The Next iPhone Will Have Wireless Charging, Says Apple Supplier (9to5mac.com)

Robert Hwang, CEO of a large iPhone manufacturing company in India, has let slip that the upcoming iPhone will have wireless charging. Hwang told reporters after the company's shareholder's meeting: "Assembly process for the previous generations of [iPhones] have not changed much, though new features like waterproof and wireless charging now require some different testing, and waterproof function will alter the assembly process a bit." 9to5Mac reports: Just this week, new glass panels purporting to be from the upcoming iPhones have given us another glimpse into the devices' designs. Showing off an iPhone 7s, 7s Plus, and iPhone 8, the images indicated that the glass back panels would open the door for wireless charging across all the devices. According to Hwang, Wistron's India facility is currently making "a small number" of handsets for Apple. He states the growth in manufacturing will hinge on relations between Apple and the Indian government.

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fantastic

[Anonymous Coward]

wireless charging! Welcome to 2013! your improving apple, only a few years behind everyone else now.

Re:fantastic

[Anonymous Coward]

2013? The Palm Pre had wireless charging back in 2009. It was shit. Completely unreliable and prone to breaking.

The value you get from Apple is not that they are the first to do things. It's that they usually wait until something can be done well and then they are the first to do things in such a way that the masses are happy. Apple weren't the first with a smartphone, or a mobile browser, or a tablet, or an online music store, or a fingerprint reader, or any number of other things. But they were the first to really do those things well.

It's boring seeing people laugh about Apple not being first. They are hardly ever first. That's not the point.