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Comment: Unless Apple pulls a rabbit from the hat, inductive wireless charging is too little too late

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<p>Apple is rarely the first to adopt a new technology. From smartphones themselves to fingerprint readers, Apple’s usual approach is to sit back and watch what other companies do, then aim to produce a better version some way down the line.</p>
<p>With smartphones, Apple watched other companies launch devices which required a stylus, and then created one that could be used with your finger. With fingerprint readers, Apple looked at ones what required you to roll your finger across an optical reader and then created a far more reliable one-touch capacitive sensor. And so on.</p>
<p>For a long time, it looked like it was doing the same thing with wireless charging – but that now seems in some doubt …</p>
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