The wireless coil takes up space in the phone and adds heat and weight. Use that space for a mega battery and your phone will last so long it won’t matter how you charge it.
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AirPower Misses Promised 2018 Launch, But Might Not Be Canceled
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I'll stick with the cords for charging as it is cheaper cost and without the sticker shock once you find out how much Apple will be charging, pun intended, for the Airpower.
It'd be useful as hell -- i rarely need to charge my iPad more than once per week. Always multiple use cases...
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nonsense. utter and complete garbage.
I could design a simple coil of wire to make a charger. I'm guessing Apple is working on something a bit more involved!
You making excuses. How surprising.
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Not if it was able to use all three of the "charging" locations. If we assume the AirPower can charge three items at 7.5W each, then maybe it could charge the ipad at 22.5W.
I was thinking this may be part of the actual hold up. Getting the Airpower to work with 3 separate devices no matter where they are placed, but also allowing the iPad to charge 3x as fast/
I’m not sure if the heat generated through that process is good for the battery in the long run
I guess with Air-power delayed, you can kinda predict the year ahead..
If Apple has cancelled this due to reasons unknown (too hard), just like they did with trying get TouchID under the screen to work ...and failed.... they came clean in the end..
There would have been some evidence that pointed down to the fact "This won't happen", but I guess they still trying to get it to work... on par with under the screen TouchID. If Apple like challenges, it seems the list of "can't do" increases.
If Apple has cancelled this due to reasons unknown (too hard), just like they did with trying get TouchID under the screen to work ...and failed.... they came clean in the end..
There would have been some evidence that pointed down to the fact "This won't happen", but I guess they still trying to get it to work... on par with under the screen TouchID. If Apple like challenges, it seems the list of "can't do" increases.
I hardly doubt these are comparable things: Apple just didn’t manage to buy any companies behind that in-screen Touch ID technology. Both Touch ID and Face ID were invented by seperate start-ups that Apple acquired back in the day.
The explanation is simple. The engineers no longer run Apple. Apple is run by the marketing team and what marketing says, goes. They say that the mat needs to be ready by the end of 2018 and the engineering team is not ready to deliver. This is exactly what happens. Same for the "Hey Siri" Easter egg in the video before the keynote regarding the AirPods. Technology isn't ready by marketing insists that it is showcased.
So Apple straight-up lied to customers; it's OK to say it....
AirPower is about 'random placement' not just a multi device charge pad, that is the difference. I would buy one in a heartbeat if it ever became available.
Nope. I never said it's too late. For Apple that phrase will likely NEVER apply.
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I considered the 8 and X lines to be variations on a theme, hence the "2 cycles" comment. The market for wireless charging is turning out to be smaller than anticipated, but Apple could certainly change that in the future.
Indeed, power dissipation from the chips has been an ever increasing challenge for the tech industry for many years now. Here's an interesting article to look back on from 2008 discussing how "thermal effects" had become a problem at 65 nm and thermal analysis moving forward. http://chipdesignmag.com/display.php?articleId=2171
Well, I know that I have a lot of things personally that I should do or buy even if an AirPower mat was available right now, so I guess it’s a true statement.
Yes, I do own some of the company in an amount significant to me.
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Yes, I own part of the company. A small part, obviously, but ownership nonetheless.
So, you ignore the iPhone X which was a massive leap forward in power and battery life, an intuitive button free UI that even Google is copying, Face ID which every manufacture is trying to replicate, the iMac Pro that fits an incredibly powerful professional rig into an all in one, the industry leading A class chips that are beating the established chip giant Intel, and the AppleWatch which is miles ahead of the competition and practically standing alone in the sector like the iPod did just before it propelled Apple to the stratosphere.
This conversation isn’t even worth having with you as you clearly see the world in negative tones, missing entirely the amazing things that are happening.