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Tom Pritchard

EXPLAINED: What is apple magsafe and which iphones support it - The Real Truth

Twelve South HiRise 3 Deluxe 3-in-1 MagSafe for StandBy Mode on top of night stand.

MagSafe has been a staple part of the iPhone experience since the release of iPhone 12, offering the kind of wireless charging experience that most Android phone owners can only dream of. As the name suggests, it's a magnetic system designed to offer a safe and secure way to wirelessly charge. But there's a lot more to it than that.

The magnetic ring inside the iPhone is what makes MagSafe work, and it doesn't discriminate. So while Apple may have designed MagSafe to work with magnetic chargers, you can clip just about anything onto the back of your phone — so long as the magnets all line up. It opens up a whole new range of uses that you might not even have realized were possible.

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