(Last Updated On: March 30, 2017)

Anker has become quite a popular charging electronic company. Their power banks are quite possibly the biggest highlight of them and for good reasons too. This is because Anker power banks are among the most useful, and innovative power banks on the market. They use the latest charging tech, power capacities that make sense and sizes that are still portable enough no matter how high the power capacity is with a power bank.

With that said, since Anker has lots of different power banks, it can be difficult to know what certain ones are capable of with the titles that they’re given. The main differences between their names are PowerCore and PowerCore+ title that most of their power banks have. A lot of people are always wondering what’s the difference between the 2 versions of a product that looks basically the same. However, there’s quite a bit of a difference when it comes to the differences of the PowerCore and PowerCore+.

Although, they’re pretty clear differences and easy to understand.

The Main Differences Between PowerCore and PowerCore+

• PowerCore+ is an improvement on a PowerCore power bank. So think of PowerCore as a base type of a power bank and then PowerCore+ is a version that simply has more features.
• The features that PowerCore+ usually features is the use of Quick Charge or USB-C
• PowerCore+ power banks are going to be more expensive because of what they feature, and most of the time it’s just tech that has changed and not the power capacity

So now that you know the basic differences between PowerCore and PowerCore+, let’s show you some differences with some of Anker’s power banks.

Differences with PowerCore 10000 and the PowerCore+ 10050

                                       PowerCore 10000                                         PowerCore+ 10050

                                          

                                                                   

	PowerCore 10000	PowerCore+ 10050
Capacity	10,000mAh	10,050mAh
Output	5V/2.4A	5-6V ⎓ 3A / 6-9V ⎓ 2A / 9-12V ⎓ 1.5A
Input	5V/2.0A	Normal: 5V ⎓ 2A Quick Charge: 5-7V ⎓ 2.1A / 7-9V ⎓ 1.6A / 9-12V ⎓ 1.25A
Weight	6.4 Ounces	8.3 Ounces
Size	3.6 x 2.4 x 0.9 inches	3.7 x 2.4 x 0.9 inches

So the PowerCore 10000 is mainly for those that own standard charging devices, and it’s still a really good power bank because it has an Output of 5V/2.4A and that’s able to charge most devices at max rates. However, the PowerCore+ 10050 is meant for those that own Quick Charge compatible devices and that’s because this version features Quick Charge and is able to charge Quick Charge compatible smartphones at max charging speed.

Now Let’s take a look at power banks that are on the higher end of the power capacity spectrum.

Differences between PowerCore 26800 and the PowerCore+ 26800

                    PowerCore 26800                                         PowerCore+ 26800

                 

                                                                  

	PowerCore 26800	PowerCore+ 26800
Capacity	26,800mAh	26,800mAh
Output	Per Port: 5V/3.0A Max Output: 6 Amps	Normal Ports: 5V/3.0A Quick Charge Port: 5-6V ⎓ 3A / 6-9V ⎓ 2A / 9-12V ⎓ 1.5A Max Output: 6 Amps
Input	Per Port: 5V/2.0A Max Input: 4 Amps	Normal: 5V ⎓ 2A Quick Charge: 5-7V ⎓ 2.1A / 7-9V ⎓ 1.6A / 9-12V ⎓ 1.25A
Weight	1 Pound	1.3 Pounds
Size	7 x 3.1 x 0.9 inches	7 x 3.1 x 0.9 inches

So the power capacity of this power banks stays the same from its PowerCore to PowerCore+ version. However what does change is that the PowerCore+ version has ones of its three ports using Quick Charge 3.0 charging tech and it only uses a single Micro-USB Input. The PowerCore 26800 version uses 2 Micro-USB Input ports, but the PowerCore+ 26800 has a Micro-USB Input port that uses Quick Charge and that means you can use a Quick Charge USB wall charger to recharge the power bank faster.

Once again, the main difference between a PowerCore and a PowerCore+ is that ones use Quick Charge and one does not; and depending on what you get will depend on if you have a smartphone that is compatible with Quick Charge or not.

Conclusion:

Overall, the difference between PowerCore and PowerCore+ Anker power banks will matter if you have devices that are compatible with the special charging tech that they feature. So if you have a smartphone that is compatible with Quick Charge, then you should consider getting a PowerCore+ because the Quick Charge charging speeds are a lot faster.

However, this isn’t to say that PowerCore power banks aren’t any lower, they simply don’t feature the special tech, but are still powerful and hold the same standards.