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Rumor Claims 'AirPower Isn't Dead' After Ming-Chi Kuo Says Apple Working on 'Smaller Wireless Charging Mat'
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If your definition of AirPower includes being able to charge three devices including the Watch, then yes, it’s been cancelled...
But it's cool. Nobody cares about the downsides like using twice as much electricity to provide the same amount of charging.
It depends how Apple implements this, the unique ‘rumored’ contributor to the Airpower was that you were able to set the device anywhere with the overlapping charging coils without having to have ‘direct placement’ like these other charging mats require. If Apple can still implement something in that range, I think it would be appealing to those who actually understand the technology, coupled With the appropriate marketing.
i've tried those. they require alignment. annoying when you go to sleep and wake up with a dead battery because you didn't properly drop it in place.
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you have no idea how wrong you are.
It was probably going to be too expensive and that’s why Apple cancelled it. In the meantime, they discovered people will still pay stupid amounts of money on questionable tech related stuff, e.g. a wall mount, some wheels and a magical keyboard and Tim said “back on!”
I love technology!
First it was too difficult to deal with the arduous task of plugging a cable into a phone. Thank goodness we got wireless charging pads to solve that problem.
But then the act of placing the phone correctly on the pad proved to be too difficult. So now we're getting larger, more expensive pads so you can place the phone anywhere on the pad!
Hooray!
But seriously it sounds pretty cool. I'm just trying to lighten the mood around here.
My only question is if they can get lay-flat Apple Watch charging to work. Other companies have made large pads with multiple coils... but they still use the puck to charge the Watch.
First it was too difficult to deal with the arduous task of plugging a cable into a phone. Thank goodness we got wireless charging pads to solve that problem.
But then the act of placing the phone correctly on the pad proved to be too difficult. So now we're getting larger, more expensive pads so you can place the phone anywhere on the pad!
Hooray!
But seriously it sounds pretty cool. I'm just trying to lighten the mood around here.
My only question is if they can get lay-flat Apple Watch charging to work. Other companies have made large pads with multiple coils... but they still use the puck to charge the Watch.
If their goal is to remove all the ports from the iPhone either they'll ship a phone without a way to charge it out of the box, or they'll bundle a Qi charger. No need to ship something like AirPower, a simple Qi charger supporting one device would be really easy to build.
The Qi charger is slow and your device can't be used while charging. Apple should be innovating a true wireless charging over the Air instead of removing the port and forced to use with inductive charging method.
Yay! I'll race out and buy one. I have Morpie's 3 in 1 wireless charges for home and travel. Apple's will be superior if it charges any device anywhere on the mat and the flatbed design is practical for my IT travel bag.
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Straw-clutching over vaporware.
Apple would be infinitely better served by moving on, as would customers STILL holding out for this unnecessary and commercially obsolete product.
Apple would be infinitely better served by moving on, as would customers STILL holding out for this unnecessary and commercially obsolete product.
Something like this?
Wireless Power & RF Technology for Inventory Managment
Energous RF-based wireless power networks connect businesses to critical data, with less batteries, for a smarter, sustainable future.
www.energous.com
I can see a huge market for this as almost any device charges wireless now.
why not go the other way, make a big device which acts as HomeKit hub and WiFi extender too?!
No need for a super small solution here.
why not go the other way, make a big device which acts as HomeKit hub and WiFi extender too?!
No need for a super small solution here.
I definitely think we will be living a ‘port-less world’ where wires will be unnecessary with the iPhone in the future, but when that timeframe is, probably not for a while. So that’s why I think the importance of a device like this will exist in its future, because I’m sure it is something Apple envisions in terms of eliminating wires. And then eventually, we can look at something like short range/long range wireless charging with companies like Energous Corp. [Which I seriously am excited for.]
Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in
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There aren't many options out there doing what Airpower was set out to do. All the copycats don't have the same functionality.
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There aren't many options out there doing what Airpower was set out to do. All the copycats don't have the same functionality.
Aw man, this brings back memories. Energous has been promising this forever. They are working with Dialog Semi to try to make this viable. So if it ever does become mass production consumer viable it's probably going to be in Apple's solution considering Apple's relationship with Dialog.Something like this?
Wireless Power & RF Technology for Inventory Managment
Energous RF-based wireless power networks connect businesses to critical data, with less batteries, for a smarter, sustainable future.
It doesn't surprise me they continue to work on it.
Does anyone think Apple would have made a wireless charging case WITHOUT AirPower?
Does anyone think Apple would have made a wireless charging case WITHOUT AirPower?
The new smaller mat won't have AW charging imo. If it does it will be in a format similar to Nomad's Base Station AW Edition... separate from the pad. I've always thought AP failed because Apple tried to include the proprietary AW charging with standard Qi - causing the rumored heat and interference issues. Place anywhere is a solved issue. You can buy place anywhere mats now. I think Apple had that solved a long time ago. Mixing in the AW proprietary charging was the spanner in the works imo.
Because there is still nothing like this out there where you can place it anywhere and it charges...so yeah others can charge but not like this