The recent launch of the new iPhone 13 It continues leaving topics to analyze, especially about its specifications and benefits. However, there is also room for doubts or confusion. That has happened in the last few hours with reports related to the iPhone 13 Pro Max, and how supposedly can charge your battery “faster” than iPhone 12 Pro Max.
The question arises from a report by 9to5Mac titled “iPhone 13 Pro Max can charge faster than its predecessor“, or” The iPhone 13 Pro Max can charge faster than its predecessor. “The same refers to a test of ChargerLAB which shows that the most advanced model in Apple’s line of smartphones can be recharged with a power of up to 27W.
As can be seen clearly in the video of the experiment, this is achieved using different chargers between 30W and 120W. It is worth clarifying that the 27W are not constant during the charging process. But beyond that, it is an interesting fact and that surely can matter to those who study the more technical sections of the new iPhone 13.
What is confusing is when the report of 9to5Mac mentions that the iPhone 13 Pro Max can charge “a little faster than its predecessor.” There it indicates that iPhone 12 Pro Max is capable of recharging at a maximum of 22W “with an equivalent power adapter”.
Can the iPhone 13 Pro Max charge faster than the previous year’s version?
If we rely on existing data, and in the ChargerLAB test, indeed the iPhone 13 Pro Max can feed its battery with a power greater than that of the iPhone 12 Pro Max. However, we enter a field of doubt whether or not we are talking about “faster” as a synonym for “less lag time for recharging“.
Let’s take into account that the iPhone 13 Pro Max includes a battery of 4,352 mAh, according to recently released data. This is a significant leap compared to its predecessor, which was 3,687 mAh. And so far we have not seen a comparison of charging times between both devices, under the same conditions exposed by ChargerLAB for the test.
Does the iPhone 13 Pro Max charge at higher power mean that it will do so in less time than the iPhone 12 Pro Max? Or does the higher capacity of the battery prevent the extra 5W in the transfer process from making a difference in the total minutes it takes to recharge it? At the moment we do not know. But the terminology that is used journalistically can be ambiguous when translating from English to Spanish. And there seems to be the root of the confusion.