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Yep, 2017 makes sense too when you think about it.. They take it away in 2016, release the S version in 2017 which fixes the problem...

Well, the S model is supposed to fix any shortcomings with the non-S model. That's why some people only get that model. I can definitely see that as a 7s secondary new feature that will address the continued relatively poor battery life with the iPhone 7 in addition to allowing people to both listen to their music while wirelessly charging. Apple has to give people a good reason to get the s-model again.
 
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I agree, I hate the fragile lightning connectors. They "turtle neck" and fray VERY easily for me, even though they literally never leave the outlet they're plugged into. But be prepared for the following incoming comments:

"What are you doing with your chargers that causes them to break so soon?????"
"I've had my Lightning charger for (insert years) and it's still PERFECT!"
"Don't abuse your cord and you won't have this problem."

You must be pulling at it from a angle twisting the cord. My Lightning cables usually last two years. The one I got from the iPad 4 still works fine without fraying.
 

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How about a Lightning charger that doesn't break after 2 months instead?
If you plug and unplug the cable from your phone by pulling on the plastic piece of the connector instead of the cord it will not become damaged. I used to have this issue all the time and then someone told me about this and I haven't had a damaged lightning connector since. When you pull on the actual cable itself it stretches the material and causes it to break over time.
 
Cancer, leukemia, etc.

Source??

According to the WHO, "Despite extensive research, to date there is no evidence to conclude that exposure to low level electromagnetic fields is harmful to human health... It is clear that if electromagnetic fields do have an effect on cancer, then any increase in risk will be extremely small. The results to date contain many inconsistencies, but no large increases in risk have been found for any cancer in children or adults." http://www.who.int/peh-emf/about/WhatisEMF/en/index1.html
 
The real genius is if Apple don't implement a propitiatory system, so any manufacturer can use without having to swear allegiance to Apple. A future where any device (not just from Apple) can be powered from the same charging 'zone' would be amazing.
 
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I agree, I hate the fragile lightning connectors. They "turtle neck" and fray VERY easily for me, even though they literally never leave the outlet they're plugged into. But be prepared for the following incoming comments:

"What are you doing with your chargers that causes them to break so soon?????"
"I've had my Lightning charger for (insert years) and it's still PERFECT!"
"Don't abuse your cord and you won't have this problem."

There's an old military saying... Take care of your equipment, and it will take care of you.

I have used Apple's lightning cables since they were released four years ago and have never had a problem.

You guys complaining of "fragile" lightning cables are probably the same whiners who insisted "bend-gate" was a real issue. Either stop putting computer components in un-realistic and abusive environments, or stop blaming Apple. You can't have it both ways.
 
Dear Jony Ive-

Please stop obsessing with thin iPhones. It's thin enough. For F-sake, how about giving your buyers a phone that has a bigger battery so we don't have to wait until 2017 for a technology such as this we never asked for? How about actually using current technology and making your iPhone thicker so Phil can announce an iPhone that has 2x the battery life as it has now? How about stop giving us stuff we do not care for?

Thank you,
Future iPhone 7 buyer.
 
Anything to put an end to the stupid Lightning connector. I seem to get only a year or two before i have to take my iPhone into the store, because it will quit making contact in there or something. Or the cables themselves will get a worn contact. My iPhone6 just started doing it, so time for an upgrade i guess. My old iPod 3 charges just fine (though, it doesn't hold the charge for more than 10 seconds).
I noticed a while back that my 5s did the same thing with a brand new cable. Lo and behold there was a bunch of lint built up in the port from my jeans. Took a paper clip to it and afterward it worked perfectly. Now i just do that every few weeks to keep it up.
 
It will be, if possible, an S feature.
I think this feature to be useable it would need some range like 1-2 meters.

Otherwise its just like a convenient docking station?

I would like to see a full glass iPhone 7: no ports, no physical buttons, just touch buttons and wireless charging.
 
If this were to be installed in car doors or the sides of center consoles also, iPhones wouldn't need to be taken out of your pocket to plug in for wired CarPlay so you can charge and would eliminate the whole problem of not being able to charge your phone with wireless CarPlay. You'd just be able to get in and your phone is charged in your pocket and wireless CarPlay projects your phone's essentials to the dash. Of course this would require adoption the same way CarPlay did.
 
Dear Jony Ive-

Please stop obsessing with thin iPhones. how about giving your buyers a phone that has a bigger battery .

Backward thinking! I'M GLAD Jony Ive does not have the same sentiment.
There are other ways to improve battery life, not just by size blowing the thing.
Things are large due to technology limitation. They will slim down to the minimum as technology advances. The smartphones we will use.... say, 10 or 20 years from now will look nothing like the ones we are using now and the way we use them will likely change too. This so called "enough thin" today's iPhone will look not any less ridiculous then say Motorola DynaTAC! It's called evolution.
 
Now this exactly shows why Apple always seems to be behind with several technologies: they just take their time to make it better. Current wireless charging solutions are... Well, they're OK, but that's it. I'm sure Apple knows how to do it better and I am really looking forward to what they might bring in the future. :)
 
If this were to be installed in car doors or the sides of center consoles also, iPhones wouldn't need to be taken out of your pocket to plug in for wired CarPlay so you can charge and would eliminate the whole problem of not being able to charge your phone with wireless CarPlay. You'd just be able to get in and your phone is charged in your pocket and wireless CarPlay projects your phone's essentials to the dash. Of course this would require adoption the same way CarPlay did.

Is this the point where we start talking about about suing Apple for testicular and ovary cancer... Oh and breast cancer for the ladies carrying their phones in their bra.
 
Wireless charging is a dumb gimmick. Apple just doesn't learn. Now, after whittling away its battery capacity to achieve thinness that NO ONE ASKED FOR, it's going to waste even more space on inductors inside the phone.

And wireless charging would not mitigate the idiotic removal of the headphone jack, which means you can't charge your phone and listen to music if you're not in the electrical field of yet another proprietary piece of Apple junk. So no dice at the airport. Or in your car. Or at someone else's house.

This headphone-jack stupidity is even more embarrassing for Apple. Again, supposedly in pursuit of more unasked-for thinness, Apple is going to make its MUSIC-PLAYING PHONES unusable with just about every headphones on the planet. Oh, unless you buy special NEW ones or yet another cumbersome, rip-off dongle to hang out of (and destroy) the already incompetent Lightning port. Oh, and this sorry dongle prevents the phone from fitting in docks. Or cases. Or your pocket.

Where have we seen this before? Oh, right: the idiotic Shuffle that had no controls on it, but instead required special headphones with a button in the cord; you had to control the Shuffle with a gimped Morse code. This retarded product was yanked off the market and replaced with the previous design after one generation.

And THAT came after the headphone fiasco of the first iPhone. Remember how the original iPhone's headphone jack was inexplicably buried at the bottom of a hole, making it incompatible with 99 percent of the headphones out there? Again, Apple had to scrap that blunder in the next generation.

So after two headphone-related debacles so large that even Apple had to correct itself, it's going for a third and even more offensive assault on its customers?

We as consumers owe it to the entire industry to smack this craven stupidity down with a boycott. If you vote for such an offensive product with your money, you're rewarding a company that clearly regards you as stupid.
 
Is this the point where we start talking about about suing Apple for testicular and ovary cancer... Oh and breast cancer for the ladies carrying their phones in their bra.
Just as long as they're not carrying their charging pads in their bra... ;)
 
it won't make much sense to be able to charge it a few meters away, u'r right there.. May as well have it attached vi cable for a short distance.

If it can use your wi-fi network for this, then maybe. Possible convert charging to RF and iPhone converts its back to charge? Now that would be something, instead of like bluetooth only a short range type if chasing at that distance.... may as well plug it in.

Actually, may as well plug it in anyway since we know RF gets slowly over longer distances... so u may say "hey, i'll be finish charging in few seconds" to "oh oh,,, it will now take 2 hours coz i moved"
 
If you plug and unplug the cable from your phone by pulling on the plastic piece of the connector instead of the cord it will not become damaged. I used to have this issue all the time and then someone told me about this and I haven't had a damaged lightning connector since. When you pull on the actual cable itself it stretches the material and causes it to break over time.
And you have to be told that pulling a cable from the "cable" part migh damage it? I always wondered why they made a plastic part to begin with, now i know!!!! Speachless.....
 
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I like the idea of Wireless charging as long as either the charger itself is still as portable as a cable or we can still charge with a cable or of course there is a sudden proliferation of charging points like there is wifi.
 
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