All hopes of Apple’s AirPower charging mat are lost, yet again

27 October 2020
Following reports of a resurgence of Apple’s development of the vaporware, Apple seems to canned the project for good.

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JDK, 31 Oct 2020"excuse me, do you think we are so ignorant about iPho... moreWell, you don't know me, so quit making up stuffs about me just to prove your lame points.
In that case, I'd call you a LIAR.

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    • 31 Oct 2020

    Hardware Hypervisor, 28 Oct 2020Excuse me, you think we are so ignorant about iPhones? I n... more"excuse me, do you think we are so ignorant about iPhones?"

    Yes you definetly are.

    If you weren't ignorant you wouldn't be trashing them on every apple article. Simple.

    You would give actual feedback instead of blaming IOS for being "handicapped". Srsly, you said that 200 times already, everybody knows.

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      • 28 Oct 2020

      Seran Mizorogi, 28 Oct 2020Can't help with this Apple volunteer PR squad. Trolli... more"volunteer PR squad"

      Problem is, "we" don't rush "our" comments and trash android.

      I'm either telling android fans to piss off(bla bla bla iPhones get features 100000 years late on average bla bla bla their features are subpar bla bla bla).

      And it's not that people complain about apple on the time that the article is talking about it, they KEEP ON REPEATING the exact same ideas, over, and over, and over.

      Take a look at {Hardware Hypervisor}. {IOS never again}. {Android master}. Just look at their profiles and see what they are saying. Did you notice the times they are on apple articles compared to the times they are on android articles?

      We literally already GET their points. We know. Yet they snatch the chance wherever they are to diss apple.

      On the other hand, I was on the huawei mate 40 RS page saying how their design was good. And I bet you that those people won't compliment an apple device in their entire lifetime. I think they're honestly just trolls.

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        • 28 Oct 2020

        JDK, 27 Oct 2020Wow, your such a hypocrite. Once you said that iPhones h... moreYour wordplay is laughable.
        I clearly meant next to none as far as functionality is concerned.
        IOS is 10 years behind Android in terms of functionality.
        You haven't Even used an iOS in recent times let alone Android.
        Take your joker activities elsewhere. Nobody going to take you seriously with your fanbbboyyism for Apple.

          I think this was pretty obvious. It's been cancelled for a long time, as evidenced by the existence of MagSafe. They wouldn't introduce this (and have it in development for a year at least) if they planned on ever bringing AirPower back.

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            • 28 Oct 2020

            Anonymous, 27 Oct 2020"Thus, you will never know the true functionality of i... moreit exist , but android user too dumb to used it

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              • 28 Oct 2020

              Anonymous, 28 Oct 2020You should look at iOS lovers all over YouTube now. Their ... morelink

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                • 28 Oct 2020

                Seran Mizorogi, 28 Oct 2020Can't help with this Apple volunteer PR squad. Trolli... moreYou should look at iOS lovers all over YouTube now.
                Their A14 GeekBench scam is exposed.
                The chip throttles badly and is losing in speed tests as well.
                Not to forget the total battery hog that is 5g. So much for the 5g marketing.

                Brand boys too busy defending it by saying, apps aren't optimized for A14 yet.
                On one end, they say, apps and games are better optimized for iOS.
                When the test doesn't go their way, they say it isn't optimized for A14 chip.
                I am wondering what would happen when Snapdragon 875 devices launch 2 months later.

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                  • 28 Oct 2020

                  AnonD-804996, 27 Oct 2020Dafaq? You literally CONFIRMED what I said. It's not s... moreIf you had any reading comprehension you will be able to read where I wrote that the current "MagSafe" chargers for iphones will drop down to the ground when the cable is snagged with the phone, charging puck and all. It's not "Safe" because there is no dependable quick release mechanism if the magnets cling onto iphones, it's anything but safe if your entire assembly falls down and the point of contact is not some cushioned, baby-proofed surface.
                  Checked the snap and tug part out personally on the new iPhone + charger and saw how risky the new charging pucks are if they get snagged. So like the maxim goes, you either put up proof of the "safe" part or shut up.

                  This is absolutely NOT how MagSafe works on Macs in the way they are built to disconnect after a threshold of tugging force is detected on the cable. Apple could have called it anything else in the world to make sense, but they didn't and instead chose the word MagSafe because it had established goodwill going on for it.

                  FYI the current MagSafe charger also makes magnetic PHYSICAL contact with the iPhones, i.e. the phone is not floating or levitating on air without making contact, physical in the same sense how the old MagSafe was while no longer being "safe" in the same way how the original was. Dunno who thought you elementary school English & physics, but check if it's not too late to get your money back.

                    JDK, 27 Oct 2020Wow, your such a hypocrite. Once you said that iPhones h... moreCan't help with this Apple volunteer PR squad.
                    Trolling on every article.

                      JDK, 27 Oct 2020"I don't think" Proves my point. Lame dro... moreExcuse me, you think we are so ignorant about iPhones?
                      I never bought an iPhone. But I have played enough with my sisters' and friends' iPhones to make sane judgement.

                      And you assume everyone that uses iPhone must praise its functionality?
                      No micro SD slot, stucked with 64GB which could easily fill up because iPhone apps are much larger in size than Android apps (I wanna say inefficient but Apple fanboïs will attack me)
                      Only 1 sim slot and you're talking about functionality???
                      I can still go on.

                      It's your opinion if you think magsafe is not a gimmick.
                      But I can't wrap my head around how a wallet that can only store one card and easily detach because of weak magnet is useful.
                      Great functionality.... I guess.
                      My foot!

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                        • 27 Oct 2020

                        Anonymous, 27 Oct 2020"Thus, you will never know the true functionality of i... moreWow, your such a hypocrite.

                        Once you said that iPhones have no functionality.

                        Next you said iPhone's functionality pales in comparison to android, aka it has functionality.

                        This just goes to show how rushed DroidBois are in posting their comments.

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                          • 27 Oct 2020

                          JDK, 27 Oct 2020"I don't think" Proves my point. Lame dro... more"Thus, you will never know the true functionality of iPhones"

                          >> I completely agree 👍 with you.
                          We will never know the true functionality of iPhones Coz it doesn't exist.
                          It pales in comparison to the functionality on a Droid.

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                            • 27 Oct 2020

                            YUKI93, 27 Oct 2020I'm sorry, "reportedly due to complications with ... moreAirpower has 24 coils.

                            Samsung's has 3.

                            And now your asking why there are overheating issues.

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                              • 27 Oct 2020

                              Hardware Hypervisor, 27 Oct 2020Eh, isn't Sony Xperia already got flat side? Do iShée... more"I don't think"

                              Proves my point. Lame droidbois like you will never buy iPhones cause you trash them so often.

                              Thus, you will never know the true functionality of iPhones.

                              Why bother to comment on an apple article when you don't care or want any iPhones? It BLOWS my mind!

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                                • 27 Oct 2020

                                Anonymous, 27 Oct 2020Utter BS. You must be too young to remember that the ter... moreDafaq? You literally CONFIRMED what I said. It's not suppose to have stupid powerful magnets. Coz it disconnects if you yank it a bit. Literally what MagSafe was back then and what MagSafe is now. Only difference is that before it was magnetic physical connection, now it's magnetic wireless connection.

                                  AnonD-804996, 27 Oct 2020We all know obvious things are not what actual users do in ... moreLol XD

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                                    • 27 Oct 2020

                                    AnonD-804996, 27 Oct 2020Which is absolute and total nonsense. And you literally don... moreUtter BS.

                                    You must be too young to remember that the term "MagSafe" was touted for the fact that in case your cable gets snagged, then the cord safely disconnects instead of pulling the entire Mac by a single port and potentially causing massive damage (in case it drops, rips the cords, mangles the port, etc.)

                                    You have zero clue what the term means and less even so that Apple rebranded a known term with brand value to mean something that it absolutely doesn't.

                                    Snag a charging cable by mistake for a (current) MagSafe charger placed on a table? Charger goes down, phone goes down, nothing disconnects, nothing is safe, problems abound. "Safe" is a double quoted hype word in the current MagSafe because it doesn't do jack squat to safeguard anything.
                                    Don't "hurr durr no problem for me" because in the real world where non sheeple reside, such things happen a lot and it's disingenuous to suggest that Apple did this unknowingly, especially since the real MagSafe charger was a total boss.

                                    (This message has been typed from a 2014 Mac Air with the real MagSafe charger that saved the device multiple times by disconnecting after getting snagged by pets, children and other careless people over the course of many years.)

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                                      • 27 Oct 2020

                                      LG Superfan, 27 Oct 2020Obviously you disconnect by pulling the case not cableWe all know obvious things are not what actual users do in the end. :P

                                        AnonD-804996, 27 Oct 2020No no, meant the point where you do want to disconnect. Wit... moreObviously you disconnect by pulling the case not cable