Keep in mind this is the same guy who was sure there would be a 2018 iMac in October lol
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Kuo: 2019 iPhones Can Wirelessly Charge Other Devices, Feature Frosted Glass and Larger Batteries, and More
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Some nice incremental upgrades. However I’ll hold onto my Max until 2020 for the new form factor and hopefully USB-C, smaller notch, ToF camera and 5G
What is “frosted glass casing?” Are we supposed to know exactly what this is and what the benefit is? Awkward journalism that this rumor isn’t grounded with some background.
I’m guessing it could be less slippery, but not sure if that it or what it’d look like.
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I’m guessing it could be less slippery, but not sure if that it or what it’d look like.
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Highly unlikely the XR will overtake the XS because it’s for room for a bigger battery and LCD screens are just more power efficient that OLED.
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For the benefit of the court, please explain UWB.
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It cracks me up when partisan posters in MacRumors forums like you employ snarky, humorless sarcasm to criticize Apple and yet couldn’t be further from the truth. The new iPad Pro that’s been on the market since October already has the ability to “reverse charge” other devices: the Apple Pencil.
So confident, so wrong.
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Your responses to these insane posts are so reasonable and measured. But honestly, where do these people come from?
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Really? Do you know anything about product development cycles? It’s highly likely that this feature has been in Apple’s development plans since well before it debuted on another company’s product. Likely reason it wasn’t in the last iPhone is probably because the tech from the supplier wasn’t ready or available in the quantities that Apple needed.
Can people please stop this pointless grousing? And assigning ridiculous motivations to Apple’s product development? Like them or not, it’s clear they’re typically very deliberate with their design process, and so calling it reactionary is just wrong.
Wrong.
You know what's more funny? Is how incorrect you are, which you have a habit of being by sheer luck. The iPad Pro can reverse charge using a CABLE. This is about wireless charging. I brought up WIRELESS CHARGING. The S10 can reverse charge earbuds by simply setting them on top of the phone. There is no way you can claim you thought I was talking about reverse charging using a cable.
In case it's hard for you to understand the above words, your example is incorrect. In your example, the iPad Pro is a glorified battery bank.
Air Power still isn't out. The OP outlines Kuo's theory on Apple introducing a feature like Samsung or other OEMs that will or have already introduced wireless reverse charging. But it's alright. Everyone has the right to being wrong, such as yourself.
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Also get ready for someone here to create ScuffGate.
Bilateral wireless charging could be useful, depending on how they implement it.
The nature of inductive charging probably means that it would be limited to devices with tiny batteries like the Watch and AirPods.
Being able to dispense with the Watch charging puck or AirPods case would be nice while traveling.
But without some efficiency gains, some of the precious energy from the phones' batteries will be sacrificed for that cause. Apple will have to fit larger batteries to compensate, or find gains elsewhere.
I'm on an X so this will be an upgrade year for me most likely.
Loving the idea of being able to charge my Airpods case and Apple Watch on the go with the phone, reverse charging support implies the larger battery as well, otherwise it's not going to get you very far.
My main concern is the rumours around only the Max having the better camera, hoping they stick like the XS and both models have the same improved cameras (whatever they are, triple lense etc.) I won't ever go for a Max sized phone.
Loving the idea of being able to charge my Airpods case and Apple Watch on the go with the phone, reverse charging support implies the larger battery as well, otherwise it's not going to get you very far.
My main concern is the rumours around only the Max having the better camera, hoping they stick like the XS and both models have the same improved cameras (whatever they are, triple lense etc.) I won't ever go for a Max sized phone.
Kuo isn’t Perfect, Nor does he claim to be. But can you name any other insider analyst that has the information/accuracy that he does direct to Apple for product hardware? I would say his annual predictions being accurate are far greater than being false, especially when it came to the notch on the iPhone, the triple lens camera he mentioned over a year ago for 2019 as two examples, and with some of these details he just released today, I would say some of this seems very likely. He has been wrong before, but seems to a pattern where he has a strong following for a reason.
What. Are you talking about? You are 100% dead wrong. The new Apple Pencil 2 magnetically snaps onto the top edge of the new iPad Pros and charges wirelessly. This is was one of the coolest features that they showed off at the keynote. I just bought one. It’s a fantastic feature.
Your post looks like a ransom note. You should maybe get some air.
I'd say the power would be limited to any standard Apple adopts or goes on to develop themselves in later versions. It would be wise to deliver a charge rate that gets devices charged quickly enough without reducing battery life. I know a lot of people complain on this site about the slow chargers, but Apple made a wise decision. Fast charging eats through battery expectancy over time. Though how much depends on charge cycles and what stress(es) the battery goes through. Battery replacement is "cheap" enough on modern phones, but could be avoided for a long time until the useful life of a mobile device is gone.
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A pencil, that's it? Just the pencil, right. Jeez, try harder, buddy. The Chinese Mate 20 can reverse charge a multitude of devices. But hey, a pencil, that's super duper cool. Especially when we're talking about phones.
You could have led with that in the first place. A pencil is one device tied to that one device Apple makes. The Asian OEMs have been able to reverse charge anything using the open standards. Air Power is still months away.
IMO, Apple dropped the ball not letting the iPad Pro be able to wirelessly charge phones and other devices that could be wirelessly charged in the Apple product line. Though it does set up the timeline for Air Power to come along and effectively become a "must have" device and not let the iPad Pro become a Swiss Army Knife in terms of utility outside its focal point.
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I'm here for frosted glass.
Xperia Z5 had frosted glass.
Imagine "Space Grey" frosted glass
As one poster point out, it's ugly. Frosted glass makes it look pastel. Frosted glass, manufactured that way or acid etched does aid in anti-slip. However, it does remove that smooth texture you'd expect. If that's how Apple do it, and by that I mean Sony's method, it would feel like the MacBook/MBP/MBA's exterior surface. Not rough, not slick and smooth, but just enough grip.
As for structural integrity over regular polished glass... I can't answer that. I do know it won't look pretty and it'll have a plastic like look to it. Which takes away the point of a glass back on an iPhone. Though scratches and scuffs should not be as visible.
Frosted glass is notoriously hard to clean, but it will be harder to scratch / or the scratches will be hard to see, due to its texture.
You are remembering the Huawei Mate 20 Pro which was released mid October 18, which introduced reverse wireless charging other phones.
This.
He's human. He can't be right 100% of the time. And I suspect he laces some lies to protect his sources.
If you want straight up BS, look at the fools who make predictions and work at Bloomberg and Forbes. Especially Forbes with their anti-Apple bias.
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Is it? The only frosted glass I'm familiar with is on alcohol bottles and office window panels which have a texture. I can't imagine anything not coming out with rubbing alcohol or acetone.
Sometimes stains can get deep into frosting, and it can be hard to clean.
I imagine this will hardly be a problem with Space Gray model. More with white and other colors.
I did lead with that.
The discussion was about Apple copying, and I simply pointed out that they did not. They led. And with the magnetic feature that snaps the pencil into the iPad chassis, they did it in an innovative and seemless way.
You yourself originally used the example of a Samsung product wirelessly charging ear buds. So don’t pretend you said anything more broad or far reaching. You talked about a mobile device that could also charge another small accessory and said Apple would eventually come out with that and claim they invented it. I simply pointed out that a Apple had already done that.
You were obviously oblivious to the fact that Apple had already come to market with an iOS device that charged another device (which is frankly kind of surprising considering how much the pencil has been marketed). But rather than admitting your obvious mistake, you doubled down and then tried to act like that what Apple did doesn’t count, and that it’s not really what you were talking about all along. That you were talking about something much bigger. Nonsense.
You were wrong. I owned you. A true baller would admit it and move on.
Oh wait, do you mean embedded into the webbed structure frosted glass has? Makes sense. Depending on the stain you could lessen it by putting a cotton ball of alcohol or acetone on it, but I'm not sure about the long term effects. Mostly the dribbling and eating away at the glue holding the back of the phone on.
Space Gray is great for hiding grime.
If you scroll up someone posted an XPeria that had it. It looks fine there, but I suspect on RED products or colored units apart from silver, rose gold and spacegray/black, there will be an issue. It would be pastel color like on a colored phone.
What’s your point? Who knows if Apple is using the same tech, or something different? Regardless, when Apple introduces a new feature it needs to be available in the largest quantities in the industry. This has a huge impact on their design process that other manufacturers don’t always have to deal with, and often means Apple has to wait until the supply chain is capable of supplying something in mass mass quantities before introducing it.
If the Huawei Mate 20 Pro sells in similar quantities as the iPhone XS and Max, then I’ll tip my hat. Otherwise, meh.