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And though Apple VP Phil Schiller had just introduced the innovative iPhone X (and more derivative iPhone 8 and 8 Plus), his AirPower pitch was striking for its aspirational tone.
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By James Peckham
published 6 August 2021
Don't hold your breath
The cancellation of AirPower is a rare situation where Apple unveiled a new product on stage, but canceled it before it was ever available on store shelves.
AirPower was a wireless charging mat that Apple announced alongside the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X – the first iPhones to support wireless charging – but it never actually came out.
Exactly what happened to AirPower wasn't confirmed by Apple, but it did confirm the project had been cancelled. In March 2019, Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering, Dan Riccio, made a statement on the project.
Riccio said, "After much effort, we've concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the project.
"We apologize to those customers who were looking forward to this launch. We continue to believe that the future is wireless and are committed to push the wireless experience forward."
That's pretty definitive that AirPower wasn't going to happen, right? But a report in June 2020, from serial leaker Jon Prosser, claimed to have images of the charging pad back in development.
Well, you guys wanted a better picture of “C68”... 😏Remember how I said that the main problem was that current prototypes didn’t support Apple Watch?Yeah.Well.They got the Watch working... 👀 pic.twitter.com/LvBeNAAtt3June 18, 2020
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Do you need something to wirelessly charge all your Apple gadgets at one time? That's why Apple created AirPower. The aim of the wireless charging mat was to offer an experience where you could charge an iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods.
That's three devices wirelessly charging at once, a feat Apple, nor any other company, had achieved before. At the CES 2018 (months after AirPower was first shown off), companies were only up to unveiling mats that could wirelessly charge two devices simultaneously.
The heart of the AirPower system featured a thin, oval-shaped pad. And, while only the AirPods (in their optional case) fit snugly on its surface, your Apple Watch and iPhone would have had ample elbow room.
AirPower worked courtesy of Qi charging technology, which still remains the leading wireless charging standard on the market. While Qi is available in third-party charging mats from the likes of Belkin and others, AirPower is Apple's proprietary solution to your new wireless charging needs.
Apple Watch previously made use of Qi wireless charging, included in a pad crafted by Apple. However, AirPower allowed for up to three different devices to charge at once, making it more open than Apple's previous effort.
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AirPower was designed to be more than just another mat. It was a whole wireless charging system that allowed devices to communicate and manage power consumption between them.
As Apple's head of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller said on stage in 2017, this isn't possible with other wireless charging systems currently available.
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Philip W. Schiller (born June 8, 1960) is an Apple Fellow at Apple Inc. He is a prominent figure in Apple's keynotes and has been a member of the company's executive team since Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997.
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