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Apple Begins Selling Standalone 18W USB-C Power Adapter, Priced at $29 in United States

Wednesday December 5, 2018 8:32 AM PST by Joe Rossignol

Apple today began selling its 18W USB-C power adapter as a standalone product. The adapter is priced at $29 in the United States and $39 in Canada and is also available internationally with various plug types.

This is the same power adapter bundled with the latest 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models released in November. When paired with a Lightning to USB-C cable, it can be used to fast charge the latest iPhone models, including the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR.

Top Rated Comments

KrisLord

74 months ago

The U.K. version is quite nice, it has the folding pins which was previously only available in a 5w version.

Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)

A MacBook lover

74 months ago

For the same price you can get USB-C chargers with more wattage and/or ports on Amazon that give fast charging too.

And ****** quality, trust me, I looked.

Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

thealkimist

74 months ago

For the same price you can get USB-C chargers with more wattage and/or ports on Amazon that give fast charging too.

Yay! Let’s burn our houses down!

Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Khedron

74 months ago

Tim's plan to ship iPhones with no adapters

Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

iMEric984

74 months ago

So no more bitching about the price of a fast charger??? lol. Who am I kidding. Apple could sell these for $5 and people would still complain.

Do people stop to think that maybe apple doesn’t include a fast charger because they know it’s going to kill the battery faster???

Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Sefstah

74 months ago

Someday, when Apple stops acting like its too good for the rest of the world, there will be a “universal” cable that can be used to charge EVERY device. They should call it USB-C.
No, not a USB-C to lightning cable.
That would defeat the whole purpose of being “universal.”
Get with it already Apple.

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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