Re: Wireless Charging, Anyone? It's a Chicken-and-egg Problem That Can Only Be Solved By a Fruit

2017-02-27 Thread lenron brown
I love big devices so if this premium one is the only one with wireless charging I will gladly take it. On 2/27/17, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Hi Alan, > > If Apple goes the way of wireless charging they may charge a premium for the > first year if they add it only to a high-end

RE: Wireless Charging, Anyone? It's a Chicken-and-egg Problem That Can Only Be Solved By a Fruit

2017-02-27 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Alan, If Apple goes the way of wireless charging they may charge a premium for the first year if they add it only to a high-end iPhone. However, once it comes to all the phones the price should be the same just as over time the higher capacity phones always cost the same as a few years

Re: Wireless Charging, Anyone? It's a Chicken-and-egg Problem That Can Only Be Solved By a Fruit

2017-02-27 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I have a Samsung S7, and although I wouldn't buy a phone just for the wireless charging feature, I do find it convenient. I also assume the S7 runs about the same as your latest iPhones. On 27/02/17 00:01, Alan Lemly wrote: Hi Sieghard, Actually, I have an iPhone 7 and also the Belkin

RE: Wireless Charging, Anyone? It's a Chicken-and-egg Problem That Can Only Be Solved By a Fruit

2017-02-26 Thread Alan Lemly
Hi Sieghard, Actually, I have an iPhone 7 and also the Belkin adapter that lets me listen with my wired earpods and charge at the same time. I have found that I don't do this quite as often as I used to but keeping up with the adapter and using it as needed isn't a problem for me. And I'd be

RE: Wireless Charging, Anyone? It's a Chicken-and-egg Problem That Can Only Be Solved By a Fruit

2017-02-26 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Alan, You forget that the iPhone 7/7 Plus and most likely all iPhones going forward don't have a 3.5mm headphone jack. This means that if you want to use a wired headset you need to use the Lightning port hence you can't charge while using a headset or vice versa. Yes, I know you can spend

RE: Wireless Charging, Anyone? It's a Chicken-and-egg Problem That Can Only Be Solved By a Fruit

2017-02-25 Thread Alan Lemly
Mark, Thanks for the info. I guess I'm more old school because finding access to an outlet or USB port to charge my iPhone really doesn't seem to be that big of a deal. And if I'm on the move, carrying a small external battery power source isn't much of a hassle either. But I've no doubt that

Wireless Charging, Anyone? It's a Chicken-and-egg Problem That Can Only Be Solved By a Fruit

2017-02-25 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Here is the text from a very interesting cNet article that I thought you may find interesting. The URL to the original article is located as the end of the piece. Enjoy, Mark A World Free of Charging Cables? It's All Up To Apple By Roger Cheng/CNET The Samsung Galaxy S7