topic How do I charge my iphone 12? in Archived Posts

How do I charge my iphone 12?

JellyBelly2711 — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:02:46 GMT

I've just got my new phone. I knew it would not come with a plug but they sent it with a USB-C to lightning cable? I'd understand if it was USB-A to USB-C so you could charge it off of any multi adaptor but how am I supposed to charge my phone? It makes no sense to me. And if the USB-C to lightning cable is not for charging then what is it used for?

Re: How do I charge my iphone 12?

Northerner — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:19:33 GMT

Hi @JellyBelly2711

You need to buy one or more of the following:

A Mac
A new cable
An adaptor for your cable
A wireless charging point

Apple assume you are one of their existing ecosystem customers. They were sneaky in changing the cable from a usb connection to a USB -C although if your pc has this connection you can use that to charge.

Thanks

Re: How do I charge my iphone 12?

teammassa — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:02:31 GMT

Any existing iphone lightening charger will charge it. Alternatively you can use any charger plug/adapter that has a USB-C port.

If not apple's 20w charger is circa £19, other brands available.

All depends if you want to "fast" charge - which needs the 20w or higher block 🙂