#mophie’s compact foldable 3-in-1 wireless charger is a traveler’s new best friend

It’s pretty impressive how much charger designs have changed thanks to the popularity of wireless charging, especially with the introduction of magnetic wireless charging technologies like MagSafe and Qi2. Freed not just from cables but even from horizontally flat surfaces, we’re seeing quite a few interesting designs, from ultra-minimalist metallic stands to nearly invisible wireless chargers embedded in furniture and marble countertops.

With the exception of MagSafe power banks, however, most of these designs are meant to stay in one place only, perhaps even forever, as in the case of furniture. Travel chargers still mostly come in the wired type, mostly because of convenience, but also because very few have made the effort to think outside the box. With the new Global Edition of its 3-in-1 Travel Charging Station, mophie is trying to do just that, offering travelers, adventurers, and mobile workers the same charging convenience they enjoy at home anywhere they go.

Designer: mophie

The days of thick and rigid wireless charging pads are thankfully over. To truly be travel-friendly, a charging station needs to be compact or at least foldable to a compact size. It shouldn’t be a problem if you only need a single charger for a single device, but as many iPhone owners realize, they also often have an Apple Watch and a pair of AirPods with them as well. There is a growing number of foldable multi-device wireless charging stations in the market today, and mophie is adding a few twists to make its new design a bit more competitive.

For one, unlike its existing 3-in-1 foldable traveling charger, the new mophie Global Edition has a trick that keeps the design even more compact and travel-worthy. Instead of a tri-fold design, it combines the AirPods case charger and the iPhone charger on the same side. The iPhone charger lifts up to reveal the surface for charging the AirPods underneath, but that mechanism has another advantage as well. Since the iPhone is at an angle, you have access to Standby mode, which is perfect when setting the charger on a hotel’s bedside table while you sleep.

The mophie 3-in-1 Travel Charging Station – Global Edition isn’t just travel-friendly because of its ultra-compact, foldable design. The product comes in a pouch that includes not only a 40W wall charger that will meet the needs of Apple’s trifecta of mobile devices but also different plug adapters so you won’t have to scramble looking for the right one in whatever country you’re in. It’s definitely a thoughtful touch for a product that’s meant to help reduce the stress of frequent travels.