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Report Claims AirPower 'Doomed to Failure' Unless Apple Can Resolve Multiple Ongoing Engineering Issues
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Star Trek was a popular TV show. Far too many people never understood that it was 100% fictional. Apple's "magical" gadgets still have to play by the rules of physics.
Nice try, I said almost, and yes that kinda stuff happened with Jobs as well (White iPhone 4, yes they knew about the issue but not about the solution, wich came waaaaay later), the issue you are talking about (1st gen iPhone) were Software issue, and showing a beta is a thing, announcing a product you haven't even engineered is another.
No they shouldn't have waited for the phone as the HW was ready, the software needed tweaking, the AirPower apparently was not tought out from the beginning as per the article:
"According to the report's multiple internal sources, many of those working on the AirPower project believe the device may be "doomed to failure" unless engineering solutions can be found for a host of currently unresolved issues".
That means they announced a product knowing about the issue (wich is fine if you know how to fix it), but without knowing how to get around them, this is the problem. (Heat issue, really? no s. Sherlock!)
If the AirPower was having issue from a SW side you'd have a point, but they are 2 different issue here.
Waiting a year could save your Company if it means releasing a faulty product.
It would have been great for those that travel a lot... but I live without it so power to them for trying but really no problem for me.
NAAH - Then they wouldn't have been able to announce the iPhone 8 with it's enticing new feature (over the 7)
THIS!!!!!
My Pro just about burns itself up. What is with this nobody asked for it obsession with thin over any semblance of function? Battery life? Nope, THIN. Heat management? Nope, THIN.
Enough already. Everything is plenty thin fellas, tell Jony to put down the crack pipe and slowly back away.
Well, that and the fact that you can’t actually purchase this.
Guys I have the Airpower 2 Not due to launch till 2020 under testing at the min.
I will announce the product tonight.
I will announce the product tonight.
Excellent point. It’s a good thing they didn’t remove the Lightning connector from the iPhone 8, or they would have had to rely on Belkin to supply a way to charge it weeks later like another port that shall remain nameless ...
I'll help Apple out.
Step One: Buy one of the many third party models currently selling for sub $20
Step Two: Sell it under its own brand, and Mark up the price to $100
Step Three: Do this still in 2018, meeting your deadline
Step Four: When you finally find a fix.. it becomes "second generation/version/model"
Step One: Buy one of the many third party models currently selling for sub $20
Step Two: Sell it under its own brand, and Mark up the price to $100
Step Three: Do this still in 2018, meeting your deadline
Step Four: When you finally find a fix.. it becomes "second generation/version/model"
Mention what? It was a promotional marketing event! They're not going to provide a new target date for a product that might be canceled.
This was such a low risk product, there was zero harm in announcing it and killing it. It has had absolutely impact on them by not bringing it to market.
Pretty well any electrical power engineer could have seen this happening. Wireless transmission of decent power levels generates heat and is also pretty lossy.
Then think of scaling this up to wireless charging of cars while they are moving.
To some people, this is Nirvana but to others... it is get the bargepole out and make it extra, extra long.
I'll continue to plug my phone in. If blind people can attach a plug then if can't be too hard for the rest of us now can it? Or, have we got that lazy.....?
Then think of scaling this up to wireless charging of cars while they are moving.
To some people, this is Nirvana but to others... it is get the bargepole out and make it extra, extra long.
I'll continue to plug my phone in. If blind people can attach a plug then if can't be too hard for the rest of us now can it? Or, have we got that lazy.....?
I'm not sure I want to spend much time hanging around in an environment where something is pumping enough power into the room as radio waves that it can make useful progress charging a phone that's 10 feet away - and keep in mind that to put 10 watts into the phone after losses from capturing and converting radio waves back to electricity, combined with the losses from radiating out to that distance, it's going to have to be continuously pumping out several orders of magnitude more power than the desired 10 watts. Doesn't sound like fun, unless you like living inside a microwave oven.
100% reliable!? hilarious, my cables break whenever they feel like. Cables are a nightmare.
The engineers went wild due to how much margin a $150 priced charger gave them to play with?
Mention Airpower a year after they mentioned it. Its like they are going to scrap airpower by the looks of it. But atleast mention it