Apple’s fastest published charging figure for the iPhone 18 Pro, up to 50 percent in around 15 minutes, depends on a 60W USB-C adapter that Apple sells separately and has never priced. Ten Apple storefronts were checked and not one of them publishes a number for that adapter, or for the MagSafe Charger.
The adapter has a name. Apple’s current 60W-class product is called the 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max, and its product page exists on Apple’s US store. The price is simply not in the page Apple serves.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Apple’s claim | Up to 50 percent in around 15 minutes |
| What it needs | A 60W USB-C adapter, sold separately |
| Apple’s product name | 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max |
| Published price | None, in any of 10 storefronts |
| MagSafe Charger price | Also not published |
| In the box | iPhone with iOS 27 and a 1 m USB-C Charge Cable |
| Second published route | 35W adapter plus MagSafe, 50 percent in 30 minutes |
| Wireless ceiling | MagSafe 25W, Qi2 25W |
What Apple did publish about charging
Apple’s tech specs give three numbers and stop. Wired, the iPhone 18 Pro reaches about 50 percent in 15 minutes with a 60W adapter. Wirelessly, it reaches about 50 percent in 30 minutes with a 35W adapter and MagSafe. MagSafe and Qi2 both top out at 25W.
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Every one of those figures describes hardware Apple does not include and has not priced. The box holds the phone and a 1 m USB-C Charge Cable, and nothing else.
The adapter Apple sells, and the odd name it carries
The naming is the first thing that trips people up. Apple’s specification asks for a 60W adapter; the adapter Apple sells is branded around 40W, with 60W described as its maximum. The two are meant to be the same thing, but Apple has not published a sentence that says so, and it has not stated that this particular product is what produced the 15-minute result on an iPhone 18 Pro.
What the product page does carry is a footnote saying the adapter was used for iPhone Duo battery testing in July 2026. That ties it to the iPhone Duo, which Apple rates at 50 percent in around 20 minutes with a 60W-capable adapter, rather than to the iPhone 18 Pro.
Where the price is missing, storefront by storefront
The gap is not a US quirk. It is the same in every storefront checked, and it sits next to accessory prices that Apple did publish in six of the ten.
| Storefront | Case and strap prices | Charger or adapter price |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Published | Not published |
| Canada | Published | Not published |
| Australia | Published | Not published |
| Germany | Published | Not published |
| Singapore | Published | Not published |
| UAE | Published | Not published |
| United Kingdom | Not published | Not published |
| France | Not published | Not published |
| India | Not published | Not published |
| Japan | Not published | Not published |
Apple’s own accessories index for power and cables returns a 404 in both the US and the UK. The individual product pages load, but they are built client-side and the served HTML contains no price text. None of the five product releases Apple published on September 9 lists a charger or adapter price either.
What you can do instead of guessing
The second published route is the useful one. A 35W adapter plus MagSafe gets the phone to about 50 percent in 30 minutes, which is 15 minutes slower than the 60W wired figure and needs hardware many people already own.
Beyond that, the wireless ceiling is fixed at 25W whether the pad is MagSafe or Qi2, so a more expensive pad does not buy a higher number. Apple applied the same removal logic further down the range this year: AirPods 5 ship without a USB-C cable or a power adapter at all.
What Apple has not said
- The price of the 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max, in any storefront
- The price of the MagSafe Charger, in any storefront
- Whether that adapter is the one behind the 15-minute iPhone 18 Pro claim
- How long a full charge takes at any wattage, wired or wireless
- Which third-party adapters or Qi2 pads it considers qualifying
Pre-orders open on Saturday, September 12 at 5 a.m. PT and the phone arrives on Friday, September 18. Apple can add a price to those product pages at any time, and a checkout page on September 12 is the first place a number would realistically appear. Until then, treat the charger as an unpriced line on a $1,199 order.
