For a couple of years, we were expecting a wireless charging pad from Apple. Unfortunately, Cupertino scrapped the project in early 2019 and never mentioned it again. According to the leaker @LeaksApplePro, Apple AirPower will be re-announced as “one more thing” at the iPhone 12 keynote this fall.
The ups and downs of the Apple AirPower
In September 2017, when the first iPhone devices began to support Qi wireless charging, Apple announced AirPower. It was going to be a sleek and stylish charging mat that would charge multiple devices at once, wirelessly. Unfortunately, Apple canceled the project in March 2019, blaming difficulties in meeting Cupertino’s high hardware standards.
Not long after the cancellation, speculation began to circulate that rumors of AirPower’s death had been greatly exaggerated. YouTuber and leaker Jon Prosser claimed their sources indicated that Cupertino had revived the project internally. However, Prosser had no information on when or if Apple would launch the AirPower.
The next iPhone 12 and “One More Thing”
In 1999, Steve Jobs started a neat trick with Apple’s keynotes. The penultimate showman, Jobs, would leave the stage at the presumed end of the keynote address and then return to introduce another product. Before the ad, it said, “But there’s one more thing.”
Jobs continued the long-awaited encore over the years, but Apple dropped the tradition after his death. Then in 2014, CEO Tim Cook revived the tradition of announcing the Apple Watch. He used the phrase again in 2015 to advertise Apple Music. The iPhone X was “one more thing” in 2017, and Apple hasn’t uttered the phrase since.
Maybe it’s time for another encore
If @LeaksApplePro is right, then 2020 could be the time of the resurrection of “one more thing.” The Twitter user claims to be an Apple connoisseur, so he may have information that we don’t have. There are many wireless charging platforms on the market. There are even some who share the elegance and elegance of Apple products. Still, Cupertino is rarely left out of its own aftermarket.
Once thought to be doomed, Apple AirPower could be “one more thing” in the iPhone 12 keynote
Supposedly, the problem with Apple AirPower before was that the pad was getting too hot. If the engineers were to place the induction coils too close together, this would definitely be a problem. Apple, if you have continued to work on engineering the AirPower, might have found an answer to the problem.
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If so, we might very well see the Apple AirPower at the iPhone 12 event. More rumors say the event is scheduled for October 13.
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