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> For the 2020 iPad, they specifically mention "MFI compliant cases", so we can be fairly certain that one's done with magnets. Why is that? Any case, includin
by benhurmarcel 7y ago
> For the 2020 iPad, they specifically mention "MFI compliant cases", so we can be fairly certain that one's done with magnets.
Why is that? Any case, including not "MFI", could put a magnet at the location if that was the case. Doesn't "MFI" mean that they make it only work with cases that are identified via the software to have paid their certification to Apple?
- lukifer 7y agoThat's a good question, I honestly don't know. My guess would be that MFI is essentially a checklist of all supported magnetic functionality, and therefore the experience Apple can promise in its marketing (ie, in addition to collecting fees, they don't want a user to blame Apple when a non-approved case doesn't work). I'd wager that a non-MFI case with magnets in the right places would still work; I don't think constraining to pre-approved RFID codes or anything like that.