Since I spent a month using a Xiaomi 12 as my primary mobile, I kept thinking about the possibility of using the phone itself as a charging base for devices such as AirPods. It seemed like something very comfortable for emergency situations that I was hoping to see in the iPhone 14, but in the end it was not like that.
However, Apple must not have stopped studying the idea, as from time to time patents describing systems like this have appeared. The latest was located in PatentlyApple and has a particular point that no other patent described.
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In the diagrams of this patent, it goes beyond charging accessories such as AirPods and Apple Watch, and the possibility of charging an iPhone with another iPhone is clearly visible. That’s to say: use an iPhone as a charging base for another iPhone. In case of need, this can be a very good idea, in case a friend with an iPhone can “lend” us part of his charge.
For this to work you need to add a parameter of Software, I guess: you have to sort of establish which iPhone is the one that should work as a charger and which is going to be charged. THAT IS maybe this can be solved by using the sensors. If the iPhone screen is upside down, this will be the charging base. And we would also have to see if it would work with all models: can you imagine an iPhone 12 mini charging an iPhone 14 Pro Max?
As always, it’s in a patent, but that doesn’t mean it’ll be in a next-gen iPhone. This may be a possibility being considered from Apple Park, and it can either be approved or rejected and tossed in the trash. But what’s patented, patented is.
