“What's the difference between PD and iQ3? Does it support fast charging and is power evenly distributed to each port (eg 25W/port)? Is iQ3 standard better than PD?”
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PD is a fast charging power delivery standard developed by the USB Implementer’s forum. iQ3 is a fast charging technology that was developed by Anker and seeks to be compatible with PD as well as QC3, a standard developed by Qualcomm. Do not confuse QC3 with iQ3 like one of the answerers here did. He was saying iQ3 was not compatible with Apple devices. Thats not true. Its QC3 thats not compatible with Apple because QC3 requires Qualcomm chips in both the charger and device and Apple does not use Qualcomm chips. iQ3 is absolutely compatible with Apple and these Anker chargers work great with Apple devices and charges them quickly. Been using Anker for my charging needs when traveling for quite some time now.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Some answers here seems to have no clue what these standards are. Power Delivery (PD) is a fast-charging technology based on the USB-C standard. Quick Charge (QC) is a proprietary battery charging protocol developed by Qualcomm. PowerIQ (IQ) is Anker's proprietary fast-charging technology which intelligently identifies your device to deliver the fastest possible charge. This works with both QC and PD devices.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.PD and iQ3 are two different fast charging standards. You can’t really choose between them. The device you are charging uses one or the other, so you need to look at that. Apple devices use PD, most Android use iQ3. I have a wireless charger for my iPhone, but it uses iQ3! You’ll probably want a device that does both. Better chargers will balance current to all connected ports and as devices completely charge rebalance that allocation.
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