Recently, the European Union once again voted on a proposal to require all technology companies, including Apple, to unify the USB-C charging interface and to further popularize wireless charging technology by the end of 2026.
It seems that this proposal is also a cliché, and the direction is very clear.
After all, apple is the only one in the world today that insists on using the Lightning interface.
There is no other reason, because Apple's MFi certification has received considerable benefits, so the Lightning interface can maintain such a long lifespan.
But now that Apple has established a new MFM certification, wireless charging technology has become a major trend in the future.
Therefore, whether from the perspective of technology or making money, Apple will not launch a USB-C interface for the iPhone, but will directly cut off the charging interface in the future and launch an interfaceless iPhone.
When it comes to the research and development of Apple's wireless technology, it is necessary to mention AirPower.
AirPower was released in the fall of 2017 and eventually jumped because Apple couldn't solve the technical problem of fever.
The "premature death" of AirPower has also disrupted the pace of Apple's research and development of wireless charging technology, resulting in a slowdown in the development of this technology.
But Apple has obviously not given up the research and development of wireless charging technology, and in 2020, it jointly launched MagSafe magnetic charging technology with the iPhone 12 series.
At the same time, after that, many MagSafe related products have been derived, such as the MagSafe dual charger, which can charge two devices at the same time.
According to a latest Apple patent, Apple is developing a technology that can significantly control the temperature of MagSafe.
It can be seen that the failure of AirPower has also made Apple understand the key points and difficulties in the development of wireless technology, and is currently further optimizing the heating problem of MagSafe.
Not only that, Apple has also recently introduced a new firmware version 2.7.b.0 for the MagSafe external battery.
Tests have shown that when the MagSafe external battery is upgraded to the latest firmware, the charging power is increased from the original 5W to 7.5W, which improves the charging efficiency.
The charging speed is also one of the bottlenecks of the current wireless charging technology, and it can be seen from the charging speed of the MagSafe external battery after upgrading the firmware that Apple is further optimizing the charging rate of the wireless charging technology.
In addition, from a practical point of view, although wireless charging technology can get rid of the contact between cables and mobile phones, the wireless charger itself still needs to rely on cable power supply, and it is not really wireless.
For users, we still hope to be able to achieve air charging, that is, without touching the charging device itself, you can remotely charge the mobile phone.
On this point, we can actually see the progress of this technology from the air charging technology officially announced by Xiaomi and Motorola in January last year.
From the perspective of the technical solutions of the two companies, millimeter waves are transmitted to the mobile phone through the charging pile, and the mobile phone is received through the micro beacon antenna, so as to achieve air charging.
It can be seen that the air wireless charging technology has begun to take shape, and the next step should be to further improve the charging efficiency and reduce the volume of the charging pile.
In addition, from an environmental point of view, compared to the charging head, if all devices are common to a wireless charger, it is obviously a more environmentally friendly choice.
We have reason to believe that both the pressure from the European Union and the voice of users will allow Apple to accelerate the launch of the interfaceless iPhone.
I believe that day will not be far away.