Apple introduced the AirPower Charging Station in September 2017, a charging station designed to charge iPhone, Apple Watch, and even AirPods. place them in any position on the base. A charging base which, due to the complexity of using multiple coils and not being able to control the temperature of the base, forced the company to announce that it was abandoning the project 2 years after its announcement. Its planned release date was set for 2018.
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– Giulio Zompetti (@ 1nsane_dev) August 5, 2021
A year ago, several images of an alleged AirPower appeared on social networks which showed the interior design of the charging coils and the internal circuit of the device. However, nothing like a video. This is where Apple product collector Giulio Zompetti satisfies users’ curiosity about this device.
Zompeti shows a video of a seemingly functional prototype of the AirPower charging base. When you place the iPhone on the charging cradle, an animation is displayed on the device screen like the one Apple showed in promotional videos for this charging base, but which we had never seen in real life because it did not hit the market as we commented on.
Mark Gurman, announced a long time ago that Apple has not definitively ruled out this project and that she continues to work to find solutions to avoid overheating the base, which is the main reason the Cupertino-based company decided to keep it in a drawer.
Zompetti has already shared images an iPad with 3 30-pin ports, an iPhone 12 Pro prototype, a 3rd generation iPod touch with a rear camera, an Apple Watch Series 3 prototype with two additional ports …
