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Next iPad Pro Might Feature Large Glass Apple Logo to Allow Wireless Charging
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While I think that your particular use case would be nice for you. I am picturing my iPad sitting on my MagSafe charger like my iPhone does and that just seems unwieldy. I think the MagSafe from the new MBP's make more sense, but even then I'd rather them not do that as I prefer the USB-C charging.
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Well, the losses will be significant, much more so than a phone.
The overlap of an iPad over a wireless charger is rather large, hence placing the charger into an optimal position will require MagSafe, hence only proprietary. While Qi might work, losses will be even higher.
This would be a very in-green implementation and I sure hope Apple will NOT do that
Yeah I also would prefer Mac MagSafe 3 to charges the iPad, leaving a free USB-C port for data. I can't imagine using the iPhone MagSafe puck on a 12.9 inch iPad, it will look ridiculous
Yeah, let's throw a wireless charger on a 10"+ device so that it can charge its massive battery slower and less efficiently than the included wall charger.
I'm all for more features, but come on. Are they going to add MagSafe to the MacBook next?
I'm all for more features, but come on. Are they going to add MagSafe to the MacBook next?
Yea, from Apple: $249, 3rd party: 199
A lot of money for the “convenience”
Then don't use the wireless charging. The wireless charging thing really is a "if nothing else is sacrificed for the feature -- why not?" -- I think it's safe to assume that it'll be like current iPhones and you'll still have a charging port to use, especially since USB-C on the iPad Pro is a pretty big sell for professionals who have a lot of peripherals (and folks who use those HDMI adapters to hook up to a TV/monitor).
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It's exactly the point of the article
It’s not. You sacrifice thickness and weight.
It would be great to get some wireless charging options for the bigger devices like MacBook Pros. Love the idea of having a space on my desk for the MacBook Pro, just set it down, let it charge while working on it. Maybe something like a mouse pad, they make the big ones for gaming already, something a little bigger then the largest MacBook Pro. Have wireless charging for the MacBook and wireless charging for a Magic Mouse to keep that always good to go.
If the iPad has wireless charging when you set the iPad on the magic keyboard the magic keyboard could charge the iPad, assuming they give the magic keyboard some type of battery that could be charged.
How thin and light do we need to be? We already went through losing ports for the sake of being thin. They are all incredibly thin and light, is anyone really struggling with any modern MacBook? I having no issue at all with the latest MacBook Pros being thicker then previous, it is a better balance of form and function rather then just all about form. Apple was great for this, having the 2 married so well. After Steve Jobs it started tilting towards form over function.
I feel like that remains to be seen, though, right? Totally feasible that Apple's miniaturized and re-arranged some things to get the wireless charging in there without adding thickness (maybe weight, but the few grams it'd likely add isn't a huge deal to me)
This feels kind of pointless to me, but hey maybe it is important for some people. I just wish they would prioritize other aspects of the iPad. I am in the market for a new Pro, but I need to see where iPadOS 16 goes first. I am not wasting money for the exact same OS I have today.
It’s not about how thin and light. It’s about what those extra thickness and weight can be used for. Opportunity costs/trade-offs. Nothing is free.
Also, the new MBPs are not much thicker. Just significantly less aggressive tapering at the edges.
Yes, and I believe we have gotten to a point with today's technology that we don't need things thinner or lighter, when they do we lose things so we enter form over function. I would say we lose nothing where we are now with the all the ports. Bonus would be the ability to upgrade/change the ram, hard drive and battery like you could in days of old. Of course we would not want the Apple users to have to many options to actually upgrade and steal money from Apple.
Wireless charging on the iPad feels long overdue for sure.
Honestly, the only feature I want is for the 11" Pro model to pick up the XDR screen. It's the only reason I didn't upgrade last year. I'm hoping it shows up this year and I'll have an excuse to upgrade. If we pick up some wireless charging and it doesn't interfere with USB-C charging, I'm content.
Technically, something was lost - the flexibility of a USB-C port. Apple basically took one of the USB-C buses and tore it apart to only accept HDMI and SD card.