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Gurman: Apple Aims to Release AirPower By September
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I think the bigger story is Apple was contemplating, apparently seriously contemplating, removing the wired charging system in the X.
We'll see zero ports sooner rather than later.
Also, the article says the products contains a stripped down version of iOS. This is going to cost over $200.00.
We'll see zero ports sooner rather than later.
Also, the article says the products contains a stripped down version of iOS. This is going to cost over $200.00.
A year to introduce a wireless charger? At this rate you’ll see a new Mac Pro by 2025!
You’re evidently an optimist.
I still plug my iPhone X in the old fashion way lol.
Completely forgot Apple even showed off their own charging mat last year
Completely forgot Apple even showed off their own charging mat last year
And in another thread, people are literally bemoaning Apple’s continued silence on the state of the Mac Mini...
i can't but those bose or apple speakers with the tiny holes cause my 1 year old cats might get their claws caught, 3AM in the morning!
Hopefully, it has some magical feature that we don't know about. I mean, it's a charging mat.
Yes...I know...you can place your phone, Watch, and AirPods on it to charge at the same time. Buuuut, that just doesn't seem that amazing to me.
The point is that there isn’t any other way you can charge your watch and AirPods wirelessly. So it’s either use AirPower or do without.
I'd say the week before the iPhone event, just like they released 11.4 with AirPlay 2 one week before WWDC, so 51 weeks after announcing it on stage.
Either this or the same day next iPhone hits the market.
Either this or the same day next iPhone hits the market.
Leave it to Apple to over-engineer something that should be (theoretically) simple. Yes, I understand that there are challenges to charging multiple devices, each with their own power requirements, but still... "running a stripped down iOS" ... ON A FREAKING CHARGER?
Seems to me that the device should be handling power regulation.
That said, I can only assume this will sincerely be an "amazing" device. Hopefully the average Joe will be able to afford it.
Seems to me that the device should be handling power regulation.
That said, I can only assume this will sincerely be an "amazing" device. Hopefully the average Joe will be able to afford it.
Does anyone really give a **** about this product.
I mean come on its a charge mat... not even particularly well thought through. Nothing to stop you knocking your devices off it as it looks like a slippery gloss surface. All the devices will point upward so its not like you can use the watch in nightstand mode and you wont be able to see notifications from your phone at a glance.
Its not exactly big so the target audience who owns all three products it wouldn't be difficult to slip your phone onto it and knock the airpods off or the watch and not realise and come to them in the morning with no juice.
Plus it will be like the homepod, stupidly expensive and like the iPhone battery pack... stupidly designed.
For the majority of people it will sit on a desk or on a bedside table so why isn't it designed with those ergonomics in mind?
I mean come on its a charge mat... not even particularly well thought through. Nothing to stop you knocking your devices off it as it looks like a slippery gloss surface. All the devices will point upward so its not like you can use the watch in nightstand mode and you wont be able to see notifications from your phone at a glance.
Its not exactly big so the target audience who owns all three products it wouldn't be difficult to slip your phone onto it and knock the airpods off or the watch and not realise and come to them in the morning with no juice.
Plus it will be like the homepod, stupidly expensive and like the iPhone battery pack... stupidly designed.
For the majority of people it will sit on a desk or on a bedside table so why isn't it designed with those ergonomics in mind?
Imagine if they had decided to remove wired charging from the iPhoneX and on day 1, you had to go out and buy a third party charger.
Apparently, this little freaking project required the full disengagement of the MacPro, MacMini, MBAir, iMac, MBPro, AirPort engineering and development staff. 10k employees yanked around looking for each other, hopping over from/to Cupertino rambling over their cross-functional assignments and themselves.
Leading to the unparallelled success only Cook can achieve...
Sadly I already bought a few at Ikea instead.
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Did you not read the article? it's all part of a bigger picture, a wireless future. I think the Air Power will be great, being able to charge my iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods at the same time without multiple cables is a great thing for most people. The Apple Watch has a Night Stand mode that works when lying on it's back and not just when it's on it's side.
how do you know that the surface of it is slippery? the product hasn't even been released yet, I'm sure Apple will have thought about all of this anyway.
I guess we will see if it's shipped in September.
Duh. Everyone is waiting for the long-range wireless solution that Apple was supposed to launch and probably will take another decade
Be careful. They might be deliberately trying to cut off all outside communication. Last night I woke up to find mine staring at me while I slept. The cat uprising may be upon us.
I just picked up the Choetech charger on sale. Definitely glad I stopped waiting for Airpower and made the jump.
