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Baseus picogo am52 hides 25 w qi2.2 punch inside a 197 g wafer

Baseus just shrank 10 000 mAh to the size of a passport and slapped 25 W Qi2.2 on it. The PicoGo AM52 weighs 197 g—nine grams lighter than an iPhone 17 Pro—and still charges three devices at once without breaking 39 °C.

Aluminum shell, silicone grip, 13 n maglock

The rear is milled aluminum for heat bleed; the front is velvet-touch silicone ringed by sixteen N52 magnets rated at 13 Newtons—roughly the hold needed to suspend a 1,3 kg dumbbell. Translation: it clamps to a naked or MagSafe-case-clad phone hard enough to survive a sprint for the subway.

Wireless throughput peaks at 25 W, good for 45 % on an iPhone 17 Pro in half an hour. Plug the hidden USB-C cable and the same cell jumps to 45 W wired, enough to feed a MacBook Air in a pinch. Two variants exist: one with an integrated cable that doubles as a lanyard, one cable-free for pocket minimalists; both let the bank itself refuel at 30 W and hit 100 % in 90 minutes.

Three-way split without the sauna

Three-way split without the sauna

NTC thermistors and a graphene heat spreader keep surface temps 12 % cooler than the Qi2.2 pack you probably own. Baseus quietly slipped the review unit into my bag last week—during a 30-minute cross-town Lyft the phone, AirPods, and spare watch went from redline to weekend-ready while the bank stayed lukewarm to the touch.

Price? Amazon coupons drop the AM52 to $59 for the first 48 hours. After that it reverts to $79—still cheaper than Apple’s 15 W MagSafe battery that delivers half the watt-hours and none of the ports.

The PicoGo line now spans credit-card-thin 5 000 mAh slabs and a 5K stand model with a kickstand. The AM52 is the first to merge flagship speed with pocketability, and it ships Friday. Pre-orders opened at midnight; 4 200 units moved before I finished coffee. The race to zero-footprint power just found its front-runner—no dumbbells required.