Like every year, rumors about a new iPhone do not stop circulating. Among the rumors about the iPhone 8 / X, iPhone of the 2017th anniversary or iPhone of XNUMX there are several that speak about the possibility that the next Apple smartphone is not necessarily charged through the Lightning port, but can be charged wirelessly. This rumor has gained a lot of strength today after it became known that Apple has joined the Wireless Power Consortium.
The Wireless Power Consortium is a group dedicated to developing and promoting the adoption of the wireless charging standard known as Qi. What suggests that Apple has joined this group? Well, it can only mean one thing: those from Cupertino are interested in the wireless charging And what better year than 2017, the year of the XNUMXth anniversary of the iPhone, to launch a device that does not need cables to charge?
Wireless Power Consortium, Apple's first stop on the road to wireless charging
All this would close the door to the possibility that Apple used its own induction charging technology and that those of Cupertino used the standard of Qi wireless charging. As we have already explained on different occasions, wireless charging differs from induction charging in that a device could be charged at a certain distance from the charging base and it would not be mandatory to rest it on a surface to receive the charge, therefore that we could use the mobile while charging it without having to connect any cables.
Now we can only wait to see what all this translates into. Show an iPhone that is charging without being connected to a power grid or on a charging surface It could be one of the keynote highlights that will most likely be held sometime in September. Will we see it or will we be very disappointed?
It is that if we do not see being real wireless charging at least ... for me Apple has sincerely died, the innovation and the truth are over ... I would be very damned if it were like that
Nor is it that with wireless charging it was going to be a no more innovation, since it has been invented and in use for years ...
Hi Luis V. We insist a lot on the word "wireless" and sometimes we add "real" to differentiate between induction charging and remote charging. If Apple takes the step, which will sooner or later, there will be two options: induction charging, which is what you mean, or wireless charging, which will allow us to use the iPhone WITHOUT CABLES and WITHOUT SUPPORTING IT ON ANY SURFACE at the same time. charging time. What exists today forces you to leave the device standing on a charging surface; the cable is not connected at the base, but its use is the same or more limited than carrying the cable.
A greeting.
It doesn't seem like a very viable technology at the moment. We will see what the thing is when they present it in September.