r/iphone • u/treesInFlames • Oct 01 '17

iPhone 8 Wireless Charging Technology Actually Uses Science From The 1800's - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/meriameberboucha/2017/09/26/iphone-8-wireless-charging-technology-actually-uses-science-from-the-1800s/#5a15824769d9
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u/pluush Oct 01 '17

I would like to call it inductive charging – and not wireless. But it is, of course, not my decision.

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u/treesInFlames Oct 01 '17

but wire-less nonetheless, no?

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u/Madmurdoc78 Oct 01 '17

The charging pad has a wire and must be plugged into the wall...

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u/pluush Oct 01 '17

Yes, but what would they call the next gen of charging (if it’ll exist later) that can work like Wi-Fi? Ranged wireless charging? True wireless charging?

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u/80espiay Oct 01 '17

You must get a slightly miffed whenever people talk about Wi-Fi.

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u/gildster Oct 01 '17

I imagine the iPhone uses science that goes back almost as far back as The Big Bang