Casey Liss

Yeah, maybe. Apple doesn't seem to be in a hurry, and I don't think users are in a hurry either. I feel like it's kind of one of those things, kind of like USB-C, that when Apple finally decides to do it, it will be after the point when it's... They'll let it be non-controversial, right?

Yeah, maybe. Apple doesn't seem to be in a hurry, and I don't think users are in a hurry either. I feel like it's kind of one of those things, kind of like USB-C, that when Apple finally decides to do it, it will be after the point when it's... They'll let it be non-controversial, right?

If it did it today, it would be controversial, but there's going to come a point where few people will care about it, and they'll just do it. As someone who continues to charge with the wire pretty much all the time except when I'm in the car on the MagSafe mount, I still could give it a few more years before they go full wireless.

If it did it today, it would be controversial, but there's going to come a point where few people will care about it, and they'll just do it. As someone who continues to charge with the wire pretty much all the time except when I'm in the car on the MagSafe mount, I still could give it a few more years before they go full wireless.

I do wonder how many people, what the percentages are. Only Apple knows, but how much... Wireless charging used to be 0% because the phone didn't support it. Right now, what percent of phone charging in terms of like... I don't know, battery capacity or milliamp hours added to the phone. Is that?

I do wonder how many people, what the percentages are. Only Apple knows, but how much... Wireless charging used to be 0% because the phone didn't support it. Right now, what percent of phone charging in terms of like... I don't know, battery capacity or milliamp hours added to the phone. Is that?

And then you do the math on the massive inefficiency of wireless charging versus wired and see how much waste heat we're throwing out and how much energy that adds. Yeah, that could be another thing keeping Apple from doing this for a while.

And then you do the math on the massive inefficiency of wireless charging versus wired and see how much waste heat we're throwing out and how much energy that adds. Yeah, that could be another thing keeping Apple from doing this for a while.

Yeah, it's a good pop culture thing to watch. Like, in pop culture, you will very often see people complaining in modern TV shows and movies that their phone is out of charge and they're desperate to find a charger and they're always plugging a wire into it, right? Yeah. We'll know that that turnover has happened when in pop culture we see the person who's desperate for their phone to be charged.

Yeah, it's a good pop culture thing to watch. Like, in pop culture, you will very often see people complaining in modern TV shows and movies that their phone is out of charge and they're desperate to find a charger and they're always plugging a wire into it, right? Yeah. We'll know that that turnover has happened when in pop culture we see the person who's desperate for their phone to be charged.

I don't know, sticking it to a MagSafe puck? I'm not even sure how they would do it. But yeah, obviously that's a trailing indicator, not a leading indicator. But yeah, wires are still pretty prevalent in popular media.

I don't know, sticking it to a MagSafe puck? I'm not even sure how they would do it. But yeah, obviously that's a trailing indicator, not a leading indicator. But yeah, wires are still pretty prevalent in popular media.

Yeah, if you want to know how they could get to no cable in a way that is not controversial to people – Rather than thinking of advances in wireless technology, what you have to do is fast forward to the point where – I mean who knows if we'll get this far. But if silicon continues to advance and we don't – and the wall that we know we're inevitably going to hit is farther out than we think it is.

Yeah, if you want to know how they could get to no cable in a way that is not controversial to people – Rather than thinking of advances in wireless technology, what you have to do is fast forward to the point where – I mean who knows if we'll get this far. But if silicon continues to advance and we don't – and the wall that we know we're inevitably going to hit is farther out than we think it is.

You could get to the point where the total amount of energy inside a phone in the battery, you know, for all day battery life is just lower. And then you don't need like advances, super advances and charging technology. Use the same stupid inductive coils we have now. But because you're filling a battery that's a quarter of the size. All these issues become much less. Right.

You could get to the point where the total amount of energy inside a phone in the battery, you know, for all day battery life is just lower. And then you don't need like advances, super advances and charging technology. Use the same stupid inductive coils we have now. But because you're filling a battery that's a quarter of the size. All these issues become much less. Right.

And if you have solid state batteries and they charge really fast, like I think that's how you would get to it. It would essentially require advances, continued advances in silicon, which are slowing rapidly, as we all know, and also advances in battery technology.

And if you have solid state batteries and they charge really fast, like I think that's how you would get to it. It would essentially require advances, continued advances in silicon, which are slowing rapidly, as we all know, and also advances in battery technology.

And then we get to the point where it's like, OK, well, all those issues they used to talk about, about charging your phone and heat or whatever. That's ridiculous because now it charges in 35 seconds off of an inductive coil. Nobody cares.

And then we get to the point where it's like, OK, well, all those issues they used to talk about, about charging your phone and heat or whatever. That's ridiculous because now it charges in 35 seconds off of an inductive coil. Nobody cares.