So with AirPower not happening, are they going to finally enable wireless charging on the Apple Watch Series 3?
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Apple Officially Cancels AirPower
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I realise it’s sarcasm.. but none were sold. That’s like suing ford for a concept card.
But it doesn’t look suspicious that Apple released the second gen AirPods with a wireless charging case with AirPower right on the box and then soon after cancel out the AirPower? I wouldn’t be happy. I realize someone can use any wireless charging pad to charge the AirPod case but what if someone wanted to specifically use AirPower to charge it along with their watch and iPhone? They’re going to be pissed and have every right to.
It already works with some qi chargers, but it’s touch and go because qi coils are not the right size to handle the tiny Apple Watch coil.
In other words, "Apple will not be inventing wireless charging"
Considering wireless charging was invented by Nicolas Tesla, I'm guessing Apple will not be inventing it. But they did try to invent "don't worry about the placement."
So, "Can't innovate, My Ass!" quote would seem to be.... your ass Mr. Schiller
Too bad, for this product, but my bet is that Apple is working on proximity charging. Which is even better since it works without you having to put your Apple product(s) on a mat.
Um what?
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And also worse, because the inverse square law is a harsh bitch.
It seems the more services oriented Apple is now focusing less on making great hardware.
i hope you are right (or maybe i should phrase it as, i wish you are right).
i remember about 3 or 4 years ago when the most prominent of the "proximity charging" companies made vague claims that a top tier mobile fon company was to set to begin use of its tech.
that company wanted everyone to believe it was apple that was going to use its tech.
of course apple never did.
but if ""proximity charging" were to overcome all the challenges that still exist before it can be commercialized, it certainly would be a game changer (as long as its users weren't also being fried at the same time...).
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this could be very well true. hmmm....
Sorry but I don't think anyone's working on anything like that. The power requirements would be insane. Look up inverse square law.
it deserves repeating.
people should also be emaiing it as well directly to mr. phil.
his now famous comment was an unintended freudian slip: they really are not innovating.
You’re a trillion-dollar company too, huh? Funny, thought I would’ve heard something about that...
It would be even funnier if you look in the mirror and ask why you own shares of a failed company.
You just aren’t being truthful, more likely. You also don’t know much about business...you overreact.
1698 posts! People sure are passionate about a bloody charging mat!
But seriously, this sucks. I hate QI chargers and their finicky placement requirements and this seemed to be aiming to solve this - multi charging would just be a bonus.
But seriously, this sucks. I hate QI chargers and their finicky placement requirements and this seemed to be aiming to solve this - multi charging would just be a bonus.
And, "let's make devices that use WiFi but discontinue all of our own WiFi routers and extenders" such as Airport Extreme and Airport Express.
They know that most people are too lazy to return things. If you think Apple is not keen the timing of announcements and how they impact purchasing you’re not understanding how Apple works. They used AirPower as a selling point and waited till after the presale before announcing the withdraw of AirPower.
It’s weird though, apparently it got way to hot but that’s never stopped them releasing products before - just look at their entire lineup of Macs that thermal throttle