Are 5G and Wi-Fi waves powerful enough to charge your phone at 5w or even 18w over a distance? Welcome to enlighten me.
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Apple Still Developing AirPower-Like Charger, Also Exploring Long-Range Wireless Charging
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Who even cares anymore.. airpower is like 3 year old news.
that’ll teach Apple to hype and announce before they even finalized a design
that’ll teach Apple to hype and announce before they even finalized a design
Who even cares anymore.. airpower is like 3 year old news.
that’ll teach Apple to hype and announce before they even finalized a design
Apple fails to deliver on AirPower - gets raked over the coals for it.
Google has shuttered numerous services - met with a collective shrug of indifference. Whatever happened to that automated call-answering service (Duplex or something) that received so much fanfare here again?
Double standards much?
You beat me to it
its as if people just think Apple is working on what they know and what the rumours are
WattUp. That's been the dream of Energous https://energous.com/ for as long as they've been around. Haven't thought about them in years. There use to be vigorous discussion in these forums about their tech. I think they're in some deal with Dialog Semi now.
Apple got raked over the coals because they diverged from their norm and announced a product that -here's the key- they never released.
Google does shutter many products and services -here's the key- after they actually release them. Google is known for trying out their tech in the general public. If it works, they keep it up. If it doesn't, they don't. That is their norm, so of course people are indifferent. It's what we expect from Google. It's not the expectation of Apple.
As for Duplex? Bruh, you chose the wrong example to bolster your argument. The internet is your friend. https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/1/22361729/google-duplex-ai-reservation-availability-49-us-states
Apple bought a couple of companies years ago that had developed a wireless charging technology. PowerbyProxi out of New Zealand was the most recent in 2017. So, I wonder what’s taking so long?
Yeah, I think I read about medium range charging via RF waves like 20 years ago in Popular Science (or Mechanics, maybe?). Like everything in those magazines, it was "Coming Soon" with multiple companies on the verge of commercially viable products. Like table lamps that would charge compatible devices within a 2ft radius.
Press Release, June 4 2021:
Apple announces AirCharge, a long range wireless charging solution that requires no wires by utilizing a uniquely patented solution. AirCharge delivers power over air through an air filled copper conduit, eliminating the need for unsightly wires. Additionally, the conduit can be used for a variety of useful purposes, such as water delivery, cooling (heat sink), cable management, and many more.
Apple engineer Nick Testa created this revolutionary device while visiting his brother Chuck
Apple announces AirCharge, a long range wireless charging solution that requires no wires by utilizing a uniquely patented solution. AirCharge delivers power over air through an air filled copper conduit, eliminating the need for unsightly wires. Additionally, the conduit can be used for a variety of useful purposes, such as water delivery, cooling (heat sink), cable management, and many more.
Apple engineer Nick Testa created this revolutionary device while visiting his brother Chuck
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Energous is really old news around these parts. We've been discussing this company and their WattUp technology since at least 2015. They have been perpetually about to have a big breakthrough.
People try to “rake Apple over the coals”. Doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. At times hyperbole reigns supreme in an online forum. That said apple isn’t perfect and the AirPower announcement was very out of place for apple. What were they thinking.
But it will be interesting to see what develops in the future.
Or you learn to look for the charging icon after placing the device down. I have never had that fail. Charging icon, good to go. No charging icon, move the device. Repeat until good to go. beats waking up in the morning not good to go. just saying.
wow, I have heard it all. Apple wireless charging charges "different" than others. Ha ha. That's a good one.
It's almost like people were sitting around the table saying, 'it's getting harder and harder to milk these MacBook Pro 14 inch model rumors, we need a new rumor. or at least an old rumor that died that can be revived and give us something to talk about again that seems to be new but isn't...'
Airpower IR. (irrelevant). Many versions of airpower are available now. I would not waste my time apple if I were you. That ship has sailed. Concentrate on something else like I don't know, making iOS stable again.
