Belkin has a brand new cellphone accent at CES 2025 that one way or the other brings one thing contemporary to the crowded subject of magnetic charging equipment (in different phrases, MagSafe and non-Apple-certified alternate options). The corporate’s Stage PowerGrip is a wi-fi energy financial institution, camera-like grip and stand rolled into one. It even has a bit display and is available in a number of enjoyable colours.
Belkin pitches the PowerGrip as an adjunct for creators and vacationers. Whereas fashionable smartphones are all most individuals want for pictures, holding a candy-bar-shaped handset in panorama mode for lengthy durations doesn’t really feel as snug or pure because the heartier grip of a devoted digicam. This accent cures that with a thick bulge just like what you’d discover on a DSLR or mirrorless digicam.
Inside that lump is its 10,000mAh battery, which gives 7.5W magnetic wi-fi charging. An LED on its bottom provides you a fast method to verify its battery degree. And a retractable USB-C cable is tucked contained in the accent, so that you don’t want to recollect to throw a separate one in your bag.
Belkin says the PowerGrip might be accessible in powder blue, sandbox, contemporary yellow, pepper and lavender (the corporate’s press pictures present a sixth black choice, too). It’s scheduled to ship this Could. Sadly, Belkin hasn’t but introduced pricing.