Lois, You clever person! What is the name and make of your wireless charger adapter? Thanks, Sandy
sent from the dark side of the moon > On 14 Sep 2017, at 22:23, Lois Butterfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Because our new car has a charging pad, I started to research charging the > IPhone wirelessly. I found that you can buy an adapter that plugs into the > lightning port and sticks to the back of the phone to make your IPhone charge > wirelessly. > > I use a Lifeproof Free case, and I can fit the phone along with the adapter > into the case. I now have an IPhone that charges wirelessly. I love it. > > By the way, the wireless adapter costs way under $20, and you can get > charging pads for just over $10. > > Take care, > Lois > > From: Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 2:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: How does wireless charging work and what are the benefits? > > Hi Chris, > > I don’t claim to understand this fully, but yes, currently the technology > which charges devices wirelessly from a distance does not exist. Maybe it > exists in labs and I can almost guaranty that Apple is probably working very > hard on getting this to work, but for now wireless just means that you don’t > have to plug in a wire. > As for public spaces, I believe companies like Starbucks and so on have > wireless charging pads built into tables so you could have your phone > charging right next to you, obviously nobody would put their phone down on a > charging pad and then go away and sit down 10 or 20 feet away. > As for charging when you travel there is nothing which prevents you to do > this just as you have always done it which means bring your Lightning cable > and plug it in. However, when Apple releases their “Airpower” charger as they > call it then for people who have an iPhone, an Apple Watch and maybe Airpods > bringing this instead makes a lot of sense since it can charge all three > devices by themselves or all three at once and of course as time goes by this > may even include other devices which adopt the standard. > As with everything once Apple adopts something, in this case the Chi wireless > charging standard, they not only can pour a ton of money into it to make it > better but accessory makers will also scramble to bring out a wide variety of > devices to compliment it. > > > Best regards, > Sieghard > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Cris Ali > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 9:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: How does wireless charging work and what are the benefits? > > Hello folks, > When I listened to the apple keynote, I did not quite understand the > advantages of wireless charging. My understanding is that one needs to place > the phone on a wireless charging pad or stand for it to charge. This is not > remotely wireless charging. That means that we have to worry about more > gadgets to carry when we travel. In addition to the adapter and the wire, we > will need to also carry a pad or a stand for the wireless charging to work. > I understood that if many public places provide wireless charging we would > not have to worry about carrying our charging accessories. However, I am not > sure I would like to place my phone on a charging pad in a restaurant or > café, or in an airport terminal. Unless the wireless charging pad is on my > table or on the arm of my chair, I would not use it. > Can someone who is more familiar with this idea and process explain it better > to me? > Cheers, > Cris > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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