a air Force You must give nightmares to many CEOs in An apple Even today. after existence Previewed in 2017the project has been constantly postponed and despite the presence of Until it appeared on the company’s websiteBeen completed Canceled in 2019. Since then, the product lives only in our memory and in the prototypes that appear.
Last year, an Italian collector Post a video He showed a beta (working) version of AirPower. It is interesting that today new units appeared in videos from 91 techAnd the dongle book pro he is from Youtube Luke MeaniIn this article, many details of the charger that did not arrive in Apple stores were shown.
Channel modeling specialist dongle book pro I got three units from the beta version, one of them very early on, with 16 reels, while the other – possibly from a more advanced stage of development – has 22 reels. None of them had the final design (with white in publicity photos), being too primitive.
The outside has many small circles – even one of them has a slide. The idea is probably to use it to control the charge, as well as perform the work of reporting the charging of AirPods and Apple Watch on the iPhone.
When trying to use the prototype, Miani was even successful: wireless charging of both the AirPods case and the iPhone was launched. However, this only lasted for 1 second, which shows how unstable the analyzed unit is.
a 91 tech It went even further, linking AirPower to the Terminal app on your Mac and analyzing the code in the prototype. There, some developer tools and commands for certain files were seen, as well as information that the device was never calibrated and that the firmware on it was installed in June 2017.
It is worth noting that the original idea of the accessory was to simultaneously recharge the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods and show the charge level of each one on the smartphone. Hypotheses for a non-functioning device center on issues such as overheating and failure to engineer so that it can be fired.
Last year, even, rumors pointed to the possibility that Apple Working on a new version of AirPower with remote chargingin addition to the reverse charging capabilities, which have already been in the devices of competitors for a long time.
Well, at least these videos give you a taste, right? 😅
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