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Apple’s iPhone 12 can wirelessly charge twice as fast, but only with a MagSafe charger

The Verge

Apple’s new iPhone 12 line will be able to access faster wireless charging speeds of 15W in line with the most up-to-date Qi standard, but there’s a catch: you’ll have to use Apple’s new MagSafe brand of charger or a MagSafe-compatible one from a third-party accessory maker. for standard Qi wireless charging. Image: Apple.

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You’re not allowed to use the Apple Watch Series 7’s secret wireless dock

The Verge

The new wireless data transfer feature is designed to pair with a corresponding dock that Apple will use for currently unknown internal purposes. To me, this pretty much confirms 1) future iPhones will be port-less, and 2) that Lightning will be replaced with a 60.5GHz wireless USB-substitute through a MagSafe-like attachment.

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PlayStation 5 will support PS4 controllers, but only for playing PS4 games

The Verge

“We believe that PS5 games should take advantage of the new capabilities and features we’re bringing to the platform, including the features of DualSense wireless controller,” says Sony in a statement confirming the company’s plans.

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Apple not switching to USB-C iPhones in the near future, according to Ming-Chi Kuo

The Verge

The company reportedly has no plans to adopt USB-C on future iPhone devices or integrate a Touch ID sensor into the power button (two technologies that exist on Apple’s iPad hardware, like the 2020 iPad Air). Instead, he predicts that Apple will continue to use its Lightning port “for the foreseeable future.”.

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Apple’s been playing it too MagSafe

The Verge

But those two things alone don’t make a wireless charger a MagSafe charger; actual, Apple-approved MagSafe chargers offer a charging speed that’s twice as fast, up to 15W. And that’s a big difference because of how Apple has designed the MagSafe standard. Many already have.). Many already have.). Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge.

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Apple is now building the chip it needs to ditch Qualcomm like it ditched Intel

The Verge

This year, we kicked off the development of our first internal cellular modem which will enable another key strategic transition,” Apple hardware SVP Johny Srouji reportedly said, according to Bloomberg. It’s only a matter of time. billion, and where Apple wound up getting the Qualcomm chips it needed to build this year’s 5G iPhones.

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The Lightning port isn’t about convenience; it’s about control

The Verge

It also means that Apple would lose out on the revenue it makes from every Lightning cable and accessory that works with the iPhone, Apple-made or not — along with the control it has over what kinds of hardware does (or doesn’t ) get to exist for the iPhone and which companies get to make them. Apple could weather a switch to USB-C just fine.

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