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• tjoff 3y ago
  Ah, that magsafe. As an android user that is the only thing I yearn from the iphone. Feels like a requirement to do wireless charging (note, I have not played with wireless charging despite having it on and off since 2010, so I could be mistaken).
  • skyyler 3y ago
    It was how wireless charging worked in the Palm ecosystem, with their touchstone wireless charging dock. That was around 2010, as well.
    • buildbot 3y ago
      It was a really great feature, really well implemented too. It’s sad webos and the palm pre never really took off.
      • arcticbull 3y ago
        Agreed, webOS was really cool. It ended up acquired by HP and subsequently LG who use it for TVs now. https://www.lg.com/us/experience-tvs/smart-tv/use https://www.lg.com/us/experience-tvs/smart-tv/use
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  • rmellow 3y ago
    Magsafe is not wireless charging. A Magsafe cable/port is a "trip safe" charging system, as the power cable is attached to the computer solely by magnets so that it will not break the port if yanked out at an angle.
    • tjoff 3y ago
      No, the article (and linked youtube) is about the magnets on an iphone (apparently also called magsafe, hence the "that magsafe" part of my comment). This, among other benefits, aligns the phone perfectly and thus alleviates wireless charging alignment issues. Which at least 10 years ago used to be a big issue. Not sure how current iterations perform.
      • alpaca128 3y ago
        This magsafe wireless charging system is great, although you still have to make sure it actually starts charging because the magnets can align it incorrectly if the phone placement is too far off.
        • JoBrad 3y ago
          I’m not sure how this would happen, if your case fits the phone correctly. When I put a MagSafe case on my phone, I get an animation showing that it fit. Subsequent attachment of MagSafe components just need to align with the case, since the case is already aligned with the phone.
        • 8ytecoder 3y ago
          I’ve not had that happen ever. MagSafe manages to align the phone perfectly.
    • mort96 3y ago
      The magsafe cable/port you're talking about exists, and is on the current line of MacBook Pros. However, the magsafe feature on iPhones is something completely different, it's the system where they have magnets in the back of the phone which can be used to attach various accessories, attach the phone to mounts, or guide the phone to rest correctly on wireless charging pads.
  • Arainach 3y ago
    If Peak Design makes a case for your phone, they're Magsafe-compatible. Probably not literally to the spec, but they've worked with every accessory I've tried, chargers included.
    • tjoff 3y ago
      Thanks, it is compatible and I've been eyeballing one since my comment :) I'm not a fan of cases, so it hinges on how bulky it is. But it looks like a solid product. My understanding is that Qi2 will be magsafe-compatible, which bodes well for future android phones and accessory support.
• afandian 3y ago
  Are magstripe cards expected to survive that?
  • alexdbird 3y ago
    That's not an issue in most of the world; I don't think any of my current cards have ever been swiped. However there are still plenty of transit tickets that use a magstripe, and having those wiped is super inconvenient.
    • somehnguy 3y ago
      Hotel keys are what comes to mind as the only cards that I still swipe. A year ago I checked into a hotel and went back out to the car to grab my stuff - when getting back in I learned that I had immediately wiped the magstrip by putting it in my phone pocket. Had to reroute right back to the front desk.
    • IggleSniggle 3y ago
      I lost the ability to use a parking exit card (mag swipe) due to a having a magnet in my wallet a year ago.
    • LtWorf 3y ago
      I was in vacation in greece and we had issues because seemingly the phones reset their magnetic keys, so we needed a new one daily until we were told to keep them in a different pocket.
  • NavinF 3y ago
    All the magstripes on my credit cards, library card, etc survived magstripes for over 2 years now. Tho I guess I wouldn't know if a card got wiped recently since I've been using contactless+biometric payments for almost the same length of time in the US. I've had paper magstripes (Paris metro tickets) wiped by magsafe so it's technically possible if the magstripe is extremely cheap/weak. IIRC metros are phasing out paper tickets for this reason
  • dontlaugh 3y ago