Like the iPad Pro before it, the new iPhones actually support faster charging rates than their provided charging dongles can provide; using Apple's 29-watt USB-C charger (the one which ships with the MacBook) and a USB-C to Lighting cable will help you top up your device much faster.
Apple already follows this playbook with cases and dongles, charging frankly eye-watering prices for official connectors, replacement cables, fancy leather iPhone cases or battery-equipped variants, for example.
It was possible that the company could have added an extra USB-C to the MacBooks to make things easier for customers looking to charge their phones while charging their computers, without a dongle — but even that would have been a fairly minor upgrade.
I stored my Able Planet noise canceling headphones, Amazon Kindle, MB charger, Novatel dongle and other doodads with room to spare.
The device is a rectangle-shaped dongle that fits into the charging dock at the base of the tablet.
It's also solidly designed, with nice touches like a pair of buttons for increasing intensity that also serve as charging ports so the wearable and the transmitting dongle can charge together.
The Jaybird X4 have no power-saving features and take nearly 2 hours to charge with the proprietary dongle, which can be a bit frustrating if you don't always carry the dongle on you.
Along with the six-inch reader, the $140 package includes a Kindle Audio Adapter, a dongle that plugs directly into the Paperwhite's charging jack, enabling speech-to-text functionality, so visually impaired users can listen along to the book by connecting a pair of headphones (not included).
Now the new iPhones have only one port for hooking up accessories: Apple's proprietary Lightning connector that was traditionally used for charging the iPhone's battery. 1) The new iPhones include a converter, or a dongle with a Lightning connector on one side, for plugging into the iPhone, and an audio port on the other end, for plugging in an audio accessory.
