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Magnetically Attached iPhone 12 Wireless Charger Unveiled Ahead of Apple Event
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I’m not talking about this thing (still have to watch the event), but about removing the physical conector. It allows better dust and water resistance, it’s one less point of failure, leaves more internal space for other things, etc. Does it have disadvantages? Of course. But Apple is really good at removing legacy things when the new is good enough that the older one is not necessary.
Some people laugh because they use the word “courage”, but the obvious goal is not to have redundant features, and many companies have a lot of fear to make controversial changes in that direction, and it always turns out to be the right one (we’ve seen this movie maaany many times).
A lot of the people complaining are just trying to look and sound smart. They are not.
I agree. It should be the same charger as the Apple Watch. Not a different one.
Doubtful. I would also like to see stats that magnetic charging is slowly overtaking cabled charging to evidence at least a movement in this direction, and how much does each component affect internal space allocation. Also, what about speed, energy loss, data transfers, and backward compatibility?
Not really. 2016 MacBook Pro anyone? Too early, too problematic, still causing issues, industry did not follow suit. And that's the thing: is the "new" even good enough in this case?
We laughed because Schiller is a tool who uses big words from his Cupertino ivory tower. No, it doesn't turn out to be the right decision always, and the broad user base is not laughing with these cynical mercantilistic decisions at all. If anything, we're afraid that they're drifting away from reality. Other OEMs copy Apple because of its brand popularity -not because they're "right".
Meanwhile, Tim laughs in dongles and "other" revenue.
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Well damn how can my Ford and my wife’s Honda turn into a bmw?
This, btw, is the new bundled headphone. Speak of Apple not innovating!!
On person’s ‘redundancy’ is another person’s ‘choice’. It seems that not only capitalism but also capitalist rhetoric is eating itself
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That means Apple's cases will cost even more!
Hahaha you're right of course. I thought the statement was generic, meaning that Carplay always needs a connector, regardless the car. And I also believe that BMW is one of the very few brands that has wireless Carplay, so yeah, there is not enough support for it yet.
So the advantage here is you can presumably pick up the device and use it while charging, which is one of the biggest issues with wireless charging. If your phone is completely dead, you have to wait a while and use it on top of the charging pad.
But then you lose the ease of just picking up your phone off a wireless charger and using it, then placing it back. I’m betting Apple has a kind of two-stage dock for the smaller puck - by default you put it on and it will stick, but the weight of the second stage will keep it on your table. Then you can twist it to remove the “puck” portion to be able to hold the device while charging.
But then you lose the ease of just picking up your phone off a wireless charger and using it, then placing it back. I’m betting Apple has a kind of two-stage dock for the smaller puck - by default you put it on and it will stick, but the weight of the second stage will keep it on your table. Then you can twist it to remove the “puck” portion to be able to hold the device while charging.
I often charge my phone with it in the between-seats box. But the Lightning connector sticks out and I am always concerned it will get damaged. Similarly, if I drop my phone into the cup-holder or other convenient location, the phone has to be upside down and not all apps work properly. (Never understood how anyone could release an app that doesn't rotate sensibly.) Looks like this could address both of these.
Looks like I will need a USB-C adaptor for my car. Wonder what the optimum power might be?
You can check iPhone parts online to compare sizes. About adoption rate, that’s exactly why other companies don’t do it and someone has to do it first. Some older solutions may have more compatibility, but the ultimate goal is to push the best ones, and sooner or later the industry will embrace them. Yes, it‘s less efficient, slower... but there’s one point where it’s fast enough that it’s worth it. And, in fact, I don’t think many people still sync their phones with their computers, and wifi is fast enough for most of the rest.
I have it, and I like it. It just follows the path of the MacBook Air, followed by everyone: less ports, only SDD storage, etc. About the problems it suffered, I’m sure Apple will be able to solve them with ARM.
About dongles... The iPhone 7 started at $649, dongle included in the box (it was $10). There are many wireless headphones from the competition, so it’s not different than it was before. The MBP starts at $1299 (not a super-high volume product to gain accesory revenue, btw), dongles from $20. So you think they’re trying to upset people with changes in order to gain 1-2% (if everyone bought the cheapest version AND everyone bought the dongle) of the price of the product, which could easily be a price increase.
In a time when we all should save energy to slow down climate change, wireless charging with its inefficencies seems to be one of the least innovative things to me. It's like refuelling a car with a syringe and losing half of the fuel in the process.
This is so clunky. A physically larger charger cable with magnets that you "clip on" to charge your phone slower and with more heat.
Until they come up with better tech for wireless charging, they should stop pushing it. And I don't mean only Apple, this is an industry wide plague.
Until they come up with better tech for wireless charging, they should stop pushing it. And I don't mean only Apple, this is an industry wide plague.
As long as wireless charging is not as efficient as a simple cable it is not an intelligent solution for our time, besides being a waste of resources with all the parts you need to build it in contrast to a simple plug and a port.
Today Apple will introduce this "optional" magnetic charging puck thing.
But next year it will be REQUIRED since the 2021 iPhone will have NO ports.
#psychic
P.S. - I can't wait to hear them talk about "courage" again...
But next year it will be REQUIRED since the 2021 iPhone will have NO ports.
#psychic
P.S. - I can't wait to hear them talk about "courage" again...
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You’re not sticking anything inside the phone.
Disclaimer,.. English isn’t my first language so.....
Hopefully the EU will force phone manufacturers to provide a physical charging port as long as wireless charging is such a waste of electricity as today.