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Video Provides Detailed Look at Apple AirPower Prototype
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People will always go with what's easier or what they want unless something really interferes with that preferred selection. Talking energy or CO2...just look at all the massive SUV's being bought in the U.S. (all 3 of the U.S. auto mfrs stopped making smaller Corolla size vehicles a few years back because of this) even though this means the buyer's auto fuel bills will go up noticably compared to a car.
The SUV thing is a what the consumer wants choice whereas the wireless charger is a bit of both what they want and what's easier to use.
Yes and at least it's not as bad when you are connected to a near constant flow of power. Wireless charging cases are abysmal. You only get like a third of the advertised mAh. I think I got one of my Pro Maxes from 0-30% and the case was kaput
Its like anything Phil Schiller announced was cursed. No wonder they got rid of him.
I think there is more loss to the earth via cable production.In this era of "green" why is a technology that is really inefficient being embraced? Are we really that lazy? I wonder how many of the people that are clamoring for ending the use of fossil fuels embrace wireless charging?
Wireless charging: A colossal waste of energy
It may be that some wonders aren't worth it. Magic tricks that entertain us may delight us. But magic that imperils the very stability of our society can't be justified by an appeal to the illusory and temporary "freedom" it promises.www.resilience.org
While I love the insight/backstory of seeing things like this, isn't this basically showing off prototypes stolen from Apple? I can't imagine that Apple officially sold this or gave it away.
MagSafe on the iPhone should be similar to the connector on a laptop. Hold wired contacts to the device with the help of a magnet instead of wasting energy using this inefficient technology.
All this time I thought the thermal problem with AirPower was that it was overheating, but now I wonder if the problem was they couldn’t get it hot enough…. 🤔
Yep - Apple already had a good solution for charging with the original MagSafe and could have incorporated something similar on all their iPhones, iPads, etc.
In this era of "green" why is a technology that is really inefficient being embraced? Are we really that lazy? I wonder how many of the people that are clamoring for ending the use of fossil fuels embrace wireless charging?
Wireless charging: A colossal waste of energy
It may be that some wonders aren't worth it. Magic tricks that entertain us may delight us. But magic that imperils the very stability of our society can't be justified by an appeal to the illusory and temporary "freedom" it promises.
If we want to truly be green, we need right-to-repair and ending planned obsolescence. The first R in the three Rs of recycling is reuse if I remember correctly.
Anyhow the big reason I use wireless charging is just lower the wear and tear on my lighting port. Unfortunately I don’t have AppleCare anymore on my phone.
Why didn’t they just have three charging coils for three products, each separated by a hinge like MagSafe Duo?
The over-engineering is quite astonishing to be honest, because the multiple coil design is only solving a minor inconvenience - that being a user can lay their products off centre from where they would expect the coils to be. But if the mat had physical markings to separate the charge areas, there would be no need to randomly lay them anywhere.
What’s more, what were the chances that you were going to charge all three at the same time on a regular basis?
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. I mean, they gave us a Pencil that charged from the bottom of an iPad and a mouse with a port on the bottom so…
The over-engineering is quite astonishing to be honest, because the multiple coil design is only solving a minor inconvenience - that being a user can lay their products off centre from where they would expect the coils to be. But if the mat had physical markings to separate the charge areas, there would be no need to randomly lay them anywhere.
What’s more, what were the chances that you were going to charge all three at the same time on a regular basis?
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. I mean, they gave us a Pencil that charged from the bottom of an iPad and a mouse with a port on the bottom so…
I've got a cheap wireless charger from Ikea. Works great, keep it at my work desk, perfect for topping the batteries of my two phones up during the work day.
I can't fathom paying more than say, $30 for a charger. They were right to can this thing. MagSafe obviously won out anyway.
(As an aside, Luke Miani had a video on this same subject launch 25 minutes after this video. Crazy coincidence. Luke was able to get his prototype to charge AirPods, and even a phone, albeit for only a millisecond and only on one specific coil.).
I can't fathom paying more than say, $30 for a charger. They were right to can this thing. MagSafe obviously won out anyway.
(As an aside, Luke Miani had a video on this same subject launch 25 minutes after this video. Crazy coincidence. Luke was able to get his prototype to charge AirPods, and even a phone, albeit for only a millisecond and only on one specific coil.).
It's not over-engineering if the stated goal is to set down your products in any orientation, turns out that's really hard to do and MagSafe gets mostly there far more easily. Compared to my wireless charger on my nightstand that requires some finicking to make sure it's actually charging, this would've been a welcome improvement.
Interesting video. Would have been nice if Apple was able to release the product.
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I’m glad Apple couldn’t figure out how to make that lame mat work since there are better and cheaper devices for a while now.
Personally, I went with this $30 solution from Amazon:
ouldn’t
Personally, I went with this $30 solution from Amazon:
Very nice device and thanks for the detailed explanation of the control commands... but the video is too long for what it shows.
