Explainer: Why Apple didn’t put long-distance charging into an iPhone, and won’t for some time<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Back when Android manufacturers were adding wireless charging to their phones and Apple wasn’t, one popular theory was that the iPhone maker was skipping contact-based chargers and holding out for long-distance ones. In the end, of course, Apple finally opted for the same contact-based Qi chargers as everyone else.</p>
<p>But resonance chargers – which require the device to be placed extremely close to the charging coils – offer limited benefit. Sure, it’s convenient to be able to just put your iPhone X down on a wireless charging dock and pick it up again later without having to fiddle with the Lightning cable, but you still have just as many cables as ever – they are now simply attached to docks.</p>
<p>RF-based long-distance charging – promoted by companies like <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/energous/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Energous[/url] – promises far greater benefit, allowing devices to be charged anywhere in the same room as the charger. So why didn’t Apple wait … ?</p>
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