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Re:Apple Cancels AirPower Product by rhodysurf on Friday March 29, 2019 @03:38PM (#19524867)
Not the apple watch. That was the draw of it.
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Re:Apple Cancels AirPower Product by jzl on Friday March 29, 2019 @05:34PM (#19525873)
Was AirPower supposed to support the watch? I don't see how that would be possible given the curved shape of the watch back.
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Re:Apple Cancels AirPower Product by Eric_WVGG on Friday March 29, 2019 @06:12PM (#19526114)
eh? The back of the watch itself is flat.

John Gruber says he saw a prototype backstage of an event a couple years ago, put his watch on and it started charging just fine, incidentally.

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Re:Apple Cancels AirPower Product by quailmaster on Friday March 29, 2019 @06:44PM (#19526280)
The back of the watch is very much curved. It's not as noticeable when people are wearing them because the watch sits right in between your wrist bones. https://i.gzn.jp/img/2018/09/21/apple-watch-series-4-open/p4...
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Re:Apple Cancels AirPower Product by Dylan16807 on Saturday March 30, 2019 @12:16AM (#19527712)
It's flat enough to stay inside a 7mm charging range. (Or the inch plus that newer chargers can supposedly do.)
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Re:Apple Cancels AirPower Product by Eric_WVGG on Saturday March 30, 2019 @02:27AM (#19528097)
gah. You're right, I'm wrong. Dumb.
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