So have I. Which is why I’m always perplexed when they say wired is best for battery life and wireless should be only used intermittently and in emergencies
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Leaker: Apple to Stick With Lightning Over USB-C for 'iPhone 12' Before Going Port-Less Next Year
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I spend money on fast chargers for a reason, unless Qi/wireless charging can charge as fast then I'm out.
Besides iPhone, I have an android device called RealMe X2 Pro. That thing charges over a 50 watt power brick and can finish the charge from 0-100 in 30 minutes. It’s a joy to use in term of battery life but it’s still Android which I don’t like.
I hope apple can come up with solution like that, but in reality they’ll ditch the port and force us to use slow wireless charging instead. What a pain.
I hope apple can come up with solution like that, but in reality they’ll ditch the port and force us to use slow wireless charging instead. What a pain.
For me it makes sense even if I love USB-C. All the accessories have lightning: AirPods, Nimbus, chargers, Beats... it is quite handy. If they plan to go completely wireless it makes sense. If Apple will stick with ports maybe switching to USB-C now would necessary.
This falls right in line with the 'not gonna have EarPods in the box' rumor for the upcoming iPhones. Apple has to get you use to not getting any headphones this year, so you don't expect AirPods in the box next year when there is no lightning port.
Got a link to one of those? The fastest wireless charger available is 10W, the iPhone 11 ships with an 18W charger in the box
I do find it funny that people complain about moving to usb-C as they don’t want to have to replace their accessories. Lightning is going one way or another.
I am not shocked about smart connector, it has made a lot of sense to me since these wireless/portless rumours began. The magic keyboard for iPad supporting both data and power pretty much confirmed it for me.
It should be fairly easy to add a way to support older accessories with a smart connector.
I disagree massively with anyone saying the iphone would go ‘wireless only’ though. Portless, yes, definitely. But there will always be a way to connect the device via cable. Every other Apple device has a port somewhere, from Apple Watch to even the Apple TV 4K (hidden in the Ethernet). How accessible it is to the consumer is up for debate, but it will be there. Smart connector just makes sense.
I am not shocked about smart connector, it has made a lot of sense to me since these wireless/portless rumours began. The magic keyboard for iPad supporting both data and power pretty much confirmed it for me.
It should be fairly easy to add a way to support older accessories with a smart connector.
I disagree massively with anyone saying the iphone would go ‘wireless only’ though. Portless, yes, definitely. But there will always be a way to connect the device via cable. Every other Apple device has a port somewhere, from Apple Watch to even the Apple TV 4K (hidden in the Ethernet). How accessible it is to the consumer is up for debate, but it will be there. Smart connector just makes sense.
I bet in 2021 the others will follow, and get rid of the port as well....so in 5 years we will be in the portless smartphone world
omg just f...ing open up again Apple and give us the port that the rest of world including many of your own devices are already using...
Just be courageous for once without being completely impractical! Start changing the world again with ideas that benefit everyone and not just the world of finance with ideas on how to maximize accessory sales and optimizing plattform lock in. It’s just getting ridiculous!
Just be courageous for once without being completely impractical! Start changing the world again with ideas that benefit everyone and not just the world of finance with ideas on how to maximize accessory sales and optimizing plattform lock in. It’s just getting ridiculous!
I disagree WRT the iPad. The iPad can be a substitute for a computer, and the ability to connect accessories such as disk drives, video out, etc. need a port. While a phone can do similar things, it is less likely to be used that way; and port less one could work.
Forcing only wireless charging is an environmental crime.
The energy losses over millions of Phones will be massive.
The energy losses over millions of Phones will be massive.
yep just like the USB C only present we are living in now, five years after Apple started scrapping USB A.
I wonder when 1.) people will finally begin to realize that for several years Apple has only been making port changes when it benefits them, and 2.) when people will reflect on this as a fact detrimental to usability in general.
There are dashmount wireless chargers available on Amazon, though it looks clunky to to an additional wire present. Price ranges from $25-$40
There are many Qi wireless dashmount, so either that or new smart connector based dashmount/adapter to existing dashmount.
There are wireless chargers available for navigation online lol
I find it useful in certain circumstances. I have a wireless charger on my nightstand light, so I just set down my phone and it charges overnight. No need to remember to plug in a cable. I also have a wireless portable chargiuing brick that makes it easy to charge my phone when traveling, no need to find a power outlet.
I just haven't seen any as useful as my magnetic mount or convient when traveling. All I need is a cheap charger plug and my lightening cable; if I forget the plug in the rental car it's only a cheap $1 plug; not an expensive QI device.
Not interested in wireless charging, personally; too inefficient of an exchange. With a typical loss of 10-15% over wired, how happy would you be if everything electrical in your house suddenly lost that much more just getting the energy from the wall to the device? To rephrase, how happy would you be if your electric bill went up 8-10% per month just because you didn’t feel like plugging anything in? In a world where the goal has been to maximize the efficiency of energy use, this seems out of place at best.
Well I'm sure Apple are being greedy, that's capitalism and Apple in particular, but I'm not sure it's fair to say that's what's going on here. Getting rid of a point of ingress and mechanical failure surely makes sense from a durability perspective? Besides, Apple don't own the Qi standard, unlike Lightning, so how would they be making money from this?
Isn't it crazy inefficient though?
Local syncing with what? Why can't it happen wirelessly?
Qi charging is convenient but very wasteful. You need a 10 W charging pad to charge at the same rat as the standard 5 W plug - in other words, half the power the qi pad consumes is lost due to the inefficiencies of Qi. Once all our electricity comes from renewables this isn't really an issue, but I can imagine this would probably lead to at least one power station in the US burning fossil fuels just to account for the energy losses from US iPhone owners having to charge their phones via Qi.
On the bright side, perhaps this will mean that the Phones won't come with a charger in the box which will save weight in shipping and prevent the e-waste of all those 5 W plugs made and then chucked in a drawer / never taken out of the box.
On the bright side, perhaps this will mean that the Phones won't come with a charger in the box which will save weight in shipping and prevent the e-waste of all those 5 W plugs made and then chucked in a drawer / never taken out of the box.