Overheating due to short circuit obviously. Google it, you'll become scared very quickly.
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Third Report Says Apple's AirPower Charging Mat Will Launch in March
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Overheating due to short circuit obviously. Google it, you'll become scared very quickly.
Yeah $200 is insane! It's a battery wrapped in cloth and a cable.. LOL
Yes I know someone will quote this saying it's more than that - understood! My comment is in simple terms. No way that thing is worth $200.. $99? Maybe...
The fact that I’d have to also buy a new case for my AirPods pushes this over the edge.... whats that gonna be? At least another 50? So 250ish for all this? I was looking forward to it but i changed my mind... as much as i hate cords that’s just too much.
I have these in my nightstand and office desk and I am quite happy for what they do for 10$:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/...tegrated-wireless-charger-black-art-30360213/
Will do. I had an Anker wireless pad get REALLY hot cuz I didn't have the phone completely on it. It eventually stopped charging, Anker replaced it for free and the replacement had no problems (wife uses it now on her side of the bed).
It's really not. 3 chargers + cables from Apple cost about 90 dollars, a cheap charging mat (according to you) is 25 dollars times 3 = 75 dollars. But somehow someway a charging mat that can charge 3 devices should cost 50 dollars (which is what an actual decent charging mat costs right now)
.I for one don't want to trade security for cheap electronic work, seen the dangers of that enough in my work.
So it isn’t worth it to have the only charger on the market that supposedly doesn’t have a sweet spot and supposedly isn’t just three coils? This isn’t exactly the same as three separate chargers.
The price doesnt bother me if I actually had a use for this. But I don't use airpods and even if I did I wouldn't be inclined to buy a second case. I use metal bands on my watch like the link band sold by apple and the Milanese loop.... with these on I can't just lay the watch on the mat to charge, I would have to take the band off which makes this lose all convinience. I wonder how many others are in my same boat.
No it isn't.
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Literally everyone that actually owns an iPhone X, Apple Watch S3, and AirPods.
Exactly what I was thinking. There are several Qi Wireless charges already available and are just as good charging my devices.
Well, you do you. I might buy on, depending on how my finances work out. Tired of having my phone get hit by a cat or sometimes nothing at all and suddenly it isn’t charging when I use my wireless charger.
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So it should charge 3 devices for less than what some charge for a single device wireless charger...
I can see where you are coming from. My wife often bumps her phone as it is charging on the tiny Anker wireless pad next to her bed and will wake up to her phone not fully charged. But her drive to college and the car charger makes it so it really isn't an issue (for her).
One of my cheap wireless pads supposedly has several coils - makes it easier to charge when placed | or ____ (vertical/horizontal).
Because its larger, if they made it smaller then it wouldn't be possible to charge more than 1.
I am sure some will buy it, no doubt.. I am sure those who buy it will be happy with it, no doubt. How many will buy @ $199? My guess is not many..
And that’s how wireless chargers work right now, pack as many coils as possible into as small a space as possible.
I’m sure it has to be large enough for the devices to fit on it, yes.
I don’t think they have to have a lot of people buy it, and I doubt they mind if a lot don’t. It’s a premium product.
Here comes induction-gate:
http://www.worldpronews.com/50598/1180/0/00f578ff994b678d26a4c2e68a70a394ac7842f2