The Apple Battery Charger is a battery charger which was sold by

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and bundled with six

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. It was introduced in July 2010 and marketed as a way to charge Apple's wireless

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and

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. The charger was discontinued around 2016, after Apple revised their peripherals with built-in batteries that can be charged with a Lightning connector.

Charger

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, and takes five hours for a full charge. 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.

Batteries

The charger was sold with six rechargeable AA batteries that use low self-discharge NiMH technology, have a silver design and no Apple branding, and have an advertised capacity of 1,900

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(mAh). Czech website ''SuperApple'' identified the batteries as likely being rebranded Eneloop HR-3UTG 1.2

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batteries manufactured by

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. 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. Engadget says the Sanyo Eneloop batteries are able to retain 75% of their charge after three years.

Reception

Engadget criticized Apple for selling their charger and six batteries for $29 when Sanyo sold a charger and eight batteries for the same price. ''SuperApple'' noted that Apple's then-current wireless peripherals used two AA batteries, but older

s used three; Apple's charger could only charge two at once. Apple marketed its battery charger as

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due to a lower standby power draw, although

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engineering professor

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criticized Apple for shipping peripherals that require disposable batteries, instead of non-removable

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like many of Apple's competitors.

References

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Charger

Batteries

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