My initial reactions:
- Price seems high
Look at it this way… The regular price for PowerPort Atom PD 1 is just $4 more expensive than PowerPort Speed 1 USB-C 30W. At $54.99, PowerPort Atom PD 2 will cost $18 more than PowerPort Speed 1 USB-C 60W.
- Still appears large and heavy
Although the specs may have changed since this was initially unveiled in January 2018 or re-announced in October 2018, it doesn’t look much different in the picture. This means the device is not so small/light… It’s somewhat difficult to believe that this is using GaN.
- Why did this take so long to release?
It has been over 15 months since the initial unveiling at CES 2018.
- Future versions
We already know this is coming soon, which appears to be much more compact.
I suspect we’ll eventually see a version with 60W PD and PowerIQ 2.0 to make for a more ideal solution for those with a combination of high-power PD laptops and QC phones.
- Still a step in the right direction
The more PD solutions Anker offers, the better.
[quote=“Anjou1888, post:2, topic:68362”]
We actually already knew that this would begin selling next week.
[/quote]How? We were told April, but that could have meant this week.
If this truly is using GaN, I think it’s becoming clear that it doesn’t benefit higher-power devices as much as lower-powered devices.