{"id":19097,"date":"2017-10-03T20:11:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T00:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=19097"},"modified":"2017-10-04T12:02:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T16:02:14","slug":"iphone-8-qi-wireless-charging-and-the-challenge-of-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/03\/iphone-8-qi-wireless-charging-and-the-challenge-of-open\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 8, Qi Wireless Charging, and the Challenge of Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Bajarin<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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In the few weeks, I’ve been using an iPhone 8 and the Mophie wireless charging pad I have woken up the next day to an iPhone that did not charge and has less than 10% battery at least several times a week. This last week alone it happened three times. For a myriad of reasons, from charging coils, to pad design, etc., when using this pad the iPhone and Mophie pad have to be aligned just right, or it won’t charge. You can’t just drop it down anywhere on the pad but instead need to align it just right. Where this impacts me, is throughout the night my phone may get a notification buzz and as a result will move off the sweet spot and then stop charging.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

While many third parties disliked Apple’s MFI accessory program, the guidelines Apple had in place for third parties to create accessories for their products led to consistent experiences with third-party products and Apple products. At the moment, we don’t have the same situation with Qi Wireless charging. While Apple’s embracing of the Qi standard means they will certainly get involved and help drive the standard and the technology forward, for now, Apple runs the risk of having third-party solutions not meet their standards of an accessory that will work with iPhones.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Previously: iPhone 8 Charging Speed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update (2017-10-04): Phil Wu<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Panasonic Qi charging pad has coils that move to where your phone is (Panasonic QE-TM101-K).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben Bajarin: In the few weeks, I’ve been using an iPhone 8 and the Mophie wireless charging pad I have woken up the next day to an iPhone that did not charge and has less than 10% battery at least several times a week. This last week alone it happened three times. For a myriad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,1472,85,1570,1578],"class_list":["post-19097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-ios","tag-ios-11","tag-iphone","tag-iphone-8","tag-qi-charging"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19101,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19097\/revisions\/19101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}