Hi,
I am getting my first Iphone if AT&T gets them in, and although I do have an Ipod Touch 2nd Gen, this is my first experience with the phone.
I have a Belkin wall charger that that I use to charge the Ipod if my PC is not on. It seems to work just fine. I was shopping for a new wall charger as well as a car charger for the Iphone, and noticed that there are different voltages and amp rating on some of them.
My Belkin charger states 0.5 amps (it is not here with my I do not recall voltage) where as most of the ones I see in the store now, be it wall or car chargers, stated 5 volts 1 amp or in some cases 2.1 amps @ (I think) 10 or 12 volts.
I understand that the latter are for Ipads, which I do not anticipate getting. So, for safe charging at home and in the car, I take it that the 1 amp is kind of the standard, and that the 0.5 amp will work it just may take longer to charge or may not work to use the phone to talk while it is charging?
I did talk to a few of people here at work who just charge them in whatever without worrying about it, but this phone is costing me quite a bit of money and I want to make sure I don't do anything stupid like charge with too much juice.
I was also told that for example, if the phone is only supposed to get charged at 1 amp and it is getting 2.1, then either the phone or the charger is supposed to limit it to whatever it needs.
That is all fine, but I would rather just charge the phone with what it needs and no more as I do not plan on charging anything requiring more amperage or volts, and if I ever do I will get a charger for that.
Probably a very simple stupid question but I wanted to get a definitive answer before I purchase any charging equipment. Oh, the Ipod Touch 2nd Gen will also be used with this stuff but I am assuming that it needs the same requirements as the Iphone 4s.
Thanks in advance to any information that could help me in my decision.
Mike
I am getting my first Iphone if AT&T gets them in, and although I do have an Ipod Touch 2nd Gen, this is my first experience with the phone.
I have a Belkin wall charger that that I use to charge the Ipod if my PC is not on. It seems to work just fine. I was shopping for a new wall charger as well as a car charger for the Iphone, and noticed that there are different voltages and amp rating on some of them.
My Belkin charger states 0.5 amps (it is not here with my I do not recall voltage) where as most of the ones I see in the store now, be it wall or car chargers, stated 5 volts 1 amp or in some cases 2.1 amps @ (I think) 10 or 12 volts.
I understand that the latter are for Ipads, which I do not anticipate getting. So, for safe charging at home and in the car, I take it that the 1 amp is kind of the standard, and that the 0.5 amp will work it just may take longer to charge or may not work to use the phone to talk while it is charging?
I did talk to a few of people here at work who just charge them in whatever without worrying about it, but this phone is costing me quite a bit of money and I want to make sure I don't do anything stupid like charge with too much juice.
I was also told that for example, if the phone is only supposed to get charged at 1 amp and it is getting 2.1, then either the phone or the charger is supposed to limit it to whatever it needs.
That is all fine, but I would rather just charge the phone with what it needs and no more as I do not plan on charging anything requiring more amperage or volts, and if I ever do I will get a charger for that.
Probably a very simple stupid question but I wanted to get a definitive answer before I purchase any charging equipment. Oh, the Ipod Touch 2nd Gen will also be used with this stuff but I am assuming that it needs the same requirements as the Iphone 4s.
Thanks in advance to any information that could help me in my decision.
Mike
