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Baseus picogo am52 shaves 9 g off the iphone while pumping 25 w magsafe into your pocket

Slide the new PicoGo AM52 onto an iPhone 17 Pro and the scale tips the wrong way: the phone suddenly feels lighter. At 197 g the power bank is nine grams lighter than the handset it tops up, yet it hides a 10 000 mAh cell and the first Qi2.2 wireless coil to ship in something this thin.

The magnet ring that locks like a fridge door

Sixteen N52 magnets generate 13 N of clamping force—roughly the heft of a 1,3 kg dumbbell. Baseus lined the contact face with velvet-touch silicone so the aluminum shell never grazes glass backs. Result: the bank clings through denim, leather and MagSafe-compatible cases without the micro-wobble that cheaper puck batteries allow.

Wired disciples still get 45 W over USB-C, enough to wake a MacBook Air from red to 50 % in 25 minutes. The AM52 can feed three hungry devices at once: MagSafe, the built-in USB-C lanyard cable, and a second C-port for a friend’s Galaxy or Switch. Temperature never crosses 39 °C thanks to a graphite sheet sandwiched between the coil and the alloy frame—12 % cooler than the Qi2.2 average.

From zero to full in the time of a sitcom

From zero to full in the time of a sitcom

Baseus’ 30 W input refills the AM52 in 90 minutes, so a lunch break is long enough to prep for a trans-Atlantic flight. Early adopters can pick the variant with an integrated cable—doubling as a wrist strap—or the cable-free version for a cleaner silhouette. Both share the same 9,9 mm waistline, thinner than most passports.

The family already includes a 5 000 mAh “almost invisible” model and a stand version that props the phone for TikTok binges. With the AM52, Baseus is betting that power density, not size, is the next arms race. The wager looks solid: pre-orders moved four figures in the first 24 hours, according to Amazon’s Movers & Shakers list. The message is blunt—if your pocket feels heavy, it’s time to swap the battery, not the phone.