iPhone 12 video leak just revealed a killer accessory

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iPhone 12 video leak just revealed a killer accompaniment

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AirPower may be dead (or, perchance, just sleeping), only Apple tree might have another wireless charger in the works. 9to5Mac has been sent a video which purports to show a prototype for a wireless charger designed specifically for the upcoming iPhone 12 family of smartphones.

You might be thinking that this looks similar plenty of other wireless chargers on the market, and yous'd be right. However, it has a fob up its sleeve that should make it a skilful accompaniment to the upcoming iPhone 12: it'due south magnetic.

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That, combined with its deejay-like shape, means it'll exist a perfect friction match for the iPhone 12, which reportedly will feature a matching circular magnetic gyre for wireless charging. In other words, there won't be any mucking virtually with trying to get the iPhone to correctly line up with the wireless charger: instead, this puck will likely merely snap to the dorsum of the handset and start charging.

Video claims to prove Apple magnetic wireless charger prototype. More than at @9to5mac flick.twitter.com/BDReuIIW4CSeptember 17, 2020

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It's not obvious if this deejay fits into a larger charging mat, which the iPhone would snap to, or if information technology'southward just a standalone module. And, as 9to5Mac points out, the charger may be a development unit of measurement designed for 3rd-party accessory manufacturers to make their own charging devices. Either way, if it's legitimate, it's conspicuously some kind of prototype, so don't be alarmed that it lacks the usual Apple tree pizazz.

Apple'southward iPhones take had wireless charging since 2017, and the visitor is yet to make its ain first-party wireless charging equipment. The best wireless chargers are made by the likes of mophie, Logitech and Belkin.

AirPower — a charging mat that would permit up to three devices to charge when placed anywhere upon information technology — was announced alongside the iPhone 10, but then wasn't heard from again until Apple admitted it wasn't going to happen last year. Although the company was typically vague about the reasons, sources shut to the company revealed that performance and oestrus direction issues were the cause of its downfall.

AirPower may return in some form, and indeed ane rumor suggested information technology would launch alongside the iPhone 12 in a few weeks. Unless this prototype is actually somehow part of the new-wait mat, that at present seems unlikely, but we shall run into. Nosotros're expecting to encounter the side by side line of iPhones launched side by side calendar month, so lookout man this space.

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Freelance contributor Alan has been writing virtually tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in betwixt. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are institute all over the web and in the occasional mag too. When non weighing upwardly the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, you'll probably notice him tackling his ever-growing games excess. Or, more than probable, playing Spelunky for the millionth time.

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