PopSockets Phone Grip with MagSafe Magnetic Base vs Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack
What separates them
These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack is ₹800 dearer.
PopSockets Phone Grip with MagSafe Magnetic Base vs Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack
PopSockets
PopSockets Phone Grip with MagSafe Magnetic Base
₹2,499
Nearly every complaint about magnetic grips falling off traces to the same cause, and it is not the grip: it needs an iPhone 12 or later, or a case with a real MagSafe magnet ring, and a case merely described as magnetic does not qualify.
Full details →Anker
Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack
₹3,299
20000 mAh is measured at the cell's 3.7 V; your phone charges at 5 V, and the conversion loses 30 to 35 percent, so what actually reaches the phone is closer to 13000 mAh -- about three and a half charges rather than five.
Full details →Who the PopSockets Phone Grip with MagSafe Magnetic Base is for
Buy it if: iPhone 12 or later users, or anyone with a genuine MagSafe case, who wants a removable grip.
Avoid it if: Anyone with a plain case, and anyone wanting a car mount -- the hold is not sufficient over rough roads.
Who the Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack is for
Buy it if: Travellers wanting several days of phone charging in something airline-legal.
Avoid it if: Anyone charging a laptop or wanting fast recharge -- 15 W in and out is slow at this capacity.
Specifications, side by side
1 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | PopSockets Phone Grip with MagSafe Magnetic Base | Anker 325 Power Bank 20000mAh External Battery Pack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹2,499 | ₹3,299 |
| Weight | 28 g | 435 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Actual deliverable | not published | Roughly 13000 mAh at 5 V after conversion losses of 30 to 35 percent. This is normal and almost never stated |
| Aircraft | not published | 74 Wh is under the 100 Wh cabin baggage limit, so it may be carried on board |
| Attachment | MagSafe magnet array -- removable, unlike adhesive PopSockets | not published |
| Collapse | Two-stage, flat to about 6 mm | not published |
| Common failure | Buyers fit it to a non-MagSafe case and find it falls off; the case, not the grip, is the problem | not published |
| Holding force | Sufficient for grip and a light stand; not for a car vent mount over rough roads | not published |
| Input | not published | USB-C, 15 W -- so it takes roughly 10 hours to recharge itself |
| Output | not published | 15 W maximum across two USB-A and one USB-C |
| Passthrough | not published | No -- it will not charge a device while itself charging |
| Phone charges | not published | About 3.5 full charges of a 4000 mAh phone, not the 5 the rated figure implies |
| Rated capacity | not published | 20000 mAh at the cell voltage of 3.7 V, which is 74 Wh |
| Requirement | An iPhone 12 or later, or a case with genuine MagSafe magnets. It will not hold on a plain case | not published |
| Stand | Landscape only | not published |
| Wireless charging | Must be removed before charging on a pad | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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