On Friday, a year and a half after AirPower was first announced in September of 2017 in conjunction with the rollout of iPhone X and iPhone 8, and after months of speculation about its absence at the most recent Apple hardware events, Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering, Dan Riccio, confirmed that the company would cancel the product[2]. In an e-mail letter sent to technology website TechCrunch[3], he wrote that AirPower would "not achieve our high standards."
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To recap, AirPower was the extremely ambitious high-speed wireless charging pad that was intended to juice up an iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch simultaneously using Apple's own implementation of the Qi wireless[6] charging standard.
Unlike other charging pads on the market designed to handle multiple products at once, the AirPower distinguished itself by having the capability of charging the iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch all at the same time regardless of their orientation and positioning in relation to the charging coils. This would have made it the most user-friendly and desirable wireless charger on the market -- had it actually been released.
Allegedly, based on conceptual patent filings, the AirPower was able to achieve this flexible orientation wireless