In 2017 we saw how Apple jointly presented the iPhone X with an interesting charging base named AirPower. But it remained in a simple presentation, since it has not seen the light at the moment and Apple in theory closed the project. But it is not as dead as we all thought, since Jon Prosser has once again caused an earthquake with this topic.
Jon Prosser shows AirPower fully operational
On April 10, Prosser reported through his Twitter account that Apple was still working on the AirPower to polish all the problems it had. This tweet was accompanied by a poor quality photograph showing a prototype of the base. Apparently there are several employees who are using this base right now with the aim of testing it, in order to solve problems such as the Apple Watch charging.
This problem has been solved according to Jon Prosser and now he has accompanied it with a photo that has much more quality. In this the AirPower is perfectly seen as we remembered it when we saw it in 2017, with the Apple Watch and the AirPods on top charging. And since we are speculating the watch that we see on top of the base could be the Apple Watch Series 6, with a compatible design to charge in this AirPower.
The photography environment is quite homemade, so it looks pretty much like we are looking at a totally real image of the prototype in an employee’s house . As a curiosity, if you look closely at the image you will see even a false teeth. Obviously not the final version of the product, but the fact that these bugs are being polished suggests that the AirPower is not dead and may be released sooner than we think.
Well, you guys wanted a better picture of “C68”… 😏
Remember how I said that the main problem was that current prototypes didn’t support Apple Watch?
Yeah
Well.They got the Watch working… 👀 pic.twitter.com/LvBeNAAtt3
– Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser) June 18, 2020
Prosser has once again demonstrated with these images that he has Apple contacts at the highest level. This is a fairly important leak and one that surely will not please in Apple Park. The truth is that apart from the images, it has only reported that the problem of charging the Apple Watch has been solved, but little else. It has not given details of how it works or how it interacts with various iPhones. Furthermore, the possible market launch date is also in limbo.
Why AirPower was not launched
As mentioned above, the AirPower was not launched on the market last year 2017 due to problems in its operation. Apple sinned with confidence and presented an accessory that was not ready to be released to users , as it got quite hot. This is why it was decided to officially abandon the project, when Apple confirmed that it did not want to launch a product that did not meet the company’s quality standards.
Here they undoubtedly made this mistake that they are trying to solve with an in-depth review of the base design. It is important that it offers minimal overheating when 3 devices are charging at the same time but without sacrificing charging speed. This is the real challenge that Apple has ahead and that seems to be going great. What is clear is that Jon Prosser is not going to win any friends at Apple, except for his favorite filter, since he is leaving the company without surprises.