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Apple Still Mentioning AirPower in Job Listings

I just wish there was a decent, reasonably priced, 3rd party alternative. I don't care if items need to be placed in specific "zones". The ones I've tried off Amazon are all garbage. The one from Nomad looks awesome, but it's about 2x as much as I want to spend on something that charges my watch and phone.
 
Funny how any mention of AirPower makes the news here on MacRumors, with people scrounging every single page on Apple's website looking for it. This is an obsession.

It will come if/when it comes. Until then, you can buy 10 very good charging pads for the future price of the AirPower. Superglue them together and you have a very reasonably priced alternative.
 
tromboneaholic said:
My iPhone charges on an inexpensive wireless charger, so doesn't seem proprietary.
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My iPhone charges in 1h 30mins tops using the $19 12W iPad charger.

Plus it's also charging in my car - CarPlay only works using the cable so what's the point of wireless charging there?

This wireless charging stuff solves problems no one's ever asked. It's still as crappy as in the Palm pre days and still just as unnecessary (or more unnecessary, since iPhone batteries are as good as ever now)
 
By the time it comes to market everyone will have already purchased charging pads from other manufacturers.

PS: How is anyone getting their apple watches to charge on a charging pad? The bands seem to interfere with the watch laying flat. I guess removing the bands would work but not very convenient. I was hoping to eliminate a charging device (apple watch charger) from beside my bed when I got a charging pad for my XS. We only have silicon bands, apple watch 4.
 
It's crazy that Apple is having such a hard time with the Airpower, while 3rd parties have had their charging pads out for a while now. I wonder what the hold-up is at the Mothership.
 
Blackstick said:
Our job listings still mention Windows 7 and we haven't deployed that in a year - we're a business of 10,000 people, soit's not just "Pam in HR"

Suffice it to say, HR doesn't always update the descriptions as needed.
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Agreed. We use job descriptions that are ages old. We have 150,000+ people.
 
OzyOly said:
Yes, you're right. They should give up and just release a Qi case for the AirPods.
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I bet the AirPod case they designed is not compatible with regular old Qi charging. They either need to release AirPower or a new, Qi compatible case.

Another case of Apple backing itself in the corner, like that horrid 2013 Mac Pro.
 
tromboneaholic said:
Wireless CarPlay is a thing, just not very big yet...
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I'm aware of it but really I see no point - it will probably be slower. Plus since I'm already sitting in traffic, I'd rather have my phone charging than depleting the battery.

Finally, if there's a cable and the phone is not mandatorily sitting on a charging pad in the car, I can text... whoops, I can put it in the cupholder.
 
69Mustang said:
Up to 3 afaik, but the distinction - placing the device anywhere - is different from the 3 zoned pads (like Ikea's) that have existed for a couple of years. With 3 zones, there's no signal crossing. Apple is trying to create one big zone, and that's where they're reportedly having issues.
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Ok.. i would sat thats overcomplicating things that 95% of users will never appreciate. Its Nice and all but compared to the IKEA one is it worth all the issues. And likely Big Price difference. I dont know. But ok they want to do something different, which is of course good. And in the end enhancing the technology
 
AppleHaterLover said:
I'm aware of it but really I see no point - it will probably be slower. Plus since I'm already sitting in traffic, I'd rather have my phone charging than depleting the battery.

Finally, if there's a cable and the phone is not mandatorily sitting on a charging pad in the car, I can text... whoops, I can put it in the cupholder.
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I would expect cars to have wireless charging solutions in addition to wireless CarPlay.

If you have a wireless charger at home, you quickly realize the difference between plugging a cable in once vs plugging and unplugging it 730 times a year.
 
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In this thread: Multiple people who don't realise how AirPower is different to what everyone else has and how much of a technical marvel it would be if they manage to complete it
 
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In this thread: Multiple people who don't realise how AirPower is different to what everyone else has and how much of a technical marvel it would be if they manage to complete it
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Considering they don't know what AirPower is, it's surprising how many of them feel the need to complain about it.
 
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