Apple Joins Wireless Power Consortium Amid Rumors of iPhone With Wireless Charging (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday February 13, 2017 @07:20AM from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

If you've been holding out hope for wireless charging to come to the iPhone, chew on this: Apple joined the Wireless Power Consortium. From a report: Last week, a leaked note suggested that Apple is working on adding wireless charging to three phones scheduled for release in 2017. The technology may be similar to what the company has already implemented with the Apple Watch, though other reports have hinted at charging solutions that can add power to devices from a distance. The Wireless Power Consortium is the group behind Qi, a wireless charging standard that uses inductive power transfers to charge without cords.

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Re:Square of the distance... by thegarbz · 2017-02-13 09:49 · Score: 3, Informative

You do know that this technology has been around for a few good years now and most people not only know what you said, but many actually have these things at home right?
This isn't some pie in the sky physics lab experiment that Apple are courageously innovating first to market. ...
Actually last to market may be a more correct way of putting it.