back to sleep.