Unless a miracle occurs
that's exactly what i'm expecting from apple
Unless a miracle occurs
My inductive electric toothbrush differs otherwise. Or the many medical devices that are implanted and the only way to charge is through inductive charging.See, the problem people have here is they don't understand the wireless charging market. Inductive charging is, to say the least, pointless because it requires the device to be tethered to something which is plugged in, why not just plug it directly into the phone? No real advantage here. There is another tech out there though that allows "true" wireless charging at a distance. This means that you can sit in your favorite chair watching movies on your iPad while the device is charging, and NOT tethered to the wall. That's real innovation. Inductive charging is not.
It has to do with how much you can stuff in your phone. If you make it bigger for induction coils, you could have just put in more battery.
Here's the deal folks, since I waded through 10 pages of FUD to get here...
This tech is not new. It was developed OVER 100 years ago by Nikola Tesla and was slated to be the delivery method for ALL electricity, but was mothballed because at the time, the electrical utilities had no way to meter consumption.
In essence, it consists of an antenna (tesla coil style, for transmitting and receiving longitudinal waves) and an RLC Tank circuit, on each end (where the power comes from and where it is going).
In the last ten years, there have been tremendous advances in the fields of fractal antenna design and digitally tuned RLC circuit design that are facilitating the new wave of non inductive power transmission technologies.
WiTricity is just the beginning, and in 20 years, nothing sold in stores that uses electricity will have external wires as every household will have a multi-node, password protected wireless power distribution appliance much like your WIFI router handles all the data in your house now.
By the way, I have seen experiments where power is transmitted in this fashion across dozens of miles...
When (not if) Apple implements wireless charging it will be amusing to return to this thread and see who was blasting it as bad and how their tone changes once they begin to use it.
Exactly. I bet the same people (Apple fanbois) ridiculing wireless charging NOW by calling it utterly unnecessary will praise it THEN.
This is assuming Apple introduces wireless charging in the exact same way as the rest of the competition.
No one is saying that wireless charging is pointless, just that its current implementation sucks. Apple is know to be late to the party when it comes to certain features (like LTE), but what we get in return is often a more polished or refined offering that offers benefits over and above what the other competitors can, or at least, fewer drawbacks.
Thus, we are hoping that when the iphone does get wireless charging, it will be implemented in a more convenient and hassle-free manner that works around many of the limitations of wireless charging today.
So if Say a company wanted to push a system in to the market where say a fixed node (or nodes in network) could then power a whole bunch of small electronics such as table lamps, remote controls and charging for phones and the like. Then partnering with Apple, Samsung or both to launch would pretty much cement their standard as the standard. Get a Light Globe maker like Philips on-board (or be Philips in the first place) and you'd have a very solid go to market plan.
"Apple is said to be working on their own wireless charging system..."
Because the industry standard is apparently too good for them. That means nothing on the market right now will work with it, allowing Apple to charge up the ass for the accessories.
"The charger will still have to be plugged into a wall outlet..."
No **** sherlock. Its not going to manifest energy out of thin air.
As an owner of an Android device (gasp!) and also owning a wireless charging dock for it, I can say that they are pretty convenient to have. You don't have to worry about plugging the cable into the bottom of the phone, which isn't the most fun task to do in the dark. It helps reduce the wear on both the cable and the port on the phone. And I also heard that the wireless charger helps reduce the stress of charging on the battery, thus prolonging its life. Now that last part is speculation, its just what I heard.
They are somewhat of a novelty, sure. But they are pretty cool and add some convenience to the mundane task of charging your phone.
it's not that it's bad, it just han't been done ight and the current solutions are not "wireless". What will be interesting is to return to this thread and see the posts praising Apple for doing it right and truly wireless.
Being physicaly tied to any kind of dock is not "wireless". Anyone saying it's too much touble to plug in a conector is jusT lazy.
Those that complain about broken connectors are simply abusing their phones or lazy in their handling. I'm still using a 3GS, gets charged at least daily, is plugged and unplugged from iTunes a couple of times a day, has had the older style 30-pin plug yanked out without pressing in the release buttons and have never had any problems.
When truly wireless charging (meaning not chained to any dock) comes along, then I'll care.
Not really.
Wireless charging is currently a step backwards from what we already have, it's slower, less efficient, less convenient and more expensive - so it's more like going from living in a cave back to living in trees again.
How would you go about charging in your car?
Apple made the right move. IMHO, it's time someone starts dealing with the development of wireless charging system.
there's a couple of issues with this technology which makes it not worth the trouble.
First, you need to carry the wireless charging pad and its power supply around instead of just a small USB cable.
Well ****, why not just make a solar powered iPhone?
Lightning does a bit more then charging. Third party accessories to start with?
yeah... but wouldn't be great if every thing went wireless?
Sure it would and it will. But not until it works close to perfect. Rushing on implementing new tech has proven to be not so good for us consumers.