RAVPower, the maker of all things powerbank and
charging, has given us one more tangential evidence that the upcoming iPhone
crop will indeed feature a wireless method to pump them full of electrons. It
has apparently already in production of a wireless charging stand with the Qi
standard that can output no less than 10 watts of power, or double what the
wired iPhone chargers provide, due to the inevitable power loss when charging
through the ether.
Thus, the RAVPower chief has sent the following
statement which all but confirms that the company has inside sources credible
enough to result in a final retail product for charging future iPhones
wirelessly.
While LG has a 15-watt wireless charger on the
market, Apple is likely going to keep it safe, and provide a more standard
output, which, coupled with the rumored new glass housing of the upcoming
iPhones, should charge them almost as quickly as if they were connected to a
cable. Samsung's newest wireless charging convertible
pad takes about two hours to fully charge a Galaxy S8, while doing the same
thing by wire takes about an hour and a half, so we will be pretty curious to
see whether the new iPhones can charge wirelessly with the same speed as with
the regular charging cable provided in the box.
