Next-generation Qi2 wireless charging standard embraces Apple's MagSafe

Re:Next-generation Qi2 wireless charging standard embraces A... by crooked-v on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @06:25PM (#34239611)

My guess would be that driving that much power through direct connectors would clash with their goal to make everything phone-related increasingly waterproof.

With the purely induction-based method, you can, say, have connectors poolside (assuming you've got long and suitably grounded cables) with no concern from errant splashes.

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Re:Next-generation Qi2 wireless charging standard embraces A... by vineyardmike on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @06:52PM (#34239853)

The phones are already waterproof with electrodes on the outside of the device. Charging ports are still the outside from a poolside perspective.

Magnetic Qu charging is already a standard, they can build off it. It supports plenty of existing chargers. They released it before MagSafe. MagSafe just makes it more efficient in a way that doesn’t require more power.

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Re:Next-generation Qi2 wireless charging standard embraces A... by fomine3 on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @07:53PM (#34240382)

Waterproof charge electrodes are thing for a long time. I think Apple loves glass on phone back so they can't adopt it.

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