Apple Joins Qi Wireless Charging Industry Group
Apple joining the Wireless Power Consortium, which backs the Qi wireless charging standard, is the first time the company “confirmed involvement with any wireless power standard body and points strongly to the expectation that the next iPhone will include wireless…
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charging technology,” IHS Markit analyst Vicky Yussuff wrote Monday. Competitors such as Samsung, which has offered wireless charging since 2015, had success with wireless charging adoption, making it something Apple “can no longer ignore,” said Yussuff. IHS consumer survey data show more than 90 percent of consumers want wireless charging on their next device. Just over 200 million wireless charging-enabled devices shipped in 2016, and the research firm expects that to jump to 375 million this year with part of the forecast attributed to Apple devices, said Yussuff. Apple didn't comment.