When the iPhone 12 was released in 2020, Apple introduced completely new charging technology:MagSafe. Using the wireless charging method already present in iPhones for several years, the Apple brand has perfected this system to offer an alternative solution to its major AirPower project.
But according to new information Apple had the idea at the time to develop a charger other than the simple wired base that we know today. With the “Magic Charger” the Cupertino company would have offered a whole support for iPhone capable of straightening up and thus recharging the phone in a vertical position.
Tell me how to tear this dvt down😨
Seems difficult#Apple #appleinternal @AppleDemoYT @applintrnl pic.twitter.com/fcCJk99zeG— KyoukoBlue (@TheBlueMister)November 7, 2022
It is on Twitter that the first images of this prototype have appeared in recent days. The user @TheBlueMister seems to have been the first to share these photographs before they were reproduced everywhere on the web. Far from being unknown, this informant of the Apple brand regularly publishes images of old prototypes of Apple products which have not seen the light of day.
He did not give any details on how this charger would work, nor the reasons why Apple abandoned the project. Given the level of detail on the prototype, Apple certainly put an end to this development in the last months before the object was marketed.
Apple prepares for after Lightning
Today Apple is trying to develop features around MagSafe but user feedback is fairly neutral. The arrival of external batteries which attach to the back of the phone are one of the solutions offered by the Apple brand, but not all models are yet compatible (the mini ones are too small to qualify for such a device) .
Whilethe switch to USB-C was imposed on iPhones by the European Union, Apple could choose to ignore this demand from the old continent and offer an iPhone that only recharges with a wireless solution. An option currently being considered but which should not see the light of day for several years.
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