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Remains to be seen if this Airpower thing will be that.
by jonursenbach 9y ago
Remains to be seen if this Airpower thing will be that.
- Osmium 9y agoThat's true, but that sounds more like an additional layer to communicate charging info, negotiate which devices should get more power, etc. I do half-suspect Apple probably tried coming up with a better solution (e.g. one not involving a charging mat), but ran into technical (probably laws-of-physics) challenges and went with Qi instead, because otherwise there's really no reason they couldn't have done this earlier. Or perhaps they just needed the time to re-tool for a glass case, who knows.
- ineptech 9y agoThe answer to why it took so long may not be any more complicated than "Apple charging cables are notoriously short-lived and surprisingly expensive."
- tw04 9y agoAirpower is exactly that and they said it during the keynote. They promised to work to make some of it a part of the standard eventually. You know how that goes...
- osxrand 9y agoWhy did they not name it Apple Juice instead of Airpower? :) If you're referring to the FaceTime announcement, it was a third party that forced them to keep it closed (from memory).
- mort96 9y agoFaceTime was also going to become an open standard which everyone could use... Here’s hoping though.
- hobarrera 9y agoActually, the device specs say both the iPhone 8 and iPhone X use Qi wireless charging.