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Title: iPhone 7 and the potential for wireless charging Post by: HCK on January 19, 2016, 03:00:29 pm iPhone 7 and the potential for wireless charging
Could Apple put wireless charging into the iPhone 7? Up until last year, wireless charging didn't work on phones with metal casings, specifically for our purposes—the iPhone. But technologies, like times, change. So, could Apple bring wireless charging to the iPhone 7? Going wireless Wireless charging has been available on other phones for years. The original Palm Pre launched with it in 2009 and a succession of Android and Windows phones have launched with it since. Back then, Apple obviously didn't think the benefits of wireless charging were worth implementing in the iPhone 4 or iPhone 4s. The company even switched away from glass to aluminum backs for iPhone 5 and later models, fully removing it as an option. Then, in July of 2015, Qualcomm announced wireless charging through metal: WiPower, as well as other technologies that meet the Rezence standard, operate at a frequency that is more tolerant of metal objects that come within the charge field. Up to now, this meant...<br clear='all'/> <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388660450/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf9b807/sc/15/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388660450/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf9b807/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388660450/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf9b807/sc/15/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388660450/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf9b807/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388660450/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf9b807/sc/15/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/247388660450/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf9b807/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247388660450/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf9b807/sc/15/a2.img" border="0"/> (http://da.feedsportal.com/r/247388660450/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf9b807/sc/15/a2.htm)<img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/247388660450/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4cf9b807/sc/15/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/4cf9b807/sc/15/mf.gif)' border='0'/> Source: iPhone 7 and the potential for wireless charging (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/dmWbwhIPpM8/story01.htm) |