Remember the Samsung Droid Charge? The charge was an Android smartphone that was Qi-enabled but required the purchase of an entirely new backplate for the phone just to utilize that feature. Then Samsung really took it into the mainstream and standardized it with its S line of smartphones. Since then, the technology development-wise has been stagnant on a mainstream front. Every year we get small incremental speed improvements. Now, we’ve got 30 Watt wireless chargers, which is great. But the technology itself hasn’t fundamentally changed much since its introduction. Improved? Sure. But refined? No, not really. The mode of operations for most manufacturers in recent years has been simply taking the same parts off the shelf and throwing it in new and fancy housing. This included Apple, which might explain AirPower’s cancellation.
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