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As some of you may have saw or heard, Apple's attempt at breaking the wireless charger industry has fallen short. 18 months after announcing Airpower becoming a real possibility, Apple's Vice President of hardware engineering has announced today that the project "Airpower" has been cancelled. The project was not deemed to be high enough quality to be released to the public. Issues related to overheating are a leading cause to the cancellation. This is all disappointing news after seeing the new wireless AirPods release, without and Apple related wireless charger to pair. This is just another bump in the already rocky 2019 for Apple. What do you guys think about this product being cancelled?


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What exactly is air power
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Mike wrote What exactly is air power


Airpower was Apple's attempt at creating a wireless charging station for multiple devices. I.E. a charging mat for a phone, watch, AirPods and so fourth.
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Doomfist wrote
Mike wrote What exactly is air power


Airpower was Apple's attempt at creating a wireless charging station for multiple devices. I.E. a charging mat for a phone, watch, AirPods and so fourth.


Oh well I mean I can definitely see this happening. Maybe not super soon but eventually it will seems something apple would do.
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Its doesnt shock me. 3rd party wireless chargers rule the wireless charging world if you ask me
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C4 wrote Its doesnt shock me. 3rd party wireless chargers rule the wireless charging world if you ask me


And they'll continue to, it's just odd that Apple went public saying they failed. Just a terrible PR issue.
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Rumors say apple is just always a step behind Samsung and they're just copying whatever they release but in a more different way. More like a different way that has the same purpose as a released product that Samsung already does.
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CTV wrote Rumors say apple is just always a step behind Samsung and they're just copying whatever they release but in a more different way. More like a different way that has the same purpose as a released product that Samsung already does.


I suppose it's not as innovative, but if they take a product and make it better that's a good thing for consumers.
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I was shocked by this information
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I wish this would of worked, not surprised it was a fail but still. It just would of been more convienent for everybody honestly.
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