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Apple Officially Cancels AirPower
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A while back I read about a company working on something like that it was “energous” I think. How ever I don’t know it they actually achieved it.
Get real will you.
Facebook Phone
Microsoft Kin
Amazon Fire phone
Not vapor but blunders none the less.
And this is not even Apple’s biggest tech blunder.
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I'm aware. All indications are it barely works unless you put the device right next to it. The inverse square law doesn't go away just because you paint something shiny and white.
Apple was trying to make a multi coil beam forming power mat that could charge multiple devices in any location on the map. That's very different than, one or even two coils for two devices.
They bit off more than they could chew and failed at it. :/
They clearly knew how to do it. There were demo's of AirPower.
What they did not know how to do was mass produce it with acceptable tolerances, low enough radiation, or heat.
Because no company in the world posts bad news on their own website.
Bad news is always sent out to media contacts on a Friday or during the weekend.
I wanted something liked they showed in the picture where I could charge a phone, watch and AirPods at the same time.
...and that $40 will go to a future iMac when it gets redesigned internals.
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Apple shot itself in the foot announcing AirPower way back in 2017 when it clearly wasn’t even close to ready. No one today would be disappointed had Apple not announced AirPower because it wouldn’t even be a thing. Shame, though. Hopefully they learned a lesson here.
I hadn’t thought of it like that. That said, I doubt I’d use my phone to charge my Apple Watch routinely overnight. More of something you can do in a pinch.
"How to do it" means "how to make it into a product that doesn't burst into flames."
I know how to dunk a basketball by your logic.
Our magical AirPower is not to be.
[It is so magical, that it has vanished!]/s
Attention All Shoppers! Attention All Shoppers! Attention All Shoppers!
For those that fought so hard to defend the AirPower illusion on the Internet -- all self-appointed indefatigable members of the ADF -- we will provide, free of charge, three Apple stickers to each, signed by the senior executive team.
[It is so magical, that it has vanished!]/s
Attention All Shoppers! Attention All Shoppers! Attention All Shoppers!
For those that fought so hard to defend the AirPower illusion on the Internet -- all self-appointed indefatigable members of the ADF -- we will provide, free of charge, three Apple stickers to each, signed by the senior executive team.
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Apple really should go back to Steve Jobs’ mantra of secrecy. Announce something when it’s ready to be released right there on stage or in a few weeks at most.
This was such an unforced error. Apple didn’t have to announce this at all in 2017. They could have just announced Qi charging like every other phone was adopting and work quietly on AirPower. Totally unnecessary embarrassment.
I don't think that's the difficult part. To me it seems harder to have each charging item communicate its battery status to the mat which then searches for an iPhone that's also charging on it and send the information to that to be displayed.
Without that part, AirPower is literally just 20 coils jammed together and each having its own safety cut-off. Seems easy.
Agreed. Make it a "one more thing" *after* you've got them packed and ready to ship.