That's an unnecessary swipe at Android, and incidentally also misrepresents the wireless charging technology. Android isn't a phone company you know - there are dozens of companies running Android, who each make their own decisions on which technology to support.
If you're talking about global stats. I'm talking about the US market, where we live. But since over 72% hasn't fully adopted Magsafe-compactible Qi2... the article is still FUDD.
And their Magic Mouse didn't switch to USB-C from Lightning until late October '24.
Apple has a point. Why buy an Iphone with Magsafe in the phone when you can just buy a case with Magsafe for your phone whatever brand phone you have? There's no advantage to Apple.
You'd still need the coil/hardware in the phone though. A magsafe case just provides a connection for the magnet/energy transfer.
Doesn't seem to be a big deal in the overall scheme of things; possibly replacing it with a newer and incompatible technology (ditching Qi) would be frustrating if it only delivers marginal gains. If MagSafe disappeared from phones today, Apple users would just buy MagSafe cases and keep using their existing MagSafe accessories. I use a MagSafe charger in my Rivian to charge my Galaxy in a MagSafe case, and it works great. Given the outrageous costs of new smartphones, very few people these days carry their phones without a case.
Android is "less than half" of the phone market? When exactly did that happen? Last time I checked, Android phones had about 75% of the global market.
Apple was slow to embrace inductive charging. It requires the phone to have a non-conductive back.it also adds to the phone's thickness. But market pressures eventually forced them to offer it. Most phones integrate inductive charging with NFC hardware. Plus inductive charging facilitates waterproofing. I think Apple is only considering eliminating the magnetic ring that simplifies aligning the phone with the charger, not inductive charging.
