Really? Never? Have you been living under a rock? Not sure why you think Qi can't be magnetic, either.
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Xiaomi Unveils Apple AirPower-Like $90 Wireless Charging Pad Capable of Charging Three Devices Simultaneously
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Really? Never? Have you been living under a rock? Not sure why you think Qi can't be magnetic, either.
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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
I guess the fact Apple went for a proprietary AW charging solution is what bit them in the ass. Which is very karmic/ironic.
Shows me what you can do with a bit of perseverance. Tim Cook is too quick to axe products.
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.
No. I think I've seen that. How much time was actually spent discussing the product? Was it more than 2 seconds? I don't recall, honestly.
Wow! This is great! Can't wait to charge all my Apple devices at once!
Hopefully now that the technology exists, Apple will revisit AirPower sometime soon.
Hopefully now that the technology exists, Apple will revisit AirPower sometime soon.
Doesn't do Apple Watch which was likely the reason Apple couldn't pull off the AirPower since it has having to charge devices across two standards.
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.
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.
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.
Copy it right away? It's been 3.5 years since Apple revealed the AirPower on September 12, 2017.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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!!Sometimes Xiaomi made stuff that look awesome on the appearance. Real life utility is another story. There are always quirks.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.
As for price, Xiaomi already stated that they only take about 5% margin from their pricing.