Anker's foldable 25W Qi2.2 three-in-one revives the MagSafe Duo idea, but with a fan inside

The MagSafe Duo never really made sense. It was expensive, slow, and Apple quietly killed it. Five years later, Anker is shipping the product Apple should have: a foldable three-puck charger that does iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods at once, charges the phone at the full 25W that Qi2.2 allows on the iPhone 16 and 17, and folds down small enough to live in a jacket pocket. The catch is that it needs a fan to pull it off.

That fan is the real story here. Nearly every 25W Qi2.2 charger announced in the last six months has shipped with active cooling, because wireless charging at this wattage dumps enough waste heat to throttle the phone within minutes. Anker quotes 0 to 50 percent on an iPhone 17 Pro in 26 minutes, which is genuinely close to wired speeds, but it is achieved by spinning a small fan inches from your nightstand. Travelers using this in a quiet hotel room should know what they are buying.

The hardware itself is the most thought-through part. The Apple Watch puck is spring-loaded, folding inward when the unit is collapsed and popping out with a press when you unfold it. It is a small flourish but the kind of mechanical detail that separates Anker's Prime line from the generic Amazon competition. The unit doubles as a stand, which the Duo never did, and the box includes a 45W GaN brick and USB-C cable, so there is no scavenging for a charger that can actually feed it.

The skepticism: $104.99 on Amazon is the current sale price, a 30 percent cut from the $150 list. At full price this is hard to recommend against Belkin and UGREEN's cheaper 25W stands. On sale, it is the most portable option in its class. Check current pricing and specs on Anker's official site.