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.