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AirPower Pictured on Retail Box for AirPods Wireless Charging Case
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I don't but I just bought another 2-pack of chargers from Amazon for $11.75.
Yes, because outlets and USB ports are scarce.
Cool story...they don’t do what AirPower will do though.
Can you imagine working on that product at Apple? It's probably a running gag now.
But it could be worse: imagine if Steve was alive and had to live through this?
They probably thank the Lord every morning that he isn't around anymore.
But it could be worse: imagine if Steve was alive and had to live through this?
They probably thank the Lord every morning that he isn't around anymore.
Seems like Apple is a complete mess right now regarding this product. Releasing a product that references one that seemingly is nowhere to be found. It's just one giant screw-up and very un-Apple. Organised chaos is not something you expect from them. It's also kind of laughable that the company refuses to comment on AirPower and yet they release a product that shows a picture of it.
How about this one?
It even does fast charging, AirPower doesn't, according to the preview specs. It's only $45, oh and it actually exists.
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There are cheaper options.
"I don't care. I want the Apple AirPower."
Some even have fast-charging.
"Give me the Apple AirPower."
It will be ridiculously over-priced.
"I don't care. I want the Apple AirPower."
You only have one device.
"The Apple AirPower, please."
It's delayed until December 2019.
"That's okay, I'll wait. It's the Apple Airpower."
You have to buy a separate lightning cable and adaptor. More Cost.
"The Apple AirPower. Give it to me."
"I don't care. I want the Apple AirPower."
Some even have fast-charging.
"Give me the Apple AirPower."
It will be ridiculously over-priced.
"I don't care. I want the Apple AirPower."
You only have one device.
"The Apple AirPower, please."
It's delayed until December 2019.
"That's okay, I'll wait. It's the Apple Airpower."
You have to buy a separate lightning cable and adaptor. More Cost.
"The Apple AirPower. Give it to me."
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Apple is a complete mess on this one. They can't get their heads around a simple charging matt? LMAO
Might be in the minority here and get flamed; but, I’m one of the people looking forward to one outlet/one wire/smaller footprint on my nightstand than 2 or 3 separate chargers depending upon setup.
Convenience and development cost money - I’m ok with that.
Why can't y'all people get your heads around the fact that AirPower is anything but "a simple charging mat"?
And no, there isn't a product you can buy today that does what AirPower is supposed to do.
Literarily.
On another subject, Apple removed the AirPower illustration from the back of the package on the AirPods manufactured this year... Whatever that means...
Jump to 0:30s.
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Yeah my gen 2’s arrived yesterday with no AirPower illustration on the box. I reckon that those that have the illustration must have stock from 2018 that were piled up in a warehouse
Or just buy a charging mat for $40-$50 from Amazon?
Sure it will be a little bigger (but your devices are also bigger than airpower), it won't be white or come with an apple logo either... But at least it is available.
About the lightning cable. Could it even deliver enough power to charge an iPhone with 10-12W wirelessly as well as some other smaller devices? I really hope they go with usbc.
lighting = usb-c at least in terms of specs.
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That's a couple of charging coils in the same enclosure, that's not what airpower is or what makes it great and unique when it releases...
The AirPower illustration is on the package of the separate wireless charging case only. It can even be seen in the video you linked, at something like 7 minutes.
The packaging of the new AirPods with wireless charging case mentions AirPower in text though.
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We know the Lightning connector can handle at least 36W (2.4A@15V) so that's not an issue.
I expect AirPower to ship with the new 18W USB-C power adapter and a (hopefully 2 meter) Lightning to USB-C cable.
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Hadn't even thought about the charger situation, that would basically make Airpower 65 dollars cheaper for people (like me) who are thinking of buying the new adapter + cable.
In what way is Airpower different from a couple of charging coils in the same enclosure?
The fact that you can place all your products anywhere on the mat and it charges at high speed, as you can see in that video placement is important with that chinese knockoff because underneath it's just a couple of single (small) coils (which also means that power on that thing is maximum 5w per device and probably a lot less).
Airpower will use an array of bigger and smaller coils which means that it will charge anywhere on the mat wherever you put it and all that with 7.5-10w charging per device. If it was just a couple of single coils in an enclosure it would have been out in 2017 without any issues. And such an array still doesn't exist on any of the other wireless chargers.
Yes. It seems so odd.
How long was the image of the AirPower mat up on the Apple web-site until Apple removed last week? Maybe they had to leave it up as some sort of legal strategy while they were trying to secure a trademark for the product. But Apple certainly knew about the image being there.
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Airpower will use an array of bigger and smaller coils which means that it will charge anywhere on the mat wherever you put it and all that with 7.5-10w charging per device. If it was just a couple of single coils in an enclosure it would have been out in 2017 without any issues. And such an array still doesn't exist on any of the other wireless chargers.[/QUOTE]
there are devices now that have up to 6 coils. and you can place them anywhere on the mat.
Airpower will use an array of bigger and smaller coils which means that it will charge anywhere on the mat wherever you put it and all that with 7.5-10w charging per device. If it was just a couple of single coils in an enclosure it would have been out in 2017 without any issues. And such an array still doesn't exist on any of the other wireless chargers.[/QUOTE]
there are devices now that have up to 6 coils. and you can place them anywhere on the mat.
Mind to link such a device? Do they work well, are they safe? Can they charge more than one device on the same surface?
yes they work, and yes you can charge more than 1 device. this is a video of the new version for 2019
That doesn't look too bad. But hasn't even gone into production.
Using five overlapping coils is an approach fundamentally similar AirPower, however not quite as sophisticated, allowing for arbitrary device placement only along one axis, whereas AirPower allows for placement on the entire surface using a much more complicated array of presumably over a dozen coils.
How well or safe this thing works and whether it compares at all to AirPower we don't know since it doesn't ship yet and neither does AirPower...