What's up with the charging cord on the S24?

[JennRell]

Do you need to buy a a base? I just got my phone yesterday and when I took it out of the box, I noticed that both ends are the same size and fit into the phone. There isn't a larger size that fits the standard base I've used with my other Galaxy phones. Is there a different power base I need to buy or just use my old charger? What have other people done???

[JennRell]

I got it all taken care of. I bought a charger base for $2.55 at Walmart. Thanks for all of the help everyone

[Mujibar]

Be careful with cheap chargers. There's a reason they don't cost very much. Cheap components can overheat and even start fires. If there's one thing to not skimp on with electronics, it's charging accessories.

[JennRell]

Thanks for the heads up. It had over a 1k, 5 star reviews, so I'm sure it will be OK. I'll obviously keep an eye on it, though. Just a I would with a $50 base. It's funny, the most expensive base I found was $7, and those were for the old style bases. That was at Walmart, at least. On T-Mobile, the bases ranged from $40‐$50, and I find that to be just ridiculous.

[Robin621k]

You can use your old cord and brick. It will just charge at 15w instead of the 25w that the phone is capable of.

I would never use a cheap charger, I don't care what the reviews say.
Not worth the risk.

[JennRell]

Thanks for your opinion.

[JennRell]

I also think that Walmart doesn't have to mark up a Samsung base 1000% like T-Mobile does. If they marked it up at a more reasonable rate, then they would sell more and wouldn't have to charge people that do pay the exorbitant price so much. Even on Samsung's website, the base is only $15.

[Robin621k]

I always use Anker chargers, the prongs fold down for travel.

[RichardBernardHolden]

Its the new thing they're doing now, i made sure to get a charging brick ahead of time before i got my base model Galaxy S24 as well, got a super fast charger