Best iPhone Fast Chargers at the Lowest Prices We Can Find
Be it a last-minute top-off or overnight charging, your iPhone's charger better be fast. Here are the best USB-C chargers for your iPhone.
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Whether you're rocking a pocket-friendly iPhone SE or the supersized iPhone 15 Pro Max, your battery can't last forever. Maybe you forgot to charge it last night, or you ended up on back-to-back, never-ending Zoom calls with your team while away from the office. Whatever the case, we can't afford to have our phones die on us, which makes fast charging an essential feature for the best phones.
Fast charging has been available in various forms for years, the USB Power Delivery standard allows us to take it to the next level. Supporting charging speeds up to 240W, a good USB-C fast charger can charge not just your phone, but your tablet, headphones, smartwatch and even your laptop.
All Apple phones from the iPhone 13 or later support Power Delivery fast charging of at least 20W, with the Pro and Pro Max supporting 27W and 30W speeds. This allows your iPhone to recharge from empty to 50% in half an hour and up to 80% in about an hour, meaning that even a short charge can keep your phone alive for the rest of the day.
Power Delivery being an open standard also means there's an almost infinite variety of chargers out there for you to choose from. From simple one-port plugs to multi-port adapters to even car chargers and iPhone-friendly power banks, CNET's experts have spent years testing fast chargers of every stripe to bring you only the best (though occasionally, we feature the newer version of one we previously tested).
Best iPhone fast charger: buying advice
- Power Delivery charging for iPhones requires a USB-C Power delivery charger, so while some of these chargers may feature USB-A ports, you'll get the fastest charge with the USB-C port.
- iPhones released before 2023 carry a Lightning port rather than the more common USB-C standard, so be sure you have a charging cable that matches your own requirements.
- Two ports are always better than one, allowing you to charge two phones at once, or a phone and an accessory like wireless headphones.
- Higher wattage is better up to a point. You need a minimum of 20W to get the fastest charge on a non-Pro iPhone, but if you grab a 45W or 65W charger, you'll be able to use it with your laptop, too.
- Many of these chargers use a fast semiconductor material called gallium nitride, aka GaN, that's largely replaced older, slow, silicon chips. GaN chargers can be smaller and build up less heat while charging thanks to their higher efficiency. They're compatible with everything in today's Apple range, from AirPods and iPhones all the way to the big 16-inch MacBook Pro. They might not be optimal for models older than the iPhone 12, though.
- Every charger here can also juice up an Android phone (so long as you supply a compatible charging cord or USB cable) as well as a Nintendo Switch.
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The Anker Nano II 30-watt is a next-generation fast charger powered by gallium nitride technology. It's about the same size as the original 20-watt Nano charger but delivers more fast charging power. The Nano II will not only charge your phone but a MacBook Air, iPad and other Apple devices. Anker also sells 45- and 65-watt chargers. Read our first take on Anker's Nano II chargers.
Tiny 20W USB-C PD charger
Anker Nano (PowerPort III)
Anker's Nano is literally the size of old Apple's 5-watt USB charger that used to ship with iPhones but offers 20-watt charging. Featuring Anker's PowerIQ 3.0 technology, it charges more than 2.5x faster than that 5-watt charger (with a USB-C-to-Lightning cable). It was recently upgraded from 18 to 20 watts.
Micro 20W charger with foldable plug
Spigen ArcStation Pro
A GaNFast charger, Spigen's 20-watt ArcStation Pro is one of the smallest fast-charging USB-C chargers you'll find. While the Anker Nano is a bit smaller, it doesn't have a foldable plug like this model. Using a USB-C-to-Lightning cable, it charges close to three times faster than Apple's standard 5-watt USB charger.
Ultraslim USB-C charger
Anker 30W PowerPort Atom III Slim USB-C Charger
This svelte Anker 30-watt charger with foldable plugs is pocket friendly and can charge your iPhone impressively fast with a USB-C-to-Lightning cable. Like many other compact chargers, this uses gallium nitride technology.
Best cheap car charger
Ainope Mini Fast USB Car Charger
I originally had an Aukey cigarette-lighter power adapter on this list, but it's out of stock and this low-profile Ainope mini fast USB Car Charger offers even faster charging (up 24 watts) and costs less. It has both a USB-C and USB-A port so you can charge two devices at the same time, but to get 15-watt wireless charging, you're going to be better off charging one device.
Compact 100W USB-C charger
Baseus 100W 4-Port GaN II Fast Charger
Yes, a 100-watt charger is overkill for charging your phone. But if you want a charger that can charge any USB-C laptop, including the 16-inch MacBook Pro (which happens to be my work computer), the Baseus 100W GaN II Fast Charger is the latest and greatest high-wattage fast-charging USB-C charger. As its name implies, it features GaN II technology. It's both significantly smaller than earlier 100-watt chargers and more energy efficient, so it doesn't heat up as much. It adapts to whatever device you're charging, delivering the highest charging speed that the device is capable of.
Best environmentally friendly charger
Nimble Wally Mini
Nimble is all about making its products from recycled plastics, and not having any plastic in its packaging. Its Wally Mini is a dual-port 20-watt PD charger with fast-charging capabilities. You can charge two devices at once, but to get to top charging speed for your iPhone you'll need to connect it using a USB-C-to-Lightning cable (to the USB-C port) without having any other devices connected to the USB-A port.
It has retractable prongs, is quite compact and also feels pretty light. If you didn't know it was made out of recycled plastic, you might not guess that it was. But since I did know, I did think, "Yes, this feels like recycled plastic." Not that it feels bad, but it does look and feel a little different.
Nimble also includes a bag in the box for your e-waste items. If your old electronics product is on Nimble's list of approved electronics for recycling, you can print out a free shipping label to send in your gear for recycling.
Value dual-port charger with USB-C to Lightning cable
RAVPower 30W 2-Port USB-C Fast Charger (with USB-A) (Update: out of stock)
This 30-watt, dual-port charger delivers the full 30 watts of juice if used alone and 18 watts if used while charging a second device via the USB-A port, which delivers 12 watts of charging. It's a GaNFast charger, and it includes a USB-C to Lightning cable.
Best cheap fast wireless charging pad
RAVPower Fast Wireless Charger (Update: out of stock)
No, this isn't a MagSafe charger -- but it doesn't cost $60, either. I like this RAVPower charging pad because it's relatively inexpensive and comes with a power adapter that allows you to get the faster 10-watt wireless charging speeds (some top out at 7.5 watts, and a lot of cheap wireless charging pads don't include a power adapter).
Solid all-around charger
RAVPower 65W PD Charger (Update: out of stock)
Another good choice in the best all-around wall charger category is RAVPower's 65-watt dual-port charger. It's very similar to the Aukey and often costs within a few bucks of the same price. This is also a GaNFast charger.
Good charge-anything charger
Aukey Omnia 65W Dual Port (Update: out of stock)
Another GaNFast charge, this compact 65-watt USB-C charger will not only charge your iPhone at maximum speed (if you spring for a USB-C-to-Lightning cable), it also charges most USB-C charging laptops. Additionally, you can charge a second device via the USB-A port.
