GettyLate last month, Apple canceled AirPower, announced in September 2017 on the same day as the iPhone X reveal, citing that the wireless charger mat will not achieve the company’s “high standards”. In any case, a lot of people have wondered why Apple canceled such a simple product as a wireless charging mat, despite its almost limitless research and development resources, both in talents and budget. The 2 reasons why Apple canceled AirPowerIn a note to clients, my firm (Atherton Research), explained that there were really two key reasons for the AirPower project to have failed. However, the Apple promise was clear: AirPower will wirelessly charge any Apple device no matter where it’s placed on the pad . The first problem Apple engineers had to solve was a technical issue of Apple’s own making: The Apple Watch is using a proprietary wireless charging standard, different from the Qi standard used in its new iPhones and the just-released AirPods wireless charging case.

Source: Forbes April 06, 2019 20:03 UTC