![]() Just like the hinge, this felt very similar to a product I use everyday, my 2021 Macbook Pro. ![]() The rest of the product is plated with a cohesive matte-aluminum design. The charging surfaces feature a rubberized matte finish which indicate the charging locations and ensure your device does not slip off those chargers. The device features a singular power button as well as LED battery indicators. The design and materials of this wireless charger stand are high-quality and placed with intention. In fact, it reminded me of the premium hinge quality of my 2021 Macbook Pro. I never felt that the hinge wasn’t strong enough to hold my phone and encounter frequent use. It’s fully adjustable and goes up to about 75 degrees. Clearly, Satechi felt the same way when designing this product because the hinge on this stand is solid. Speaking of hinges, there’s nothing worse than a cheap hinge that feels like if you’re not careful you’ll break it. The wireless charging stand has a hinge design that allows you to wirelessly charge your phone and underneath charge your favorite pair of wireless earbuds (which for me continue to be the Apple AirPods Pro 2). From the unboxing, it was apparent who Satechi’s target market was, Apple fans. This wireless charger fits perfectly alongside my desk’s Space Gray/Black assorted palette of the 2021 Macbook Pro, iPhone 14 Pro and 2020 iPad Pro. At first glance I noticed Satechi’s gray color closely resembles Apple’s ‘Space Gray’ color. I’ve been running the Peak Design Mobile case and with its pronounced camera lip, found it actually charged flawlessly in the landscape position as shown below.Satechi is known for their sleek, subtle, minimalist designed productivity devices and that’s exactly what you get with their new product, Duo Wireless Charger Power Stand. If your case doesn’t have a camera lip you might have a better chance at laying flat with the charging coil centered. It will, but it has to be precisely laid with the lowest camera resting on the aluminum perimeter ridge around the charging surface, which doesn’t sound like a good practice for your camera lens. The iPhone 14 doesn’t like charging in portrait orientation on this charger. Zens claims that it will work on Qi compatible devices up to 3mm thick. ![]() Similarly, some of the cases I run have large camera bezels that protrude even further, exacerbating that same issue. The iPhone 14 Pro camera sticks out quite a bit meaning the phone doesn’t lay flat on the charger in some orientations. The main reason that phones are tricky comes down to protruding cameras lenses and cases. ![]() Phones are not quite as straight forward however. Smaller devices like AirPods are pretty easy to place, especially newer versions that chime as charging starts. Two circular locating graphics help in alignment. This just worked with every band I threw at it.Īs for the two surface Qi locations, they also charged any device placed on top. If you have a metal link band that isn’t possible and if the charger is sideways (nightstand mode) sometimes the weight is enough that it will pull the watch out of place. I mention this mainly because if you’ve run a closed loop band then you know that flat chargers make that impossible or you have to flip the band inside out. The Apple Watch charger worked really well.
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