Anker’s New Wall Charger Has Ports On The Bottom To Help It Stay Plugged In

Anker has announced a caller 140W wall charger astatine CES 2025 pinch a creation that positions 4 USB ports connected nan underside to amended its halfway of gravity and thief it enactment plugged successful pinch cables attached. It’s too Anker’s first wall charger pinch a built-in aboveground displaying each port’s powerfulness output.

The Anker Charger (140W) pinch show will beryllium disposable starting connected January 7th, 2025, for $89.99. The wall charger debuts alongside nan caller Anker 25K Power Bank, a 25,000mAh powerfulness slope pinch a retractable 27.2-inch USB-C cablegram and a aboveground offering akin charging info, priced astatine $99.99.

Anker’s erstwhile solution to its heavier GaN chargers (that did personification a inclination to autumn retired of outlets) was to present a smaller creation pinch thicker, textured prongs offering overmuch grip. With 4 USB ports — 3 USB-C and 1 USB-A — nan caller creation could activity moreover amended while too charging 4 devices simultaneously. The only downside is that nan repositioned ports could make it overmuch difficult to plug successful devices successful nan acheronian of night.

Two of nan charger’s USB-C ports tin coming up to 140W of power, while nan 3rd maxes retired astatine 40W and nan USB-A is constricted to 33W. Those speeds will beryllium reduced pinch each 4 USB ports successful use. The integrated display, located wherever nan USB ports personification traditionally been recovered connected Anker’s chargers, will show really overmuch powerfulness each USB larboard is drafting arsenic bully arsenic nan remaining powerfulness disposable if each 4 aren’t successful use.

Anker says its caller 25,000mAh powerfulness slope is astir nan size of a soda tin and tin coming a afloat of up to 165W of powerfulness crossed 3 USB-C ports and a azygous USB-A port, aliases up to 100W to a azygous USB-C larboard for fast-charging laptops. The powerfulness bank’s show shows really overmuch powerfulness is being drawn by nan devices connected to each port.

Two of nan powerfulness bank’s USB-C ports personification integrated charging cables: an outer 8.6-inch cord that transforms into a carrying strap and a 27.2-inch cord that afloat retracts, truthful you’ll ne'er find yourself without one.