So basically the only advantage I'm hearing for wireless charging is that it's easier to do in the dark.
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For the pad yes. Long range wireless charging would be great so you can charge your phone without having to worry about plugging it in. Or if you have plugin 5 feet from the phone and still need to use it.
Yeah, I mean using a pad in particular, because that's what wireless charging is at present.
I have had phones with wireless charging and without. Once you experience the convenience of wireless charging you appreciate having the option. From a design perspective just imagine your desk or your bedside table much less cluttered with wires. Just a flat mat that you can put your phones and devices on. Much more aesthetically pleasing as well as convenient. Once the iPhone has it then more iOS users will see it as a great convenience.
Yeah im just saying Samsung has had it for like 2-3 years and Apple needs to catch up on it. Wether it's better or the same.
That's not the "Only" advantage. That's one advantage listed from the past three posts. If you wanted a thread on the advantages or likes on wireless charging, then perhaps there are Forum members who can express there varied appreciations.
Which again, is a convenience factor. It will suit everyone's need differently. But who wouldn't appreciate the ease of setting your iPhone down without seeking the charging cable or what have you in the dark.
Apple is more sentimental now than probably any time before. During the 2nd Jobs era, there was virtually NO looking back at all. No 30th Anniversary Mac, no 10th anniversary iPod or so much as a mention of their prior products. In the last year or so we've seen TONS of reference to Apples history in their commercials, this book that just came out, and even during Keynotes they're talking about old products (original PowerBook for ex) quite a bit. I would almost be certain of a big deal made of the 10th anniversary iPhone.
Well, I've never actually tried to plug in my phone in the dark. If I did charge over night, which I rarely do, seems more logical to do that before I turn off the light.
But my main issue is the fact that you are still tied down, so to speak, to a charging pad, which is far less convenient to carry than a cable. If/when charging surfaces become some ubiquitous that they are built into desks, tables, and cars everywhere I go then I could see it as a really convenience. Right now, it's a feature that I wouldn't say no to, because why not have the option? But I don't think I would actually make use of it. I had a Nexus 7 tablet for years that supported wireless charging. I never had any desire to go out and buy a pad for it when it came with a perfectly good wall charger.
Well that's you. Apples not building a phone just for you. And I bet there's more people that want wireless charging then not.
I just said that I had no problem with them adding the feature, and indeed, I definitely think that they should add it. Just because I don't need it doesn't mean that I think others shouldn't have it (which seems to be how some felt about why the headphone jack needed to be removed, but that's another issue). I just don't understand what people get out of it for the most part beyond the novelty.
Yeah I just think it would be really nice to have the long range charging. Even if it was only 5 feet
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I totally agree.
Speed and iOS trump everything to me. We spend 2.5 to 3.5 years with our phones, for many of us they go in cases and iOS is the main reason we buy them.
We want to like what the speed and OS on something we have for that long.
So, on the contrary…it's NOT VERY important what the outside looks like.
BTW, I use an iPhone 2G (which is soon going to be upgraded to a 3GS). This is what I'd think if I were one of those people buying new iPhones.
Similar kind of things that people get from having keyless ignition in cars, or walking through automatic doors, etc.
I was one who definitely poo-pooed keyless ignition and entry in cars - until I bought a car that had it. It's amazing.
Those things actually seem more obviously useful to me, especially automatic doors, but whatever.
Similar kind of convenience/simplicity benefit of not having to think or actually perform the act of pushing or pulling the door open as when not having to think or perform the act of grabbing a cable and plugging it into a device.
I think we'll see a redesign, but that it won't be nearly as drastic as assumed.
Glass/Ceramic back is almost a given, along with wireless charging. But I think we'll still see bezels, the force touch home button, and a similar overall style.
Glass/Ceramic back is almost a given, along with wireless charging. But I think we'll still see bezels, the force touch home button, and a similar overall style.
That would be very unfortunate, though possible, when you consider Jony Ive (his best years WELL behind him) is in charge.
Fourth year of iPhone 6?
Yaaaay....
Also, recently Apple patented a relay scheme, where one remote charging device could pass on some of its received charging energy, to charge yet another device further away from the base power transmitter.
And so forth to others in a relay chain, although the power loss and increased charging time could make it impractical in real life.
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That's a pretty cool video, thanks for sharing.
Wonder if the tech is ready or still has lots of kinks that need to be worked out.
And how safe something like this would be to humans.
Wonder if the tech is ready or still has lots of kinks that need to be worked out.
And how safe something like this would be to humans.
I think there will be a change in design, but not as dramatic as some are anticipating.
After all, its a rectangular shape that is mostly screen. It's a slab. The next design will be a bit thinner and lighter, and with a bit less bezel.
As for edge-to-edge display, I'm not sold on that idea unless they can really deal with false input rejection. I have friends that have an S7 and they tell me its a problem. Plus, having a bezel really makes it more durable.
I think most of the changes will come from the software and interface improvements. No matter what, Apple will still keep elements from the iconic design going forward. iP 7 owners will not find their device obsolete overnight.
After all, its a rectangular shape that is mostly screen. It's a slab. The next design will be a bit thinner and lighter, and with a bit less bezel.
As for edge-to-edge display, I'm not sold on that idea unless they can really deal with false input rejection. I have friends that have an S7 and they tell me its a problem. Plus, having a bezel really makes it more durable.
I think most of the changes will come from the software and interface improvements. No matter what, Apple will still keep elements from the iconic design going forward. iP 7 owners will not find their device obsolete overnight.
The things I use a phone for, email, texting, phone calls, light web browsing are all doable things for a standard flip phone. The iPhone can already do those things easily. I don't use my phone for anything other than quick photos of stuff no one cares about either so camera quality is already sufficient for me.
The iPhone already lasts as long as the time I quoted so, good there.
I don't stream music, watch movies or play games. That's what all the computers I have access to are for - or my television.
So, seeing as the iPhone can already cover what a flip phone can do for me the internals are far less important to me.
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Not ALL day.
Just 23 hours and 59 minutes.
Are you sure that's not 23 hours and 56 minutes? That's a true solar day
Being forced to make them in the US from now on could be a game changer. Apple did get a call from Trump on day 2 he became president elect. They already hit up Foxconn for a probability study.