The Belkin Boost↑Charge Pro 2-in-1 Wireless Charger Stand with MagSafe holds your iPhone 12 up so its ready for FaceTime calls or just checking email. And it powers up the handset twice as fast as traditional wireless chargers. Plus, there’s a built-in AirPods charger.
I put this stylish iPhone accessory to the test. Here’s how it performed in the real world.
Belkin Boost↑Charge Pro 2-in-1 Wireless Charger Stand with MagSafe review
Plugging in a Lightning cable is the traditional way to charge your iPhone, but it’s not necessarily the best way. The iPhone 12 series offers MagSafe, an improved form of wireless charging that uses magnets to align the handset to the charger.
The Boost↑Charge Pro improves on the basic MagSafe design by using the magnets to make a desk stand that holds up the iPhone so you can easily see it and use it hands free while the device is charging.
The charger needs a wide base to make it stable, so Belkin’s designers used all that space to build in an AirPods charger. That lets this one accessory replenish two commonly used Apple devices at the same time.
Hardware and design
Belkin offers this iPhone accessory in either white and silver or black and silver. The look is very modern but not obnoxiously so if that’s not your style.
The Boost↑Charge Pro is 4.8 inches tall and the base is 4.6 inches across. It doesn’t take up too much room on a desk, and the base is plenty large enough to be steady. You’ll not accidentally knock this accessory over even with an iPhone 12 Pro Max clipped to it.
One of my favorite features is that the stand points my iPhone display toward me so Face ID will automatically unlock the device. That’s not true when the iPhone is sitting flat on my desk.The general look of the Belkin Boost↑Charge Pro matches Apple accessories.
Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
iPhone charger
The Boost↑Charge Pro 2-in-1 looks a lot like Apple’s MagSafe charging puck on a pole because that’s essentially what it is. Place the handset next to the elevated charging ring and the two will cling together with magnets.
Another of my favorite features of this charger is that the magnets support both landscape and portrait and anything in between. Watch a video in widescreen or read your email in portrait… whichever is more convenient. Just grab the iPhone and turn it.
The magnets in the charger and the iPhone are strong enough to solidly hold the two devices together. There’s certainly no risk the handset will spontaneously fall off, and I can tap on the screen without affecting the connection. A solid knock to the back of the phone will knock it loose, though.
MagSafe works through thin cases. But at this point it’s only available in the iPhone 12 series.
AirPods charger
There’s a second charging mat in a small recess in the base of the Boost↑Charge Pro. It’s intended for a AirPods case that supports wireless charging. This is a standard feature of AirPods Pro, but users of standard AirPods must buy one separately.
If you don’t have AirPods but do have a second iPhone, you can set it on the base of Belkin’s accord to juice up. Don’t be concerned that the mat is in a recess… it doesn’t affect charging the IPhone.
Belkin doesn’t recommend you use the recess as a paper clip holder. Random metallic objects sitting on an inductive charger don’t make a happy combination.
Belkin Boost↑Charge Pro 2-in-1 Wireless Charger Stand performance
To test the capabilities of this MagSafe charger, I had it juice up my iPhone 12.
Starting with a flat battery, the Boost↑Charge Pro increased the battery level to 35% after half an hour, and to 61% after a full hour. That’s almost exactly the same rate as Apple’s own MagSafe Charger. That’s proof that both provide 15 watts of power.
For comparison, standard wireless chargers can send only 7.5W. As a result, they charge iPhones half as fast… something I’ve confirmed many times.
An AirPods wireless charging case can only receive 5W of power.
Belkin’s wireless charging stand holds the iPhone in landscape or portrait orientation.
Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
Belkin Boost↑Charge Pro 2-in-1 Wireless Charger Stand with MagSafe final thoughts
Anyone who gets impatient at the speed at which their iPhone recharges but wants the convenience of wireless charging should start using MagSafe. And the Boost↑Charge Pro is one of the better options, especially for those who have AirPods. It looks professional and works well.
Pricing
The Belkin Boost↑Charge Pro 2-in-1 Wireless Charger Stand with MagSafe is sold now exclusively by the online Apple Store. But it’ll also be offered by Belkin.com in the near future.
The cost is $99.95. That’s a premium over most other wireless charging stands, but these generally can’t provide the 2X charging speed of MagSafe.
Comparable products
Belkin made some kind of deal with Apple and got early access to MagSafe tech. That’s why it’s ahead of the its competitors. You won‘t find many rival MagSafe-compatible charging stands.
One of the better alternatives is the Elago MS1 Charging Stand ($24.99). Slip Apple’s own MagSafe puck into this accessory to hold up your iPhone while powering it up.
Those who have an Apple Watch and AirPods might consider the Boost↑Charge Pro MagSafe 3-in-1 Wireless Charger ($149.99) that Belkin announced last autumn.
The Anker PowerWave Magnetic 2-in-1 Stand ($35.99) costs less than either of the Belkin options, but it doesn’t fully support MagSafe so it charges the iPhone 12 at half the speed.
Belkin provided Cult of Mac with a review unit for this article. See our reviews policy, and check out other in-depth reviews of Apple-related items.
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