I'm curious, at what point would you describe Apple's solution as "wireless charging"?
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Actually, given the fact that Apple loves magnets almost as much as I do, I could imagine magnetic alignment being part of their approach. It would solve at least some of the more rational people's complaints about wireless charging. Now instead of having to plug in a cable, or place and align the device on a charging pad, you would get it close enough to "snap" in. When it's time to go, you'd grab it and run.
I still don't see it as a replacement for the lightning charger unless they manage to get that charging block much, much smaller for travel, but I can see how some people might like that on a nightstand, for instance. And, of course, there's always the chance that, like TouchID before it, my imagination isn't fully capturing how convenient it would be.
So if Apple created two items (lets call them A & B) "A" was an electromagnetic charging station and "B" was an iPhone;if they were in close proximity and could charge as long as they were somewhere in the region of 30cm of each other they would charge. You know what can also charge your iPhone within 30cm of a power outlet; A freakin cable!
Doesn't matter all that much to me. Wireless charging is a gimmick IMO. While I appreciate it for the Apple Watch, it doesn't change the fact that I have a wire plugged in all the time, and even worse the end is much bigger than a simple lightning connector.
I bet that charging wirelessly would be hella slow for the first 2 models.
Of course that isn't great. Presumably it's one of the reasons it's not in phones now.
But that is wireless charging. That's what we call wireless. Let's call inductive charging inductive to avoid confusion.
We have to wait for Apple's marketing department to dust off the old tech, spin like they invented it because only Apple can, and make it practically magic.
I think what Act3 is talking about in wireless charging is the type done by companies like Wattup. That tech can charge your device up to 15 feet away. YouTube has a number of videos on it. Some of the videos are 3 years old. The tech has been around for a while but has not found its way into phones. I think those who know about it are frustrated that it has not been adopted by the industry.
I won't get into the reasons I don't think it has caught on, but my point is Act3 wants that type of wireless charging.
No absolutely not! You didn't get it
The idea is that Apple could increase demand by delaying a product to make it feel special. It's a psychological technique to manipulate the costumers.
How does 60% efficient sound? Not sure why people are so anxious to waste so much electricity for so little benefit.
Mac power supplies are about 70% efficient so -10% for the convenience of wireless is very reasonable considering you no longer have recurring expenses to repair your lightning port or replace cables.
And the inverse square law applies just as much today as it did back then.
It would be nice for the laws of physics to be proved wrong w.r.t. cordless charging.
You let your phone out of your posession? Wow! you are brave and if you don't mind me saying so, slightly foolish. You may have all your life on your phone. Do you really want to risk that getting into the hands of the wrong people?
I certainly would not to that in a month of Sundays.
Try the charging dock that is built-in on a vehicle vs a charging cable, and you would see the difference pretty quickly.
I don’t mind you saying so, as long as you don’t mind me saying your reading comprehension and spelling are terrible.
I didn’t say my phone left my possession. In the car example, obviously I’m either driving or a passenger. In the restaurant example, some places now have charging pads in the tables you’re sitting at.
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Nobody is saying that the mythical wireless charging with WiFi range wouldn't be game changing. If "game changing" is the adjective you want to use to distinguish between it and inductive, I don't think anyone would have grounds to disagree. At worst, they may hold a different opinion.
What people are pointing out is that "wireless" is the wrong adjective to use to distinguish between inductive and WiFi range charging. It is just objectively false that one is wireless and the other is not. Both are either wireless, or not, by whatever definition you use involving actual wires.
And the "WiFi" analogy everyone keeps using as the reference point is also broken. WiFi has a range of 100m or so line of sight. To get 5W of charging power at 100m, you need something like 12MW EIRP from the transmitter. The typical household circuit will trip at a couple kilowatts.
Power won't transmit like WiFi. That's not what it takes to be wireless.
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Nope. I could care less about wireless charging to be honest. None of my posts say I want it. I was just pointing out somethings.
No i'd tell him that today for a product that is not even released for a few more months....
Okay, my bad.
I thought I saw some posts of you and another going back and forth about wireless charging.