Apple airpower was forced to cancel its launch two years after it was launched! Uncover the reason!

Many fruit powder apples that have been waiting for two years AirPower At last “ abortion ” 了 ！ According to foreign media reports , Local time 3 month 29 Japan , Apple announces , Its wireless charging products AirPower Unable to meet its high standards , At present, this product has been officially cancelled .

Senior vice president of Apple hardware engineering Dan Riccio He said in a statement. ：“ After a lot of effort , We finally came to the conclusion that ,AirPower Unable to meet our high standards , We have cancelled the project . Apologize to those customers who are looking forward to this product launch , But we still believe , The future is wireless , Apple is committed to promoting the development of wireless experience .”

As early as 2017 year 9 month , Apple is releasing iPhone X At the same time , Released support Qi Standard wireless charging board AirPower. The advantage of this product is , It can charge up to three wireless charging devices at the same time , And these three devices can be placed anywhere AirPower On the wireless charging board , There is no need to aim at a specific position .

AirPower After the wireless charging board is released , The original plan was to 2018 Listed at the beginning of the year , But since then, it has been postponed many times due to technical problems , Until now, it was finally cancelled .

According to the previous message , Because it cannot solve the problem of fever and AirPower Communication between chip and charging device , Led to AirPower Repeated delays of wireless charging board . And this may also directly lead to AirPower The key reason for the cancellation .

Mentioned earlier ,AirPower The feature of is , It can charge three devices at the same time , But for Apple , The goal is not to give three at the same time iPhone X Charge , But hope AirPower Be able to give iPhone、Apple Watch and AirPods Wait for different types of Apple devices to charge . So this involves AirPower Communication problems with three different types of devices at the same time （ That is, equipment identification and “ handshake ”） And wireless charging .

before , An anonymous executive of an apple partner once said , The creation of multi device charging mechanism is very challenging , Because it may need to configure charging components of different sizes to charge three different devices , These charging components will overlap on the mat .

in addition ,AirPower It also needs to be supported by many different kinds of charging devices “ Put it anywhere ”, It also requires AirPower More charging sensors are installed inside to achieve all-round coverage , The circuit design is also more complex .

such as 2017 year 9 month , Yicheng wireless also joins hands with Huaqi elite 、 Shunluo electronics launched a wireless charging device that can support two devices at the same time , And support the wireless charger placed in the device's own location , Its internal deployment 16 A charging coil , If you want to support charging three devices at the same time , Obviously, it will be more complicated .

Another challenge is fever . Because the internal circuit is very many and complex , And the three devices should be charged wirelessly at the same time , This will also make AirPower There will be serious fever . According to the source , Apple has been unable to effectively solve AirPower The problem of heat dissipation , Not willing to add fans inside . So it finally led to AirPower The cancellation of .

Wedbush Securities analysts Dan Ives Express ：“ For Apple , This is a big setback . Apple CEO Tim Cook The products they touted have never even been on the shelves , It's shocking . From an economic point of view , Will not affect Apple's financial situation , But this is a blow to the golden image of Apple brand .”

edit ： Smart core - Woods