On October 25, 2018, ANKER released an epoch-making new product in New York, USA — 'ANKER PowerPort Atom PD1' GaN Charger This charger is equipped with it High frequency and efficient GaN (gallium nitride) Power devices are well received by the industry.
Gallium nitride is known in the industry as a third-generation semiconductor material that can be applied to products in different industries, including semiconductor lighting, lasers, and RF fields. It can be used in power products to achieve high power output in ultra-small size. , change industry design and manufacturing solutions, change consumer habits.
This is the first time that the ANKER PowerPort Atom PD1 GaN charger has been exposed to the public. Next, we will send you the world premiere evaluation of the exclusive ANKER GaN PD charger.
The ANKER PowerPort Atom PD1 GaN charger is designed with the ANKER family's rich and rich ID design. The front and side matte details complement each other with simplicity and simplicity.
The 'PD' logo is printed on the USB-C output of a blue tongue, indicating that this product supports the USB PD fast charging standard with the most versatile and future development direction. The side 'ANKER' trademark is silver. Gray silk screen spray is firm and does not drop paint.
In 2017, Apple first launched the fast charging function on the iPhone X/8/8 Plus mobile phone. Once it came up, it directly joined the mature universal USB PD fast charging array. The charging power was already in line with Android. The pain point of Apple users has finally been obtained. solve.
The iPhone XS/XS Max/XR released in September this year also supports USB PD fast charging, but Apple still only supports 5W chargers. USB PD chargers need users to purchase them themselves. Then there are several problems: What PD charging to buy? Original? Original? Third party?
The GaN PD charger released by ANKER is sold in small size, high power and high efficiency. The left side of the iPhone XS Max is the ANKER PowerPort Atom PD1 GaN charger, and the right is the APPLE 30W USB-C charger. The ANKER charger volume is visible. The advantage is very obvious.
Come back and look at it, ANKER PowerPort Atom PD1 GaN charger output power reaches 27W, APPLE USB-C charger output power 30W, the power of the two is not much different, but the volume is completely different level, ANKER is 40% smaller than the Apple charger.
With the Apple's ancestral tofu block 5W charger, the ANKER PowerPort Atom PD1 GaN charger is not much larger. It should be known that this is a charger that supports USB PD high-power output, 27W VS 5W, the power is more than 5 times, technology Development is changing with each passing day.
On the other side of the brand name parameter, Product Name: PowerPort Atom PD1 Rapid Charger, Model: A2017, Input: 100-240V~1.2A 50-60Hz Global Voltage, Output: 5V3A / 9V3A / 15V1.5A / 20V1.1A, Rated Output Power 27W.
The POWER-Z FL001S developed by ChargerLAB is used to read the ANKER GaN PD charger PD message. From the screen, the charger has a total of four PDOs, which are: 5V3A / 9V3A / 15V1.5A / 20V1.1A , rated power27W.
What is the actual machine test effect? Plug the ANKER GaN charger into the power strip, the charger looks very small, and the power strip 'appears to be bigger'.
Use the POWER-Z KM001C USB tester, also developed by ChargerLAB, to monitor the output of the ANKER charger. Here, choose the iPhone XS Max that supports USB PD charging as the test object.
ANKER PowerPort Atom PD1 charges the iPhone XS Max with a smooth handshake USB PD fast charge, Power 8.78V, 2.39A, 21.0W, faster than the original 5W charger speed of more than 400%.
Let's take a look at the situation of the tablet. Here we chose iPAD Pro 10.5 which supports USB PD fast charging as the test object.
ANKER PowerPort Atom PD1 for iPAD Pro 10.5 charging smooth handshake USB PD fast charge, power 14.82V, 1.43A, 21.29W.
So how about charging the notebook? Can such a small charger be used to charge a laptop? Here, the MacBook Pro is selected as the test object.
ANKER PowerPort Atom PD1 charges the MacBook Pro with a smooth handshake USB PD fast charge, power 8.75V, 2.89A, 25.36W, it can be seen that this little guy is not a problem with the notebook.
ANKER PowerPort Atom PD1 has good support for Apple devices, compatibility is very good, Android will be tested later, Xiaobian estimates compatibility should be no problem.
summary:
ANKER GaN GaN charger attracts the attention of the world, high-speed high-frequency and high-efficiency makes high-power USB PD charger no longer a burly brick, small size can achieve high power output, smaller than APPLE original 30W charger More portable.
Real machine test session iPhone XS Max, iPad Pro 10.5, Macbook Pro can normally shake USB PD charging, compatibility is good.
The small portability of the travel portability has been greatly improved, and the home space and office space can also make the desktop space neat and tidy, let consumers know that there are better third-party PD chargers besides Apple's original factory.
Does the introduction of the ANKER GaN charger mean that the difficulties in the GaN field have been successfully overcome, and the raw material output and cost have dropped to the mass production range?
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