Apple Battery Charger
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 A European Apple Battery Charger | |
| Also known as | A1360 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Apple Inc. |
| Type | Battery Charger |
| Released | July 27, 2010[1] |
| Discontinued | 2016 |
| Website | Homepage at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-01-25) |
The Apple Battery Charger is a battery charger which was sold by Apple Inc. and bundled with six AA batteries. It was introduced in July 2010 and marketed as a way to charge Apple's wireless Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad and Apple Wireless Keyboard.[2] The charger was discontinued around 2016,[3] after Apple revised their peripherals with built-in batteries that can be charged with a Lightning connector.[4]
The charger has a white design, with a small indicator light on top that glows amber while the batteries are charging, and green once they are charged. It can charge two NiMH batteries at once,[2] and takes five hours for a full charge.[5]
Apple's main marketing claim for the product was that the charger had a standby power draw of 30 mW, compared to an industry average of 315 mW.[2][6][7]
Batteries
The charger was sold with six rechargeable AA batteries that use low self-discharge NiMH technology,[8] have a silver design and no Apple branding, and have an advertised capacity of 1,900 milliampere-hour (mAh).[2] Czech website SuperApple identified the batteries as likely being rebranded Eneloop HR-3UTG 1.2 volt batteries manufactured by Sanyo.[8][9]
According to Apple, these batteries were designed to have a service life of up to ten years and retain 80% of their capacity even after being stored for a year.[10] Engadget says the Sanyo Eneloop batteries are able to retain 75% of their charge after three years.[8]