A lot of smartphones, wireless earbuds and smartwatch come with induction wireless charging nowadays. You simply place them on top of the charger and the charging starts without having to worry about any ports or separate cables requirements. Though slower than the good old, wired way, there are quite a few such third party chargers for your devices, with ALOGIC’s Yoga 3-in-1 wireless charging stand being one of those priced at Rs 3,999 that I have been using for a couple of weeks now.
The charging stand is a MagSafe wireless induction charger that allows you to charge your iPhone, AirPods as well as Apple Watch – all three at once. Available in white and black colour options, the stand itself is quite slim and lightweight and comes with the same-coloured standard 1.5 metres long USB type-C to C-cable in the box. When unfolded, the stand can magnetically charge your iPhone without worrying that it would fall off or slide down, with the AirPods and Apple Watch laying on the horizontal back sides flat. Opposite to the USB type C port at the bottom, there’s a white LED on the front that indicates whether there’s something getting charged with shorter blinks while it blinks more quickly when there’s nothing getting charged on it. Weighing 173 grams, the charging stand feels sturdy and well-built to hold and didn’t show any scratches or major marks during my usage.
When charging all three at once, it took about three hours to charge all devices (9V/3A, 12V/3A max. input)– with the phone being charged at 15 watts highest, AirPods and 5 watts and the Watch at 1.5 watts. I found neither of the three devices to be very warm during the charging time, something that I have seen several others struggle with. The slowest being the Watch to charge, which was a little annoying considering this is also one of those things you might want to charge just as you step out.
Regarding compatibility, other than all iPhones 12 onwards, the stand can charge other Qi compatible devices but would require a separate magnetic ring for the device to hang on to the stand when unfolded. For other two charging spots, apart from wall Apple Watches, you can charge other smartwatches such as the Samsung Galaxy Watch, (but not Watch Ultra), while Pixel Buds, Galaxy Buds2 Pro and OnePlus Buds Pro 3 can be put on the last spot.
Though a bit pricey at Rs 3,999, the charger does have its utility when travelling and you don’t want to carry too many chargers and cables separately for your devices. At your own place, though, you may not necessarily have a huge use for it if you already have all your devices charging wired. Importantly, the charger and the devices don’t run hot when used for hours.
