$399. Its Tim Cooks favourite price point. Watch, homepod, macbook pro price hike.
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Gurman: Apple Aims to Release AirPower By September
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Hopefully they can hit less than $300 as the price point.
It sounds like this is going to be a sweet solution with a lot of innovative technology. Apple going for a more advanced solution obviously led them to hit some unexpected delays, but at least they've waited to get it right and have not rushed out something until its ready for the masses.
It sounds like this is going to be a sweet solution with a lot of innovative technology. Apple going for a more advanced solution obviously led them to hit some unexpected delays, but at least they've waited to get it right and have not rushed out something until its ready for the masses.
And following another recent Apple trend, in a few years ONLY Apple chargers will work with Apple devices. This is probably one of the reasons a CPU and an OS is required by a charging mat. The really exciting thing is if you’re traveling and your wireless charger fails or is lost or stolen you don’t have to worry about running down to a nearby convenience store because you already know that they don’t carry them.
The potential downside for Apple is people may decide that cost and availability may start to factor into people’s portable electronic decisions.
Think I will buy this instead..£32 be better than close to £200
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It's a company worth a trillion dollars. They have the best everything on the planet. There's no way it's this difficult.
Does it seem odd to anyone else that Apple stopped selling AirPorts when they are pushing a wireless future?
Off at a tangent here, is there a sweet spot for wireless charging on the phone? I currently have a metal plate in my phone case for a magnetic mount, pretty central to the phone, would this interfere with charging?
I don't have a wireless charging phone yet, so I could reposition it to avoid blocking the sweet spot.
I don't have a wireless charging phone yet, so I could reposition it to avoid blocking the sweet spot.
Cost may be a factor for people, personally i'm going to wait and see when it comes out, if it's what they say it is and i can charge my iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods all at the same time and not have to worry about placing them in order or anything like that (that's what sets it apart from the other wireless chargers) then i will buy one.
The big appeal with it is having one device with one cable that plugs into the wall and charge those 3 things that i own rather than my current set up of an iPhone charger, the Apple Watch puck charger and my AirPods charger. I do think that will also appeal to a lot of people as well.
I completely forgot about this product. I remember Apple in the past when they would announce something and you would hear the phrase "And available today".
Im not saying its a bad idea being able to charge all your devices, but its a flat surface... looks like the top of a mac mini or an old apple TV... a gloss surface. The watch is a perfect example having a nightstand mode which works with the shipped charger but won't work with this as it has to sit flat.
It just hasn't been designed well to fit in with the situations it will find itself. More poor industrial design which doesn't allow you to use the devices the way they were intended.
for example.
Why not make it so the user can see it... instead of using the cable method make the backs of where the products sit wireless.
Im not necessarily saying the above is the answer but at least you could check you phone or see the watch in nightstand mode. Instead of having to get up or pick up the device to see. Plus with it being a flat surface if you pick your phone up in the night whats to stop you putting it down wrong and knocking another device off charge... not like any of the devices are docked.
At the end of the day the only benefit is you can charge multiple devices... otherwise the design is about as bog standard lack of thought classic modern apple yet will be £200.
From a pure sales perspective this was short sighted. Apple could have produced a “dumb” charging mat with clearly marked sections for a phone and watch and airpods and had it available when the X was released last year.
Then when their smartmat was ready they could time it to the release of a new product so it’s available when the item it supports goes on sale. Apple gets their wireless charging foot in the door sooner, gives early adopters something to upgrade to, and gives other people a cheaper alternative if cost is a big factor in their purchasing decision.
Link the the wireless charging pad that has ability to charge 3 Apple devices placing them wherever you want?
I can't think of a use for this. I charge my Apple products overnight and I always want my watch in nightstand position. Even when I travel. I guess some people want it though?
Too late , already have third party ones and not gunna pay double cuz Apple put their logo on it a year too late.
Just a contrast of the new Apple lol, i say this in jest to what they use to be, remember when Apple accused other makers producing VAPORWARE? lol seems fitting now, although its just one product, they had the right to say what they did back then.
My study table is higher than my bed. So I will actually never be in a position where I open my eyes in bed and be able to see my phone or watch.
Not to mention that your iPhone will vibrate when you place it on a wireless charger correctly, so it's not as if there is no tactile feedback that you are "doing it right".
In my case at least, the airpower pad would actually be more or less in line with how I am currently charging my devices.
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I guess it's more that Apple felt there was little they could do to meaningfully differentiate the airport router from the rest of the competition. Airpower in comparison should offer greater utility.