Apple Shelves AirPower Wireless Charging Mat, Alternatives Beckon
Overheating was detected as one of the main issues with AirPower.
Last year in September, avid Apple follower and tipster, Sonny Dickson, suggested that the AirPower won’t make it to the market as there were technical issues working against the proper functioning of the products.
Turns out, the Apple wireless charging mat has finally hit the end of the road as the Cupertino-based giant has called off its AirPower, which was supposed to charge an iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPod at the same time.
Citing difficulty meeting its own standards, the tech giant finally bid goodbye to "AirPower" which was a wireless charging mat, originally announced in September 2017.
Apple had said it would launch "AirPower" in 2018, but it never did. It was a rare miss for Apple, which typically has a good track record of following through on product announcements.
Last year, Sonny Dickson cited that device was producing far too much heat, which caused performance setbacks. That could also have affected the ability of the devices to charge if they become too warm in the process.
Also, the AirPower was reported to have faced internal development challenges due to which Apple could not bring the product to market as smoothly as expected.
Also, the fact that Apple was charging multiple devices on the mat at the same time resulted in laggy inter-device communication. This was likely to hinder the support link between the Watch and iPhone, especially when the user was looking to pair them together.
The tech giant also stopped mentioning AirPower in its website after the September 2018 launch of the latest iPhone models. Famed Apple writer John Gruber had suggested that the AirPower was facing overheating problems.
Apple also remained tight-lipped about the pricing of the product.
— with inputs from IANS
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