Anker ultrathin power bank undercuts Xiaomi

Ultrathin magnetic power banks are becoming their own little gadget category — basically the answer to people who want emergency battery without carrying a brick. Th(applesfera.com)mi’s already popular ultrathin model. The appeal is not raw capacity. It’s comfort. You stick it to the back of an iPhone, keep shootin(applesfera.com) 3, with Anker at €39.99 and Xiaomi recently highlighted at €54.99. (applesfera.com)r Bank (5K, MagGo, Slim), model A1665 — a 5,000 mAh magnetic battery with Qi2-compatible 15 W wireless charging and 20 W USB-C charging or recharging. Anker’s own product page frames it as a card-like pack meant for iPhones, not a general-purpose high-capacity charger. (anker.com) ### Why are people comparing it to Xiaomi? Because the pitch is almost identical. Xiaomi’s ultrathin magnetic pack is also a 5,000 mAh battery built around being very thin, very light, and easy to leave attached to a phone. Applesfera’s comparison is really about the same use case — day trips, heavy camera use, navigation, social posting — where you want a top-up, not three full recharges. (applesfera.com) ### So what’s the real difference? Price first. Applesfera lists Anker at €39.99 and says it often sits closer to €50, while Xiaomi’s recent deal price was €54.99 and Amazon pricing was even higher. That makes Anker the cheaper en(anker.com) is using. (applesfera.com) ### Is Anker as thin as Xiaomi? Not quite. Xiaomi still wins the pure thinness contest. Applesfera says Xiaomi is 6 mm thick and 98 g, while Anker comes in at 8.6 mm and 122 g. Anker’s own US page lists 0.34 inches thick and 4.3 oz, which lines up with that rough range. So this is not “same hardware, lower price.” It’s “close enough on portability that the discount matters.” (applesfera.com) ### Does charging speed change the story? A bit. Anker tops out at 15 W wirelessly and 20 W over USB-C. Xiaomi’s pack also does up to 15 W wirelessly, but Applesfera says it can reach 22.5 W b(applesfera.com) — magnetic wireless convenience. (applesfera.com) ### Who is this actually for? Someone who hates bulky power banks. That’s the whole market. These packs are more like a spare oxygen tank than a fuel can — enough to stretch an iPhone through the second half of (applesfera.com) or a 16 Pro Max to about 63%. (applesfera.com) ### Why does this matter beyond one shopping post? Because accessory makers are now competing on pocketability, not just battery size. Xiaomi helped make the ultrathin magnetic pack feel desirabl(applesfera.com) usually matters more than spec-sheet perfection once a category starts to mature. (applesfera.com) ### Bottom line? If the goal is the thinnest possible magnetic battery, Xiaomi still looks cleaner. But if the goal is “don’t let my iPhone die today” in a slimmer-than-usual form factor, Anker’s lower price is the actual story. (applesfera.com)