In March, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that Apple will introduce a 30W GaN charger this year. Duan Rui reports that an unnamed brand is sending new 30W chargers to the media for testing with the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro series.
Another popularizer, Kioriku, reports that the 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max will only charge at 30W near 0% and before dropping to 27-25W (that’s how a typical charging curve works). The current iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max charge at 23W and 27W respectively, so this will be a fairly small increase, unless Apple opts for a more aggressive (dubious) charge curve.
Apple already sells several GaN chargers, including the 140W power brick for the new 16-inch MacBook Pros and the two 35W chargers launched alongside the new MacBook Air M2. However, those use USB C to C cables, while the iPhone 14 generation will stick to lighting (the latest generation to do so, according to Kuo, due to new EU regulations).
Apple’s old 30W (non-GaN) charger • New 35W dual USB-C GaN chargers
We are also not hoping that Apple’s 30W GaN charger will be included in the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max phones, it will almost certainly be a separate purchase. As for the third-party charger, it will come with a USB-C to lighting cable.
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