Apple loves high-priced wireless chargers because it helps adjust expectations for their own Airpower pricing.This does not seem special... except the price.
Apple loves high-priced wireless chargers because it helps adjust expectations for their own Airpower pricing.This does not seem special... except the price.
My charger stand in my living room was about £20 plus £10 for a few 30 cm cables. I set it up to hold one iPad, four iPhones, and one item with MiniUSB connector. So how much would it cost me to charge five or six items with this Belkin contraption?Only $70. That's cheap for Belkin.
Dropping an iPhone into a wireless cradle is significantly less finicky than trying to align the lightning connector. Makes it much easier to grab your phone, check something, and put it back.
That's exactly what I thought when I read the "in collaboration with Apple" line.
Has Apple ever before designed something and then let another company brand and sell it as their own?
My charger stand in my living room was about £20 plus £10 for a few 30 cm cables. I set it up to hold one iPad, four iPhones, and one item with MiniUSB connector. So how much would it cost me to charge five or six items with this Belkin contraption?
I'm pretty sure it will seem quite inexpensive when Apple finally get round to releasing their charging mat.Looks good but flipping expensive!
Agreed. They should be called "Contact" or "Touch" charging dock/matCan we stop calling things with wires "wireless"?
Why would I pay $70 for this thing which only charges other devices at 5W when I can have the Anker or Ravpower ones that can charge at 10W while costing under $50?
More manufacturing crap causing world pollution. Seriously, I can't believe the rubbish that companies make. Are humans so lazy & obese that they simply can't plug in a iPhone themselves or simply pick one up???
All of this disgusts me. Landfills full of junk because of this greed!
The real benefit will be once you‘ll be able to charge multiple devices with one source: Less cable clutter (and for those interested: less radiation).How is this different from wired charging?? There's no difference between plugin a charging station or plugin the iPhone directly. Plus there's no fast charging. This whole wireless charging is totally ridiculous.
Can we stop calling things with wires "wireless"?
Either your eyesight is outstanding or you keep your phone chargers way closer than I‘d feel comfortable with.A semi-upright orientation makes tons of sense…. since you can still be sitting in bed, or sitting on the couch, AND you can still read the messages or notifications as they pop up without having to pick up your phone upright. A sensible form factor.
Price difference in this category is usually driven by the materials and branding.
While both yours and the Logitech brand charger likely do the identical thing, to believe that they're also identical in quality might be a huge stretch.