Apple joins Wireless Power Consortium
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- Julliard
- HjB
- 15 Feb 2017
Great idea. Now, you can use your earphone and charge at the same time. Genius!
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- Mkdc
- 5Mb
- 14 Feb 2017
"IHS Technology consumer survey data shows over 90% of consumers want wireless charging on their next device." I am part of the 10% who don't care about wireless charging as I've used it a few years ago on Lumia 920, and once the novelty of not needing to plug the cable wore off, I couldn't see myself using it much over the traditional usb charging. I am the type of user who need to pick up the phone quite often and when it's sitting on a wireless pad, freedom of use is limited and no, I don't want to interrupt charging cycle every 2 minutes by picking it up and putting it back.
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- oil baron
- 3xw
- 14 Feb 2017
Anonymous, 14 Feb 2017Nokia had QI in lumia 920. A 2012 Phone. Enjoy being ... moreentirely agree - apple funboys seem to be obsessed with a name and will mortgage themselves to appear cool. The only thing hugely new each year with apple is the price rises.
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- .alpha
- ytx
- 14 Feb 2017
I don't know anyone using wireless charging because wireless charging is just stupid. With wire, I can hold and use the phone while it is charging, with wireless, unless I am also holding the pad, as soon as I lift the phone it stops charging. This is on top of wireless being slower and hotter and the pad taking up more desk space.
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- Anonymous
- dWg
- 14 Feb 2017
Nokia had QI in lumia 920.
A 2012 Phone.
Enjoy being 5 years late, Fruit Boys.
ahahahahahahha.
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- AnonD-608440
- Ibx
- 14 Feb 2017
paco2x, 14 Feb 2017Very unlikely, probably they will stick with their "proprie... moreI don't think so. If they join WPC then they have to follow all the rules that WPC lay out.
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- Anonymous
- Snv
- 14 Feb 2017
LostInTheSorrow, 13 Feb 2017I never understood this gimmick either. Totally useless. US... moreI've also been skeptical about wireless charging, but now that I'm used to it I don't want to go back to cables.
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- Jarret
- 25G
- 14 Feb 2017
Not a new innovation at all... Sucks!
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- Anonymous
- PBP
- 14 Feb 2017
AnonD-82281, 13 Feb 2017Some people like wireless charging, and that's fine. Most p... moreExactly. Most people don't care (until it explodes or something).
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- paco2x
- Pwb
- 14 Feb 2017
Anonymous, 13 Feb 2017It would be awesome if it supported the Qi standard AND an ... moreVery unlikely, probably they will stick with their "proprietary" wireless charging device.
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- AnonD-82281
- j}4
- 13 Feb 2017
Some people like wireless charging, and that's fine. Most people are indifferent. Then there's the people on GSMArena who get hung up on the word wireless cry and cry about how bad and terrible and useless it is, even though it doesn't matter to them, supposedly.
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- AnonD-450518
- u}s
- 13 Feb 2017
Will buy it when there's a true remote wireless charging..
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- Anonymous
- nFw
- 13 Feb 2017
AnonD-39937, 13 Feb 2017"wireless charging" is overrated, it's worse than cable cha... moreyou have to leave it plugged in all the time using more elecky if you unplug then it is just the same as plugging in your phone,,,,it is a very inefficient way of charging phone using more electricity,,,apple will use proprietary charger costing £1000,,it is NOT wireless charging just contactless charging.
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- Anonymous
- nFw
- 13 Feb 2017
LostInTheSorrow, 13 Feb 2017I never understood this gimmick either. Totally useless. US... moreyep agree.
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- Anonymous
- 3SL
- 13 Feb 2017
It would be awesome if it supported the Qi standard AND an improved Qi by apple which charges faster or over a longer distance or anything.
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- LostInTheSorrow
- DE1
- 13 Feb 2017
I never understood this gimmick either. Totally useless. USB Type-C cables because of their extra convenience just makes that technology appear even less usable. Nevertheless, manufacturers are going to bring anything that would please masses—dual cameras, unnecessarily high pixel amounts in the camera sensors (well, a lot of them used to), tens of cores in the processor, unusable thinness of the body, as much of RAM as cheaper personal computers have, QHD resolution in 5" screens, you name it.
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- Anonymous
- IkW
- 13 Feb 2017
Innovation
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- zodiacfml
- nCH
- 13 Feb 2017
LOL at that survey, 90%? Really? I reckon, half of that doesn't even know wireless charging.
As one comment mentioned already, it is not really wireless if it is not charging while we use it. I can't even call it contact-less charging since it has to be laid flat anyway.
It does have some value in public places to minimize cases of vandalism on charging stations.
I'm not sure why there isn't a true wireless charging tech yet even if it only charges for a minuscule amount like 1 watt or less
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- AnonD-558092
- 5h8
- 13 Feb 2017
Good. A new 500$ accessory that will only work with specific models, and another model for next year's phone.