Mar 30, 2019 21:40:00

Apple discontinued commercialization of genuine wireless mat 'AirPower', unable to meet high technology level

The wireless charging mat ' AirPower ', which Apple announced at its

new product launch event in 2017, has been described as 'is it finally released next time' every time Apple holds a presentation meeting so far? More than a year and a half has passed without the sound of. Apple has officially commented on overseas media TechCrunch about this AirPower, saying that 'commercialization has been discontinued'.

Apple cances AirPower product citing inability to meet its high standards for hardware | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/29/apple-cancels-airpower-product-citing-inability-to-meet-its-high-standards-for-hardware/

It has been revealed that Apple has completely discontinued the commercialization of the wireless charging mat AirPower. Dan Rycchio, senior vice president of hardware engineering at Apple, told TechCrunch 'I've made a decision that AirPower can not meet our high technology standards and will stop development projects. We apologize to customers looking forward to the launch of AirPower. '

AirPower was first announced at Apple's new product launch in September 2017. At that time, Apple announced AirPower with the iPhone 8/8 Plus / X, the first wireless charging compatible model of the iPhone, and was a product that could charge up to three products such as the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods simultaneously. At the time of the announcement, the dedicated AirPods case was not yet compatible with wireless charging, but in March 2019 the case for AirPods with wireless charging was finally announced . However, in contrast to AirPods, after a year and a half or more, it has finally been officially announced that the commercialization will be discontinued.

According to TechCrunch's own information, AirPower's delayed commercialization is 'related to the tough engineering problems associated with the laws of physics.' Specifically, the 3D charging coils installed in AirPower are located very close to each other, so it has been said that very careful power management was required and this problem could not be solved. But Apple declined to comment on this.

Always worth reading @ gruber's show recaps. The Air Power situation is real-heat is a problem and it was shown off too early. Sometimes Apple does this and eng rise to the challenge and delivers. Sometimes, physics. Https: // t .co / 2YNlpPO1qO

— Matthew Panzarino (@panzer) September 16, 2018

AirPower's development project seems to have been canceled relatively recently, and the proof is the AirPowers illustration on the bottom of the new AirPods case.

AirPower price:

But lightning to USB-A maxes at 12 W. Must be lightning to USB-C.

Wireless charging 3 devices needs 30W +. Via https://t.co/C97Smpq644

USB-C 30W charger + cable = $ 70 alone!

AirPower Must Be So $ 149- $ 199? Pic.Twitter.Com/i6iJX2mJuA

— Ryan Jones (@rjonesy) March 29, 2019

Canceling the announced product is a very rare occurrence for Apple, and it seems that AirPower's engineering problems are insurmountable at the time of writing.