Two things. 1, MagSafe will always in my mind be that genius idea of magnetic charging plug on MacBooks. 2, that humpy wallet thing looks horrific, we had this before with the battery charging cases - that also looked horrific. The clear cases with that on button type diagram, looks unfinished. The phone however look spectacular, a nice nod to the iPhone 4 form factor.
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Apple Resurfaces 'MagSafe' Brand for New iPhone 12 Accessories
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Ah, that's good to know, so it'll charge AirPods and older iPhones nonetheless, but without the "perfect alignment".
Will the magnets in the charger have some kind of "negative influence" on these devices, though?
Yes because didn’t come across this scenario when they designed it ...
more importantly this new charger is not on the website yet ?
Do existing Qi chargers end up working with the magnets in the phone, or does the magSafe "feature" need a "magSafe" charger too?
If I use a Spigen Ultra Hybrid case (my case of choice), will MagSafe work? Or if I want to use a case, do I need to buy Apple's MagSafe case? Basically - does using a non-apple case on the 12, kill MagSafe? (which is crap if it does).
me too.. and that foldable duo charger was one of the products i realy like in their presentation!
Nah, I've used cases with magnets built in and never had a problem with wireless charging or anything else.
So, being exposed to a magnet field (from the MagSafe charger) cannot damage an iPhone 11 (or older), AirPods, ...?
It's not really a concern in modern electronics. Everything is solid state nowadays.
If you have a card wallet stuck on the back of an iPhone today with this card in it will it charge? It would be no different. I expect I would remove the magnetically attached wallet before charging successfully.
No, it definitely wouldn't charge with a wallet attached. I used similar Mous cases with a wallet clip on and it introduces too much space to charge over Qi.
true. But Apple has never sold their own wallet before. And if you have to remove your card or the wallet before it can charge then this is a massive fail!
I disagree that it's a fail but YMMV. You weren't really able to wirelessly charge a phone before with a hard to remove wallet case which eliminated that type of wallet carry. With MagSafe at least the inconvenient aspect of that is gone. So to me, it's a win. As long as my wallet doesn't come off too easily.
That would be expected else Apple could never sell such an attachment
Now, whether or not you can charge through that wallet case is another story, and if you could, would that damage cards?