If it's long range, a "dock" won't be needed
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Long range charging will be superior to Qi charging anyways. Won't even need a pad to charge it.
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All Three New 2017 iPhones to Feature Wireless Charging
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Ha ha ha!! Yup, going there!!!
Because it's true. If you regularly pull your cable out of your device at any x, y, or z angle/vector other than 180, 0, 0, relative to the charging port, and especially if you are pulling it out by grabbing the cable section and not the connector itself, premature damage will be caused.The only Apple original Lightning cables I've ever had problems with were those chewed on by my kids when they were toddlers!
You mean like the s7 which has a smaller footprint but bigger screen than the 7 plus... Erm..
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parts total goes up $50....price of phones go up $400. How about you were happy with a $400 ROI, you keep that same ROI and just charge the consumer for the extra parts price increase? Gouge
Fast wireless charging exists nowadays. Your phone obviously didn't have it.
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-much-faster-are-samsungs-fast-wireless-chargers
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No, it wasn't, it was more convenient to me to just set the thing on a pad than plugging a cable in though.
And it'll save you a whole 2 seconds. Good riddance. But it'll cost you $100 more because Apple.
Bye Bye iPhone. Hello Android.
[doublepost=1486670899][/doublepost]If you need to charge your phone while at an airport or coffee shop, are you to assume they will ALL have apple charging stations? Good luck.
I would pay $999 for a device that has many of these features:
- 5" display using a newer display tech that still reproduces colors accurately
- Minimal bezels so it's not bigger than the 4.7" 6/6s/7, and maybe even shorter
- Dual cameras
- Wireless charging
- Two day battery life
- That rumored 3D depth sensing module - perhaps for better portrait mode or facial recognition?
- New casing materials
- 3/4GB RAM
- Better 3D Touch/Taptic engine
- TouchID built into the display
- Improved low-light camera
- 60fps 4K
- 30fps live photos
- >= 480fps slow-mo (Sony's latest mobile imaging modules can handle 1080p at 960fps)
- 256GB storage
- USB 3.0 over lightning like the iPad Pro for fast camera transfers (if it even has a port aside from diagnostic, lol)
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Better balanced stereo audio—on my 7 the earpiece volume is noticeably lower than the one on the bottom, which somewhat reduces the stereo affect
- OIS on the telephoto lens
I will keep my iPhone 6 Plus (and be HAPPY) if all they did was update the iOS so it doesn't just have individual apps to be selected on each screen. That style of iOS has been used since the original, 10 years ago!
People in here said it. It's small feature push out after small feature push out. iOS 11 needs to be a compete refresh, not just a color scheme and font change.
This rumored Microsoft Surface Phone is looking more and more appealing.
People in here said it. It's small feature push out after small feature push out. iOS 11 needs to be a compete refresh, not just a color scheme and font change.
This rumored Microsoft Surface Phone is looking more and more appealing.
On the phone the dock has four icons. Add a fifth in the middle for the permanent home button, and let the dock, if it isn't already there, pop up along with the control panel on an up swipe - or include a Home button on the panel itself as a fifth icon in the bottom row.
The only reason I want wireless charging is to stop people complaining about the lack of wireless charging...
Unless it is true wireless charging (not needing a mat to rest the device on whilst it charges) all wireless charging brings is the need for multiple charging mats that are wired to a power outlet.
Unless it is true wireless charging (not needing a mat to rest the device on whilst it charges) all wireless charging brings is the need for multiple charging mats that are wired to a power outlet.
I prefer inductive charging over long range and over plugging in. The downside of long range is that it's inefficient (for now), and plugging in requires two hands and visibility. With inductive charging I can plop my phone on my nightstand in the dark and it charges. I can reach over in the middle of the night with one hand, pick it up to use it, and plop it back on the night stand without looking and without groping around for the cable. I can place it on my car dock, again in the dark with one hand, and it charges. I can quickly grab it with one hand when leaving the car. Etc. It's a very small but very repetitive action that is sometimes a nonissue but can sometimes be a major annoyance. But either way it is repetitive so if it can be removed without any real downsides then why not? As for charging while using the phone in hand (which is necessary in cases like while waiting at the airport), or even just charging on the go, a cable with an inductive charger at the end should do the job. And portable chargers can also of course use inductive charging.
Inductive to me seems the way to go and I'm looking forward to it. Depending on how appealing/invisible they make the charging mat, I might put them on other pieces of furniture throughout the house which would make charging even less of a thing to think about.
Edit- Just had a thought. True, inductive is not really wireless. But magnetic charging does have every common use advantage I can think of over an inserted plug. Until true wireless charging becomes efficient, I think going with inductive is a no brainer.
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Well Apple will have to use standard technologies if it uses inductive technologies, considering cars have the pads built in now and I'm pretty sure they won't stick different charging systems in just for the iPhone.
The iPhone certainly is taking more and more of the features from the competition... the more useful ones that is.
The iPhone certainly is taking more and more of the features from the competition... the more useful ones that is.
I feel your pain pain but really people shouldn't need a science lesson to use something because you know "It just works"Ha ha ha!! Yup, going there!!!
The only Apple original Lightning cables I've ever had problems with were those chewed on by my kids when they were toddlers!
Is not it clear? You don't need to connect the wires. And it's not only over night and not only at home. For example, BMW cars have wireless charger. You just put your phone on it and the phone is charged.
Yes but if you start to get into having a bigger battery then there will always be people wanting bigger, bigger, bigger. I had this argument with many people complaining about the iPhone 5s and it's battery life. They all complained that it was impossible to get the claimed battery life on it so I tested it and proved them all wrong. I would argue now the same point I did then..people who complain about poor battery life tend to have EVERY feature turned on and also tend to be glued to their iPhone.
Like driving a car at 150mph all the time and complaining that the car runs out of fuel quickly.
Then complaining that the fuel tank needs to be bigger.
Unless you can wireless charge the iPhone without having to place it on a charging device, I don't see the big attraction / selling point. On the other hand, if you could wirelessly connect to it in the same kind of manner you would a wifi network, that would be something to look forward to.