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The one thing that I can't find from Anker or any other reputable, reasonably-priced supplier (last time I checked, anyway) is a single-port charger that is small enough, horizontally and vertically, to not sprawl out onto adjacent outlets in a power strip.

I don't understand why this is so hard. My first smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, came with one, but it failed within a year and Samsung wanted like $50 for a branded replacement.

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If you look at some of bigclive's other videos you'll probably understand why it's so hard. Small, single-port chargers skimping on isolation requirements to meet the size restrictions is kind of a long-running theme, most recently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQK2Z0wRND0 A lot of engineering goes into safely fitting power supplies into compact packages and companies want to charge a premium for it.

Anker power pins are oriented to only block one socket in a typical up/down arrangement in the older version of the product. So, my 4 port charger from them? Only uses 1 socket, and doesn't block the one above or below it.

Also, their 5 and up port new and old ones don't hang off the plug, they have a short normal power cable.

https://www.anker.com/products/71AN3654WS-WA

This is the one I have. Their new version of the product doesn't seem to be oriented that way anymore. So, yeah. Not quite what you were looking for, but they do exist.

Unfortunately Anker / Amazon don't want my Australian dollars. I've got a similar Tronsmart charger I got from Geekbuying (similar enough that I want to send one to Clive for testing). It's even more difficult to get decent USB battery packs here as only DHL will ship them

I buy those little 3-inch extension cables to get around this problem.

Like an Apple one?

The Apple ones do not speak standard USB charging resistor ladders, thus max out at 500mA when charging non-Apple devices.

On the flip side, Anker chargers speak both, and charge newer iPhones and iPads faster than that huge iPad charger does.

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