Charging iPhone in car.

Is it wise to use the car's USB socket to charge an iPhone.

Posted on Oct 4, 2023 1:58 AM

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Oct 4, 2023 3:02 AM in response to Hoppy-Jam22

It’s generally “safe” but it can sometimes cause unanticipated / undesired behavior of your phone. (The phone “thinks” it’s connected to an “output” which you might not yet have configured - or which doesn’t work all)


Car manufacturers are notorious at causing phone incompatibilities.


Also, some car manufacturers provision the bare-minimum power output resulting in painfully slow charging.


Use of a quality, in-car DC power adapter will ensure always-consistent charging performance in ANY vehicle.


One example:


https://store.apple.com/xc/product/HQ442ZM/A

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