Apple 宣佈無線充電器 AirPower 正式暫停

Apple 上星期終於舉行了春季的特別發佈會，一口氣推出多項新的服務，稍早前 Apple 亦推出了大家討論多時的 AirPod、iPad Air、iPad Mini 和 iMac，可早一眾果迷期待多時的 AirPower 仍然未有消息。近日，Apple 的硬件工程部資深副總裁 Dan Riccio 終於可以明確的告訴大家 AirPower 的最新發展，但卻是一個壞消息，全因 AirPower 開發計畫已被正式叫停！

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“After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have canceled the project. We apologize to those customers who were looking forward to this launch. We continue to believe that the future is wireless and are committed to push the wireless experience forward.”

Dan Riccio 指 AirPower 這個計劃研發多時，卻仍然未符合 Apple 的高標準，因此只好暫停整個計劃，然而 Apple 仍然會致力於發展無線體驗。他同時又向一眾期待已久的果迷道歉。無線充電絕對是未來的大方向，雖然 AiePower 這個計劃已經暫停，但相信 Apple 仍會盡快解決問題，重新推出無線充電裝置！

Always worth reading @gruber’s show recaps. The AirPower situation is real – heat is a problem and it was shown off too early. Sometimes Apple does this and eng rises to the challenge and delivers. Sometimes, physics. https://t.co/2YNlpPO1qO

— Matthew Panzarino (@panzer) September 16, 2018

now that airpower is canceled, it’s interesting to look back at the announcement. here’s @pschiller explaining, in 2017, how it can charge your iphone 8/x, watch series 3, and airpods with *optional* wireless case (which only launched last week) https://t.co/xFHUNbvjLe
— we’re all airpower (@redletterdave) March 29, 2019