If it's Qi-standard based, then yes.
Me and the wife use this at home with our Note5s. It charges the same upright or sideways (the phone, not the charger):
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Apple Joins Wireless Power Consortium Behind 'Qi' Standard Ahead of iPhone 8
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If it's Qi-standard based, then yes.
Me and the wife use this at home with our Note5s. It charges the same upright or sideways (the phone, not the charger):
Wireless charging produces unnecessary long term heat and stresses your battery, in an Iphone with a sealed battery that's bad.
what you want is QUICK CHARGE....
My phone lasts all day >24hours (3000 mAh) so I simply wake up, plug in the charger, get ready, unplug and leave. I do not leave it plugged in all night that's horrible for your battery.
No fancy charger, phone battery lasts longer (Not stressed) . Its not that hard to plug stuff in people.
I have wireless charging and NFC and don't use either (and a removable battery and SD card too)
In reality and you probably don't want to hear this... you current phone has everything cool already and any other add ons are fluff. So think twice about buying new and color is not a feature. Plus you put a case on it because apl phones are fragile so color does not matter even if chipped. Quick charge and OLED are the only real worth it add-ons.
what you want is QUICK CHARGE....
My phone lasts all day >24hours (3000 mAh) so I simply wake up, plug in the charger, get ready, unplug and leave. I do not leave it plugged in all night that's horrible for your battery.
No fancy charger, phone battery lasts longer (Not stressed) . Its not that hard to plug stuff in people.
I have wireless charging and NFC and don't use either (and a removable battery and SD card too)
In reality and you probably don't want to hear this... you current phone has everything cool already and any other add ons are fluff. So think twice about buying new and color is not a feature. Plus you put a case on it because apl phones are fragile so color does not matter even if chipped. Quick charge and OLED are the only real worth it add-ons.
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I agree entirely. I think what's going to happen (in regards to long range charging) will be very similar to how wifi was adopted. You'll have Starbucks and places like McDonalds lead the way in public wireless charging which will rapidly force the industry to adopt the standards that are being rolled out in tens of thousands of locations nation/worldwide.
My hope is it will be an open standard for normal charging, and any "special sauce" will be exclusive to Apple without blocking the standard charging for other devices.
This will occur over the next 3 years or so.
What you describe sounds like the same dock Apple has had for years. It's easy to just pop the phone onto the dock, and it keeps the cable from falling behind the nightstand. That being said, I still think this is a good idea.
I see something like Qi being a backup to true wireless charging. Will we get it with the new iPhone? Maybe not. But if they want to remove the Lightning port, they'll need a backup. Qi sounds like the most ubiquitous replacement for USB charging we have at the moment that doesn't involve cables physically attached to the device. Apple might not remove Lightning this time, but they will eventually. By adopting Qi, they can solidify it as a "standard" with even more availability everywhere ahead of actually removing the port. Then when they add true wireless charging, they'll have more of a failsafe in Qi for when people aren't somewhere with wireless power, which will take many years to become ubiquitous. They might even add a smart connector to the iPhone for battery cases and for running diagnostics to fix an iPhone using a special cord.
I think having Qi is better than not having it, but a disappointment compared to what is coming next in wireless power. However, it will be really useful to have something that could quickly charge the iPhone and is already available for far less money than one of Apple's expensive docks.
You might have to eventually move from lightning to USB-C, but there's no reason to think that Apple would eliminate corded charging. That wouldn't make any sense. Every phone available with Qi charging also has corded charging capability. Qi would just be additive.
Don't be ridiculous. The pad will be standard. However, the power TO the pad will need to be delivered by a new kind of port which gauges the level of renewable energy somehow and must comply with a spec set that reports this back to the nearest wind farm for compliance.
Don't be ridiculous. The pad will be standard. However, the power TO the pad will need to be delivered by a new kind of port which gauges the level of renewable energy somehow and must comply with a spec set that reports this back to the nearest wind farm for compliance.
Haha, but seriously look at the Apple Watch. It's basically Qi technology that Apple modified to only work with their charger.
I have the same one on my desk that I used with my iphone (wireless charging battery case) I love it.
The difference is that the Apple Watch's charger is tiny and attaches effortlessly with a magnet. If they made an iPhone that could charge in the same way I'd be in favor of it. But I have no interest in the huge and clumsy inductive chargers we've seen on Android phones.
Good, at least they will actually stick to a standard as opposed to coming up with their own variant, but I bet anything that any iPhone with Qi wireless charging will ONLY support official licensed Apple accessories or products, it'll never work with all the Qi standard chargers out there, I have two of them.
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Nope. Cable is still an option. 3 inches will do just fine in most circumstances though.
Interesting example. Do you happen to know how efficient short distance wireless charging is? Would further away translate into less charging for example?
I am fricking neutral on your main point. I didn't miss your point, I simply decided not to comment on it. I only have some beef with one of your arguments. But you keep changing the topic from that single argument away to your larger point.
As a form, it's quite nice. But as a practicality it's useless. If I had the choice of a cable, or a nice ball and cable, well choice is cable only thanks. It's gimmick otherwise.
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Interesting example. Personally I see it as the chance to sell an extra accessory. I'll have the cable only option thanks.
So for the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, they would put technologies introduced some years ago...thats great.
Its charging the phone without a wire so its wire less
Probably. The Watch charging system is based off of a slightly-modified version of Qi.
In theory, businesses having charging pads would be the main reason why induction charging is still very useful...
Sadly, Starbucks uses the more uncommon PMA standard (Powermat being the more widely known product using it).