I have three BMW's, two with the wireless charging pad. It is useless and has been useless even before I got the 15PM. Better to just get a USB-C power plug for the outlet right there is charge wired.
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Warning: BMW Wireless Charging May Break iPhone 15's Apple Pay Chip
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Not really about saving time personally. It’s just really nice to have the muscle memory to set your phone or AirPods down on a stand and not worry about plugging it in. When you need it you always know when to find it and that it’s charged. In most cases I use wireless charging where I don’t need fast charging like at my desk or bed side. I do have a cable for back up when I need to quick charge when I’m in a hurry but it’s very rarely used.
The article was specifically about BMW's. Was everyone who mentioned a car of the German variety bragging?
Would you feel better if I said our Hyundai, 10-year old Buick and Volkswagen Beetle?
My wife and I have worked hard and had success we are grateful for. We happen to like cars and I drive on the track and in amateur road course races. If you saw it as bragging, subtle or not so, that's on you.
Would you like a ride in the Porsche?
While I could be wrong, the only reports I have seen are regarding BMWs . That logically indicates it is a BMW problem causing the issues.
You are probably correct. It is BMW's hardware.
iOS 17 not beta release is 14 days old this morning. That is not months ago. It's two weeks ago.
Using an photo sharing app shouldn't have any bearing on whether to respect or disrespect anyone.
Slow charging speed will improve the battery life significantly. You get not 10-20-30%, but 200-400% more charging cycles. I use slow (the slowest available) wireless charging for convenience and longevity, and for decreasing the USB C port wear. (to heat the battery while charging is a bad point, and my i4 makes it hot, so I barely use it.) "Sadly" the i4 USB C port uses the Power Delivery standard, which is a fast charging method, so if I can, I do not use it at all.
The closest I've ever come to this is on really hot days, in the car before the air conditioning kicks in, or with a MagSafe battery, again, in the heat of summer when it's well over 90F. All I'd get is a message that it was too hot to charge but no lasting effects. For the record, I have a 2018 Tesla Model 3 with an aftermarket Qi-compatible charging console (back when I bought the car, it was all-wired - I later got an insert that allowed wireless charging and a place to put an external SSD for dash cam recordings).
Are you kidding?
“Breaking News: Following Apple’s release of CarOS 17, Apple Car 15 PRO models all over the globe are over heating. Many people have suffered heat stroke while in their Apple Car due to the EV battery heat. In addition there are reports of NFC chip faults causing some owners to be locked out of their cars, or causing some owners to be locked in their cars. The Apple CEO is reported to have said in hot-mic comments that people were driving the Apple Car wrong.”
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Tell me you don't understand induction without telling me you don't understand induction.
> I put my iPhone on a degausser for 20 minutes and now it won't work
Why is this Apple's problem?
Why is this Apple's problem?
Confirming same issue here. BMW wireless chargers are garbage and will basically heat your phone to dangerous levels.
The same could happen with a one off-spec wired charger (and probably has). I also guess a wired charger can more easily cause damage than a wireless charger.
It's very convenient, especially in a car: Just put the phone down and it charges. If you have cables, they are either always hanging from the charge port, or they you have to pull it out from a compartment. It's more likely you won't charge your phone with a wired connection, unless you are really low on battery, since you won't bother plugging it in. Also while charging it's a little messy to have the cables hanging around. I believe you can get up to 15W wireless charging, which is faster than the wired charging of yesterday, and plenty to get your phone running while driving. It might not be for you, but I think you are in the minority.
Yep same. My X5 cooks my S22U and Iphone 11. I also have a Ram 3500 with a wireless charger and it works fine. all my desktop wireless chargers work fine as well without overheating. It's probably just the lack of ventilation in the cubby hole the wireless charger lives in. Bad design and you just can't put a phone in there. But the phones gives a warning about heat, stops charging, or if really bad, shuts off services or powers down. Overheat protection is there, so I dunno if it's heat that causing damage to the NFC chip. Definitely not going to be a guinea pig when my 15 arrives. lol
Because god invented electromagnetic fields and humans decided to both radiate them for NFC payments and collect them for wireless charging power from large coils on the back of the phone. Or at least that seems by far the most likely.
The port on the phone will eventually wear out if you use the cable all the time.
My 5 year old XR is almost impossible to get connected with a cable nowadays.
Hopefully the USB-C port on the new phones will be more sturdy than lightning.