Macintosh-inspired Wireless Charging Stand combines Nostalgia with MagSafe and Wireless Charging

Posted on 03/12/2023 by Ida Torres

For those of us who were already alive and aware when the original Macintosh made its bow on January 1984, seeing any vintage design that is inspired by this classic is always nostalgic. We’ve been seeing a resurgence of all kinds of vintage-inspired designs on more modern gadgets and devices to blend the old and the new. elago is one such brand that has been coming up with more nostalgic magsafe and old-school Mac inspired accessories to go together with your iPhones, AirPods, Apple Watch, etc. This latest one is sure to appeal to the classic Mac lovers.

Designer: elago

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The MagSafe MS M4 Charging Stand is a charging stand for your iPhone that brings back the classic retro design of the Macintosh. It also helps reduce clutter on your table when you need to juice up your smartphone and of course do it in nostalgic style. It is made from premium silicone so it should be able to protect your device from scratches and even the spot on the desk where you will be placing the charger. It also adds a grip to to the surface that it’s resting on and has ventilation holes so your device won’t overheat.

You will need to have your own MagSafe charger which will be attached to the charging stand which then allows you to attach your iPhone in place. As it’s charging, you will also be able to use it to take phone calls and do video calls as well. It is also compatible with the StandBy mode that turns your device into an ambient smart display if you’re already sporting iOS 17. It is compatible with the iPhone 12, 13, 14, and 15 series. If you’re not using the charging stand, it still looks cute sitting there on your table with the mini Macintosh design complete with the classic cursive “hello.” greeting.

The charging stand doesn’t have any other new additional feature aside from being a stand that charges your iPhone or a stand to hold your device if you’re using it for calls or video conferences. But if you’re looking for something cute and nostalgic, then it’s something that you’d want to add to your collection. And at just $28.99, it’s not that of an expensive addition.

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Gorgeous ‘Japandi’ MagSafe Charger blends into your Table Decor with a Rustic Wood Build

Posted on 05/11/2023 by Sarang Sheth

With its simple form factor and dual-shade wood construction, Oakywood’s MagSafe iPhone Stand/Charger has an aesthetic quality similar to the kinds found in Japanese and Scandinavian homes. Fondly known as ‘Japandi’ (an obvious portmanteau of the two words), the design style is characterized by cleanliness and minimalism that eschews materialism and clutter. With its Japandi-inspired style, Oakywood’s MagSafe iPhone Stand adds a touch of rustic beauty to your table, with a design that looks sophisticated but feels familiar thanks to the use of natural materials like Oak and Walnut wood.

Designer: Oakywood

The stand’s two-part design features a powder-coated aluminum base with a wooden ‘tray’ on top. The hefty aluminum base gives the stand its stable design (while also allowing it to function as a paperweight of sorts) while customers have a choice between a light oakwood or dark walnut wood upper, complementing their table setup.

The stand comes with an empty slot that lets you weave your MagSafe charger in. Once put in place, it becomes a nifty magnetic charging dock for your iPhone that you can either use as-is, or detach the MagSafe charger to use as a horizontal charging mat (shown above).

When used in the ‘stand’ mode, it angles your phone at a precise 25°, making it easy to view while also triggering the iPhone’s new Standby Mode – a feature unveiled in the latest iOS 17 update.

If you don’t want to use your Oakywood MagSafe iPhone Stand as a charger, the company sells a magnetic puck that you can slide into the stand, allowing it to work as merely a docking station without the charging facility.

The folks at Oakywood pride themselves in embracing nature as a material and a source for their designs. The use of wood feels antithetical to the metal and glass build of your iPhone, but it brings about a certain warmth to your tabletop, allowing it to become a standard fixture in your workplace. Besides, the entire thing weighs roughly 700 grams (1.5 pounds), making it a rather heavy accessory that doesn’t feel cheap in the slightest.

Oakywood sustainably sources its wood from America and Poland, also pledging to plant one tree for each product sold, thus ensuring a circular economy of sorts that helps reduce the effects of deforestation while turning wood into a renewable resource. You can grab your MagSafe iPhone Stand in three color options – a Light Oak, Dark American Walnut, or a Black Solid Oak that’s the darkest of the lot, matching the powder-coated Aluminum base.

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Satechi 2-in-1 Headphone Stand doubles as a Wireless Charger for your phone and earbuds

Posted on 14/04/2022 by Rei Padla

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Not many people realize this, but a headphone stand is an essential desk accessory. It would be best if you had something to hold your headphones properly so your pair won’t get damaged when not in use.

Some might say leaving the headphones on the table or hanging them somewhere may be enough. But then, you will need to make sure your work or study desk is not that cluttered. If you’re part of the group that needs all the help when it comes to organizing, you may want to consider getting a few desk organizers or trays.

Designer: Satechi

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The Satechi 2-in-1 Headphone Stand with Wireless Charger is an ideal solution because it does more than just carry your headphones. It also works as a wireless charging station for your premium headphones, earbuds, or iPhone. This comes with a USB-C port to charge your headset and a stainless-steel arm with padded grips. It features a hook to keep cables organized and an LED light that will tell you if a wireless device is charging. With all these features, the 2-in-1 Headphone Stand does more than just serve as a headset cradle.

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The 2-IN-1 HEADPHONE STAND WITH WIRELESS CHARGER lets you charge and store headphones in style. Its designer believes everything you use should have its place. This thing keeps your headset powered all the time and away from any threat of being damaged or falling off your desk. Its built-in wireless charging pad is enough to power an iPhone 13 or AirPods Pro with a max output of 7.5W.

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It arrives with an elegant design with its sleek arm and space gray aluminum base. The stand can complement any home or office interior with its minimalist appeal. It features an easy magnetic connection for your iPhone with MagSafe support and helps minimize those messy cables. In addition, it keeps your devices and accessories organized and in one place. The 2-IN-1 HEADPHONE STAND WITH WIRELESS CHARGER is priced at $79.99. You can purchase straight from Satechi, but you also need to buy the 20W power adapter which is sold separately.

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In recent months, we have seen other interesting headset stands. We remember those Marvel Superhero 3D-printed headphone stands. The Zero Headphone Stand had an appeal of a minimalist desk sculpture while the Hardgraft’s ingenious case/stand made a lasting impression. We believe there are more innovative and great-looking headphone stands out there but we want this from Satechi because of its wireless charging function.

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Sleek AirPods Max charger doubles as a magnetic stand that puts your Apple headphones on display

Posted on 23/12/2021 by Sarang Sheth

Designed to highlight your Apple AirPods Max while it’s charging without stealing any attention from it, the Max Stand is a sleek little third-party charger that sits on your desk like a flat rectangular coaster when not in use. However, pop your headphones onto it and they stand vertically almost like magic, while conveniently charging too!

The Max Stand has a simplistic elegance that you’d almost expect from Apple, before you realize that Apple’s solution for storing the headphones when not in use is a weird handbag-esque object that most people wouldn’t really want to carry around on display. The Max Stand, on the other hand, is simple, nondescript, and highlights the product it’s charging – making the AirPods Max look like an ornament on your desk that you can easily pick up and wear when you need.

Although the AirPods Max traditionally charge via a lightning port on the base of the headphones, the Max Stand replaces that with a MagSafe-style charging solution using a tiny magnetic charging pin that fits inside the AirPods Max’s lightning port. Once fitted in place, the headphones magnetically dock within the Max Stand and instantly begin charging when the magnets align to create the connection. It’s not different from the MagSafe found on MacBooks, albeit in a smaller version that interfaces with the lightning connector.

The AirPods Max pair instantly with the Max Stand once they dock in place for the first time. The pairing is permanent too, and doesn’t need to be configured over and over again. The process is about as elegant as the stand is – the magnets are strong enough to keep the headphones standing vertically every time, and they also ensure the connector pins line up every single time, so you don’t need to fiddle with chargers, cables, ports, and the like. Pop the AirPods Max on the stand and that’s about it. The headphones charge as long as they’re on the stand, and as a result, are always at 100% battery when you need them. (The Max Stand obviously regulates the charge to make sure the headphones don’t get overcharged or the battery doesn’t deplete)

A closer look at the charging pin that sits inside the AirPods Max’s lightning port. The tiny accessory practically blends into the headphones’ large form, becoming invisible once plugged in, and giving your AirPods Max some neat MagSafe-style charging powers. The Max Stand even comes with a separate magnetic-style charging cable that you can carry around when you’re traveling with your AirPods Max. On the off chance that you DO end up using Apple’s weird handbag-case, the separate magnetic charging cable lets you connect your headphones to any USB port to charge it, whether it’s on your laptop or a power bank.

The Max Stand sports a metal-meets-soft-plastic aesthetic that complements the AirPods Max’s design almost perfectly. The upper half of the stand uses a soft plastic that comes in 5 different colors to perfectly match the color on your AirPods Max’s headband, while the stand’s base uses stainless steel for weight and durability. The ground plate alone weighs in at around 240g or 8 ounces, giving your Max Stand a bit of weight so your headphones don’t ever topple over. The overall build feels stable, robust, and reliable while championing a design that’s sleek and downright ingenious in a way that one can occasionally expect from great third-party brands like Satechi and Twelve South, if not Apple itself!

Designer: floating pixels GmbH

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This Apple Watch dock comes with a massive magnifying-glass, turning the watch screen into a time-telling crystal orb

Posted on 15/06/2021 by Sarang Sheth

The Apple Watch might just be the world’s tiniest bedside clock. That screen was designed to tell the time from a maximum of 2 feet away, so keeping it on your bedside table at night just really makes little sense when you need to lift it up and hold it against your face to read the time (a problem that gets compounded when you have poor eyesight as I do). It isn’t a really complicated problem, which is what makes the NightWatch dock so great, because it employs a really simple solution. The NightWatch is an Apple Watch dock that comes with a massive curved glass element on the front that magnifies its screen. Dock your watch behind the massive lens and it makes your watch-screen larger, enhancing its visibility manifold. Designed to turn your charging smartwatch into a much more efficient bedside clock, the NightWatch does more than just increase visibility… it enhances your watch’s audio too, amplifying it to make your alarm much more audible.

The NightWatch is a pretty simple accessory that enhances your Apple Watch’s abilities. It doesn’t come with its own charger, but will let you hook your watch’s charger into it. Once assembled, you can easily slide your Apple Watch into its unique design, and that calibrated glass lens on the front enlarges the screen like a magnifying glass would, making numbers much more visible when your watch is in Nightstand mode. It comes with a patented system that even lets you tap the glass surface to ‘wake’ up your Apple Watch’s display, so you can read the time clearly… and when your watch’s alarm begins ringing, special acoustic channels designed in the NightWatch dock’s base help amplify your watch’s audio, making that alarm much louder. The NightWatch, unfortunately, doesn’t have a snooze button, so you’ll need to pull the smartwatch out of its dock to stop or snooze your alarm!

Designer: NightWatch

This iPhone + Apple Watch charging stand is a nostalgic accessory inspired by sunrise!

Posted on 04/03/2021 by Gaurav Sood

For someone deeply embedded in the Apple ecosystem – charging the devices is more than a mere novelty. It is a daily affair that is easily amplified and simplified with the right charging docks. There are so many options out there, finally deciding on one design can be a hair-tearing scenario. For someone who happens to own the iPhone, Apple Watch, and the AirPods Pro, this cool charging stand fits every criteria.

Inspired by the daily sunrise, industrial designer Taesung Yoon has thought of the 2 in 1 Apple Devices Charging Stand (yes, that’s the name of this accessory) that does what it says. Designed after feedback from the data-driven research and realizing what people actually want in their unified Apple charging stand, this accessory has been cleverly designed for form and function. The charging stand’s vertical stance with a slightly arched top means that the iPhone sits comfortably without the fear of accidentally toppling it over with an accidental shove. Likewise, the possibility of using it for watching multimedia content is also there. The same port is used for charging the AirPods Pro when needed.

Right behind this port is the space for setting up the Apple Watch for refueling in style. So, you can charge your iPhone and Apple Watch at the same time. The compact design of the accessory means it is easy to carry in your backpack. I can’t help but notice the Mac-inspired renders of the stand that brings back the nostalgia of owning and juicing up Apple products.

Designer: Taesung Yoon

All your Apple devices can be charged at once on this modular, wireless dock – one size fits all

Posted on 23/01/2020 by Ruchi Thukral

We were all well aware of the problem of having one charger or one wireless base and the battle to get your device there before anyone else in your house. Can you imagine how many sibling fights can be prevented if Apple made a multi-charging dock? Well, our prayers have been answered, say hello to the glue that is going to be holding modern families together – Scosche BaseLynx Modular Charging System Kit for Apple priced at USD 149.95 that comes in white and black to match your tech aesthetic. You can also buy individual bases or upgrade to their pro kit.

This wireless charging system kit is modular and expandable, you are now free from hours of untangling cables for each device because this one dock is a home-for-all. You’ll be happy to know that it just requires one power out and given its modular nature, it is portable so you can use it at home or at work. The BaseLynx charging kit is compatible with all iPhones, iPads, Apple watches, Airpods and even iPods – yes this station EXISTS and all us Apple fans are excited about giving our devices a resting spot as sleek as they are.

It has many individual parts that you can choose and pick from to BYOB (Build Your Own BaseLynx). An interesting feature is the Vert charging module where you can charge three devices at once on the same base. The wireless charging dock is also Qi-certified meaning it is safe and one of the fastest available technologies in the game. BaseLynx is a customizable solution that helps organize, charge, store all your Apple devices. You can keep it at home, or take it to work, even travel with it so you don’t have to carry 5 cords plus 3 converter plugs, and the best part – wireless bases mean endless charging without any bent or frayed Apple cords!

All concerns have been addressed, now back to your bases Apple enthusiasts!

Designer: Scosche

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This Charging Stand Gives Your Phone a Quick Juice Boost with No Wires

Posted on 18/03/2018 by Megan Zhang

Smartphones are nice, but sometimes it feels like they take eons to charge wirelessly. This can be bothersome if you’re in a hurry to boost your phone’s runtime. Solve that problem with Qi Wireless Fast Charging Stand, which juices up Qi-enabled phones more quickly than standard wireless chargers.

These charging pads are totally wireless and fully charge your Qi-enabled phone, such as the iPhone 8, iPhone X, or Samsung Galaxy S8 in a jiffy, while keeping the screen at a good angle so you can use it while charging. No plugs, no wires – just set your phone down on the charging stand for fast and safe charging.

Set your device down, and pretty soon, it’s powered to 100 percent. Experience the convenience of fast and cord-free charging for just $22 in the Technabob Shop.

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