They also announced this long-range wireless charger a few months ago, so either they're way ahead of the game, or this stuff's never gonna see the light of day (or maybe it will and burn down a house, let's find out!) 🍿
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Xiaomi Unveils Apple AirPower-Like $90 Wireless Charging Pad Capable of Charging Three Devices Simultaneously
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Perhaps Apple had nothing to copy and that's why it never came out....I am pretty sure Apple solved the technical issues, they just couldn't do it for a palatable cost.
They spent about 2 minutes talking about how it was going to revolutionize the charging experience, showing off new animations that would show on your iPhone when you added other devices to the AirPower charger, and how they were going to work with the Qi standards team to incorporate the benefits Apple had discovered back into the Qi standard. It was pretty much a full unveiling. More time than they spent in a keynote unveiling the MagSafe Duo.
I watched the video, it was clearly a whole lotta confusing mumbo, jumbo of words. "I think we have a better solution", is what Phil said multiple times. He did say "so look for the [thing] next year, but that was anything but an unveiling. It was more like a direction they want to go in, and we know where that ended up. But I'm guessing Apple learned their lesson from that.
It won’t be labeled revolutionary, because a charging pad is not revolutionary. Don’t get your panties in a wad because of marketing terms. If I had a nickel for every new product, from any company, that called their product revolutionary, I’d be a rich man. For some reason Ford can call every years new pickup revolutionary, but when Apple uses it, IT MUST be a society altering product.
For companies that have no problem with shameless copying, like Xiaomi...or Huawei, a concept floating around from Apple is likely all they need.
Y’all are kind of missing the point here. This device is ACTIVELY cooled, meaning their will be fan noise, making it impossible to use during sleep. Apple refused to use active cooling on the final product, so they canceled AirPower.
Xiaomi Unveils Apple AirPower-Like $90 Wireless Charging Pad Capable of Charging Three Devices Simultaneously
I watched the video, it was clearly a whole lotta confusing mumbo, jumbo of words. "I think we have a better solution", is what Phil said multiple times. He did say "so look for the [thing] next year, but that was anything but an unveiling. It was more like a direction they want to go in, and we...
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But thank you.
So this Xiaomi charger can charge my Apple Watch? Because is what AirPower was intended to do, charge my iPhone, airpods and apple watch. So Xiaomi solved that?
Looks interesting, especially at $90. I always said Apple would have charged at least $200 for their failed AirPower. If the MagSafe and MagSafe Duo are any indication, plus the lack of the necessary power brick, it probably would have cost more than $200... I feel like part of the price of MagSafe is an attempt to recoup some of the lost money with the AirPower project. They actually marketed it shortly and included images/text in documentation, not to mention the R&D. They might have already had MagSafe in the plans anyway, but it maybe forced them to price it higher.
Design doesn't have to be in production for it to exist. It's been unveiled and was pretty damn easy to imagine in real life. Xiaomi copies every single design Apple does. They have no shame.
this product type is so old n done so many times why is this news if the 10th competitor is releasing a product Apple did not care for??!
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Dillusional theory I'm afraid...aside from all of the complex electronics that were not on display and actually Apple supposedly couldn't execute or solve, how did they copy something that they didn't see. What they saw were a few slides of a plastic white slab. Xiami often copy, there is no doubt, but absolutely no more than Apple or anyone else. There was an article on here only a few days ago describing what is coming to the iPhone 14, 15 & 16 and everything described was or is basically available across any number of other manufacturers now, but of course to you folks that's not copying, it's "perfecting"
Maybe because when Apple launch anything, it is presented as a society altering product...just look at what they have done with a magnet as a recent example.
I was talking about the design.
Not about the capacity of making the device work.
Apple didn't manage to do it - Xiaomi did. Cool thing.