So there's a chance that useless charging pad in my Camaro will get a purpose? Except that of course, it doesn't have wireless CarPlay, so I guess my wife can use it.
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Apple Has at Least Five Different Groups Working on Wireless Charging Ahead of iPhone 8
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Until Wireless charging is properly distant/remote it's pointless.
Walk in a room and it charges.
Putting it on a pad is stupid.
1. You can't use it at the same time... ie in bed / on a couch etc. Or as a phone.. unless you want to stick your head on the table.
2. External battery charging won't work
3. You'd have to carry round a pad to charge ( if this was the only chargin method )
They just need Fast charging... give me 90% in 5 minutes. There are batteries in development that charge almost instantly.
Walk in a room and it charges.
Putting it on a pad is stupid.
1. You can't use it at the same time... ie in bed / on a couch etc. Or as a phone.. unless you want to stick your head on the table.
2. External battery charging won't work
3. You'd have to carry round a pad to charge ( if this was the only chargin method )
They just need Fast charging... give me 90% in 5 minutes. There are batteries in development that charge almost instantly.
Over the air charging isn't revolutionary? I'd say that's a pretty big deal.
And remember that this will just be the first iteration of many. You can't really significantly advance any technology until you actually have lots of products out there and learn from customer feedback, or find problems that wouldn't have shown up during testing.
It's like complaining that 802.11b was not released as 802.11ac, so we should just not do it at all.
Am I the only one thinking that, without a MAJOR scientific breakthrough, general remote charging is just Star Trek sci-fi stuff?
And any startup coming up with this is just a set up by scammers to make quick money from stupid investors and run?
And any startup coming up with this is just a set up by scammers to make quick money from stupid investors and run?
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It's not stupid. I love just popping my Apple Watch on the charger and it's charging while I sleep. Would love to do the same with my phone. All other times I can charge with the cable. You can use it and charge at the same time - use a BT headset.
I think you mean "breakthrough."
Having the option to put the phone on a Watch-style puck for charging is a nice option for a desktop where you want to keep loose cable clutter to a minimum, but for most users, it adds little or no benefit.
I think the real challenge of over-the-air wireless charging will be for it to not interfere with Bluetooth, WiFi and NFC. Oh, and not microwaving our brains (or our junk) in the process.
Aluminum foil isn't going to cut it. You need "LeadWare" brand underwear-with 15mm of radiation blocking goodness!
P.S. Don't believe all that clap-trap about lead being poisonous. It's all lies! Lies I tell you!
Phil Schiller:
This time Apple literally has gone to the mat for iPhone users.
Big market opening up for mobile mat chargers cars, etc. and a mat dongle.
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Is wireless charging that hard? Literally everyone else has had it for years!
5 groups ?..how many engineers does it take...
5 groups ?..how many engineers does it take...
I don't get it. It's a dock. It's not wireless... not fussed about it. I'd rather my wired EarPods didn't stop functioning every six months.
It does seem to imply Apple is putting an inordinate amount of effort into this doesn't it? Draw whatever conclusion you will from that but I don't see something that is only on par with Samsung. That much talent and resource isn't needed to pull that off. Conversely it may not be as advanced as some people would like to see.
See Hump case, Apl Tv remote for guidance...i would not expect greater than Samsung effort honestly
Wireless charging thankfully is pretty pointless, not that hard to plug in a fast USB-Charger , easy in fact 55 minutes later full charge ( never use the Qi built into my 950 its pointless to do so)
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with Siri? good one.
