Xiaomi Unveils Apple AirPower-Like $90 Wireless Charging Pad Capable of Charging Three Devices Simultaneously

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It is much easier and faster just to copy.

Maybe Apple cancelled its wireless charging pad because Chinese companies like Xiaomi copy it right-away; what’s the point…

I already bought the Nomad wireless charging pad.
 
69Mustang said:
Xiaomi's pad works because every item it charges supports the standard Qi charging protocols. Imo, Apple's Air Power didn't work because they could never get the standard Qi used in charging iPhones and AirPods to play nice with the proprietary Qi fork Apple used for the Apple Watch. If the AW used standard Qi, I think AirPower would have been delivered on time as originally promised.
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Well, then they could have changed to the standard Qi in new AW generations or change their fork to be compatible with the standard Qi or just dont support the Apple Watch on the first iteration as you could still use it for iPhone and AirPods. I think those choices would have been more beneficial than scrapping the project all together because a Qi fork
 
anthogag said:
It is much easier and faster just to copy.

Maybe Apple cancelled its wireless charging pad because Chinese companies like Xiaomi copy it right-away; what’s the point…

I already bought the Nomad wireless charging pad.
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You can't copy an unreleased product, even more when the challenge is the unreleased software to control the charging and the temperature.
And if they cancelled it because copying, we shouldn't have seen the AirPods in the market neither.
 
Spock said:
My only thought is, what prevented Apple from doing this and was it a potential fault that xiaomi is willing to do deal with? I heard that Apple was having troubles with it overheating, I wonder if that will be the case with this device.

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I wouldn’t be surprised if it had something to do with the wireless charging of the Apple Watch.
 
How is it going to charge the Apple Watch exactly? Xiaomi would have to implement the Watch-specific Qi version to achieve that. I would love it to be true, but think it's unlikely.
 
Ifti said:
Xiaomi does yet another thing that Apple couldn't - yet this won't be labelled as 'revolutionary' until Apple create their own??!
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Unless it bursts into flames when it's used. Let's try it out first and see how well it works. They may have solved the heating and usability issues or they simply didn't discover the issues because in China consumer testing is not always part of the product dev schedule.
 
jdavid_rp said:
Well, then they could have changed to the standard Qi in new AW generations or change their fork to be compatible with the standard Qi or just dont support the Apple Watch on the first iteration as you could still use it for iPhone and AirPods. I think those choices would have been more beneficial than scrapping the project all together because a Qi fork
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Without being able to do all three, it would be a hard sell to most consumers and rightly so. Moving from three cables to two isn't all that beneficial or impressive. Moving to one is the game changer.
 
I7guy said:
With magsafe, one can at least use the phone while you are relaxing or laying down. Not so much with the charging pad.
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Which you can also do with a regular charging cable (that also charges faster at much higher efficiency).
I really don't get all this wireless charging for phones. It doesn't solve anything and just creates new problems.

How great that everyone is still free to choose how they want to charge their phones...until Apple also removes the port.
 
FightTheFuture said:
Never heard anyone complain about the Apple Watch charger. Wouldn’t want something as clumsy as Qi charging your watch.

Apple has the Magsafe Duo. They don’t need to revisit AirPower.
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Never?! I’ve heard it a lot, mainly down to the fact that you always have to carry one charger for one type of device or else you’re screwed. I’d happily have the choice to go with another charging option - apple shouldn’t make that choice for me.
 
AmazeSE said:
Xiaomi did something which Apple couldn’t do.
The best Apple could do is the MagSafe Duo which costs $129 and can only charge two devices and it does not come with a power adapter.

For $90 this is an amazing deal.
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Incorrect. Xiaom has not created an AirPower solution.
Apple AirPower was designed to charge the phone and also charge the Apple Watch which as you know has a different charging standard to that of the iPhone. Apple struggled with the software and to keep the heat down. To be able to throw the phone and/or watch anywhere on a charging pad and have it charge no matter whether it’s the phone or watch is something that no one has achieved
 
IceStormNG said:
Which you can also do with a regular charging cable (that also charges faster at much higher efficiency).
I really don't get all this wireless charging for phones. It doesn't solve anything and just creates new problems.

How great that everyone is still free to choose how they want to charge their phones...until Apple also removes the port.
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Removing the port, doesn't necessarily mean that only inefficient wireless charging will be left. I agree that wireless charging exists on an iphone, because it exists on android. But I don't see it creating new problems. It may exacerbate the problems that came with it's introduction.
 
Kylo83 said:
Why couldn’t apple do this all we got is a MagSafe duo that is pointless
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Speak for yourself, I use the duo and its great for phone, watch an airpods and especially when travelling.

Doesn’t say what speeds this charging mat charges at. If its only 5W for iPhones then no thanks
 
ian87w said:
Sometimes Xiaomi made stuff that look awesome on the appearance. Real life utility is another story. There are always quirks. :D I have Xiaomi router and set top box. The router has great spec for the price, but cannot reliably connect to its own configuration app on my phone. The set top box is very inexpensive, but I have to restart it every time I want to use it because it keeps disconnecting its own remote. So... YMMV. :D

As for price, Xiaomi already stated that they only take about 5% margin from their pricing.
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So what? Every company has its quirks. I can never get the homepods to work when I want them to. We can all go back and forth with this works but this doesn’t work for every company. Xioami did something Apple couldn’t do period!!
 
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