{"id":92345,"date":"2024-04-24T00:06:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T00:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/this-game-boy-looking-phone-stand-is-why-magsafe-is-good\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T00:06:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T00:06:20","slug":"this-game-boy-looking-phone-stand-is-why-magsafe-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/24\/this-game-boy-looking-phone-stand-is-why-magsafe-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"This Game Boy-looking phone stand is why MagSafe is good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">MagSafe isn\u2019t a particularly controversial standard, but I\u2019ve heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/11\/16\/23963780\/iphone-15-wireless-charging-gm-chevy-buick-cadillac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">people grumble about it<\/a>. They get upset because it doesn\u2019t charge quite as efficiently as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/9\/16\/23875491\/apple-lightning-cable-usb-c-iphone-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an old-fashioned cable<\/a> and they get annoyed that any phone case needs to be MagSafe-compatible. But could charging by cable provide you with something as stupidly fun as this new phone stand from Elago?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elago.com\/products\/magsafe-ms-w5-charging-stand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elago MagSafe MS W5 Charging Stand<\/a>\u00a0is a mouthful of a name for what\u2019s just a Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP shaped MagSafe stand. Do the buttons and switches work? No! Does it fold close? Absolutely not! It\u2019s merely a piece of plastic you slot a MagSafe charger into. It\u2019s so simple you could probably 3D print something similar at home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"my-9\">\n<p><figcaption class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup inline text-gray-13 dark:text-gray-e9 [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-black [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-63\">Don\u2019t those buttons look so pressable.<\/figcaption><cite class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup inline not-italic text-gray-63 dark:text-gray-bd [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray\">Image by Elago<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">But this thing does look well made and now I really want a combination game controller and MagSafe charger shaped like this. Imagine how much better <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/4\/19\/24134871\/delta-emulator-apple-tv-airplay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delta<\/a> would be with a cool controller with nice clicky buttons?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">This hunk of plastic is at least cheaper than my new dream controller. You can get it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/elago-Charging-Compatible-MagSafe-Charger\/dp\/B0CY2C6LLT?tag=theverge02-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon for $25.99<\/a>. The charger is, rudely, not included, but theoretically this should work with both the pictured iPhone and new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24134055\/qi2-wireless-charging-apple-android-anker-mophie-belkin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qi2 Android devices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/4\/23\/24138726\/elago-magsafe-ms-w5-game-boy-magsafe-charger-stand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MagSafe isn\u2019t a particularly controversial standard, but I\u2019ve heard people grumble about it. They get upset because it doesn\u2019t charge quite as efficiently as an old-fashioned cable and they get annoyed that any phone case needs to be MagSafe-compatible. But could charging by cable provide you with something as stupidly fun as this new phone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-92345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}