I read an article last year by someone connected to Apple which claimed that Apple will not add wireless charging until the heat dissipation problems are resolved. They said currently the increased heat from wireless charging has a minor chance of damaging the sensitive circuitry in the iOS products.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 11 Nov 2013, at 14:49, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ricardo, > > I am not saying they will never add it, but I think when they do there is a > good chance it will be better than what you normally find. Don't they have > some sort of fancy magnetic connector on their laptops? I think companies > should work on achieving some sort of new break-through on battery > technology because so many devices are hampered by this. Could you imagine > an iPhone you only have to charge once a week or even every 3 days even if > you use GPS and all the other features it has to offer? Whichever company > can achieve this will kick butt. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ricardo Walker > Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:33 PM > To: viphone > Subject: Re: wireless charging of your iPhone. > > Hi, > > I believe Qi chargers can be had for about $35. This is around the same > price as an Apple Charger. Yes. It is slower than using an AC outlet. The > developer says charging time is a bit faster than that if charging via a USB > 2.0 port. On average, this takes about 4 hours for me if charging a dead > iPhone via USB. So for arguments sake Lets say this charger can do that in > 3 and a quarter hours. I think that is a time in which the majority of > people can live with. So in your example, that 30 minutes would probably > charge your phone to around 40%. > > I honestly don't thing the attachment sticks out very for at all. it is > attached via a ribbon cable. The receiver is smaller than a credit card and > goes on the back of your phone, in between the phone and your case. Sure, > Apple has chosen not to add this functionality to their products yet but, > what does that really mean? For example, They've also never offered a > computer with a blue ray player which is pretty common fair, and cellular > data on their notebooks which is pretty common on high end laptops. They > also waited to add LTE to the iPhone. . > > hth. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > >> On Nov 10, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Ricardo, >> >> I agree that it is cool, but I also believe that if wireless charging of a >> battery with the capacity of that of the iPhone was so advanced that Apple >> would have implemented it. This is exactly the kind of stuff Apple likes > and >> while wireless charging has been around a long time (I had a Panasonic > razor >> almost 15 years ago which you just stood in a cradle to charge it with no >> connection between the charging cradle and the razor) it is not widely >> adopted. As far as I know wireless charging is very slow and while this >> might be OK over night, I think it's not an option if your phone is a 21% >> and you need to run out in half an hour. If I plug my iPhone into an AC >> adapter for half an hour it probably charges from 21% to etween 50 and 60% >> and I doubt the wireless charger could do that. >> I would never buy an accessory which required me to have some gadget > plugged >> into the lightning connector, chances are it's not something you would > leave >> plugged in if you go out as even if it was small it still would stick out. > I >> rather spend a few bucks and get 2 or 3 cables or for $10 I can get an >> actual AC adapter with Lightning connector from Monoprice.com. >> I bought two 10 foot Lightning cables and one of these adapters from >> Monoprice for a total investment of about $32 + I have the original 3 foot >> cable which I use on my computer or if I want to have a cable to use with > my >> external battery. >> I bet these wireless charging cradles, mats or cushions cost a lot more > and >> I would still want at least 3, one at my office, one in my bedroom and 1 > in >> my living room. At this point I find this clearly is in the gadget > category. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> ----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Ricardo Walker >> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 1:07 PM >> To: viphone >> Subject: Re: wireless charging of your iPhone. >> >> Yeah but, you would just leave this plugged in all the time. I mean for > me, >> I would have no reason to unplug it since I don't sync with my iTunes at >> all. I think just putting your phone down on your desk to charge your >> device is pretty cool. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >>> On Nov 10, 2013, at 3:21 PM, RobH. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Sorry, don't see the point; if you plug in that gismo, you might as >>> well plug in the charger, surely? >>> >>> rh. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Ricardo Walker" <[email protected]> >>> To: "viphone" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 3:49 PM >>> Subject: wireless charging of your iPhone. >>> >>> >>> Hello list, >>> >>> I wanted to share this because I think it sounds pretty cool. A lot >>> of high end phones have the ability to be charged wirelessly. >>> Unfortunately, IOS devices are not one of them. A group has started a >>> crowd fund raising campaign for a wireless charging receiver that >>> attaches to the lightning port of your IOS device. Here goes the link >>> for more information. 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