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I closed the live stream when they started to explain how 'magical' wireless charging is. They don't have to explain that, I've been charging my samsung wirelessly for the past 2 years...
Can I use my Palm Pre charger?
Sorry if I missed something, but has it ever been explained why Apple went straight to the iPhone 8 vs. releasing the traditional S iteration, i.e. the iPhone 7S? Is it due to the iPhone's 10th anniversary?
Apple's central brand value has been the promise that everything that looks good in an announcement also works good in practice, better be last and best than first and worst. But they are bound to lose that if they force themselves to fill one "new iphone!"-presentation year over year even when the smartphone is mostly done.
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I think the idea is you keep the charger plugged in all the time (say, beside your bed) and when you go to sleep you just throw the phone on the charger. Seems kinda convenient to me.
Oh, I get it, it's just that the feature is often talked about like it's the second coming of wifi. It takes me about a second to plug in my iPhone.
Putting them everywhere, like the kitchen counter, home and office desks, car and bedside table would really lengthen the lives of phone batteries. If it really took only a second for people to do the equivalent of plugging in their phone they'd almost always leave them charging.
Wireless charging is baffling to me. Instead of carrying a small plug and cable around, you carry a... giant disc - and it still has the plug? It would be one thing if it was magic charging that worked anywhere within a few meters of the charger, but I gather that's impossible. You still have to put it on the disc! I get that it's optional.
I have a magnetic phone mount in my car. When I get in, I put my phone on the mount, then connect it to the charging cable. Just because it's a pain to fool with cables in the car (especially if I remember after I start driving) I've found myself wishing that (1) my phone allows wireless charging and (2) the phone mount doubled as a wireless charging pad. That's the best use case I can think of.