You raise a point that I have been thinking about all day. "an Apple made Chi (Qi) charging mat". Is this what Airpower will be? If so what about the Apple watch. Notice the removed picture from the Airpods page today. No watch. It does not make any sense to make the design of this product much more complicated (there have posts about how complex the product is, was the reason for the delay) by including the watch and it's non standard charging requirements.
How about this. We see the Airpower -just as pictured in today's removed photo. A charger for iPhone's and gen 2 airpod charging cases. NO WATCH. Then in September the Series 5 watch changes the charging standard to Qi. Then it all works as was envisioned.
Could be, but I’d wager some $ against such malarky too, with a good chance of winning such a bet. Also, if it means I buy all new stuff in 6 months, I also don’t mind doing so. I’m easy to please, just give me the best - that kind of thing.
I guess the Apple Watch not using Qi (chi) charging standards could be another thing - but standards don’t matter to the end user all that much as long as Apple provides the charging solution. It’s a bit complicated, I agree with you there.
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Totally unknown and unregistered guy on the internet says Apple approved the production of Airpower sometime before like, right now.
I’m just as accurate as WSJ!
Yah. WSJ does not always know what they write about, ive seen them get things wrong on AAPL several times - perhaps intentionally. Some guy in a yacht orders it to be this way I think - Thirston Howell III - that’s the man behind the curtain.
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I’m assuming twisting or sport loop around so it exposes bottom of watch and not resting on the band?? I’m guessing here.
That would be bad eh?
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yawn nothing new here. that hasn't already been done.
Try producing it while respecting all regulations for radio and electromagnetics and heat and don’t even ask about cross currents new ager aura cellular vibrational voodoo stuff. Apple is probably trying the best they can to make this AirPower thing and made some discoveries about unexpected challenges.
When you say it’s been done already yeah maybe in Futian SEG market district I can buy one for three dollars already, but without the real engineering. I can also buy an electric car without abs brakes or airbags - same sort of bad comparison that reveals a lack of understanding what value is.