In recent weeks, front pages of technology media around the world have been filled with news that Apple reportedly considering removing MagSafe from future iPhones. At first glance, of course, this sounds like complete madness. MagSafe has been with us for several years, Apple It has built a fairly decent ecosystem of accessories around it, and many users have quickly gotten used to magnetic charging, car mounts, wallets, or stands. But if you look at the whole thing a little more soberly, you might find that removing the magnets from the iPhone's body might not be as much of a drama as it seems at first glance.
Just be aware of one relatively simple thing. MagSafe on the iPhone itself doesn't work as well as you'd expect with most cases. As soon as you put the phone in a regular case without its own magnets, the holding force drops significantly, or the MagSafe accessory doesn't hold as reliably as it should. ProThere are MagSafe covers that have their own magnetic ring inside. In other words, if you want to use MagSafe really conveniently and are used to using a cover on your phone (which most users are used to), in most cases you will still rely mainly on the magnets in the cover, not just on the ones in the phone itself.
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And this is where the whole speculation starts to get a little more interesting. If Apple If it could maintain reasonably fast wireless charging without magnets directly in the iPhone body and leave the accessories attached to the covers, it wouldn't be a disaster. On the contrary, it could make a lot of sense. The phone would get rid of one hardware layer, creating extra space inside and Apple could use it for something the user will feel much more. Whether it's a thinner body, a larger battery, better cooling, a redesigned internal layout, or some completely new feature, removing the magnets might suddenly feel less like a step back, but more like trading one thing for another.
Of course, the whole thing would depend on the execution. If Apple It would be wrong to simply remove MagSafe and make life more difficult for users. But if he came up with a solution, when iPhone can handle wireless charging at a reasonable speed on its own, and the magnetic attachment is provided by a quality case, then it could work very well. After all, for many people today, MagSafe is more a feature of the case than the phone itself, although they may not even realize it.
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Isn't it just marketing?
At the same time, it also offers a slightly more cynical, but AppIt's actually quite logical. Removing magnets from the iPhone's body could be a marketing move to some extent, designed to boost sales of original covers. Apple He has been making very good money on accessories for a long time, and it is not difficult to imagine that the production of covers, straps, cables or chargers in bulk is significantly cheaper than what we would pay for them in a store. So if he could equip his original covers with some special function that the regular competition does not offer, it could be a very interesting business.
Imagine, for example, a cover that is not just a passive protective shell, but becomes a kind of extension of the phone. It could have more precise magnetic guidance, better communication with iPhonem, optimized charging or maybe some minor software integration. Yes, it sounds a bit like a typical Apple a scenario where a company takes something from you first and then sells you a more elegant solution separately. But if it worked well and at the same time brought a real improvement to the iPhone as such, I would probably be Apple in this case he wasn't angry at all.
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I like MagSafe and I would definitely not say that it is useless. On the contrary, it is one of the features that you will appreciate mainly once you get used to it. You put the phone on a stand, clip it to the holder in the car, clip on a power bank or wallet and everything looks simple and elegant. But at the same time, it is fair to say that this entire ecosystem is already very often based on covers. And if Apple he just took this logic a step further, it might not be as controversial as it now seems.
As a result, removing the MagSafe magnets from the body of the iPhone itself might not be a problem. ProThe problem would only arise when Apple It wouldn't offer a reasonable replacement or would unnecessarily make everyday use more difficult for users. But if it uses the space gained to improve the phone while maintaining the convenience of using MagSafe accessories through covers, it could be a change that makes surprisingly good sense.
And maybe that's exactly what it's about AppIt's not going to kill MagSafe per se, but rather move its main role from the body of the phone to an accessory. On paper, it sounds like a small thing, but in practice it could open the door not only to a new iPhone design, but also to another round of the very profitable case business. And let's face it, that's something that would AppIt made sense, perhaps suspiciously well.
Hello, I personally think that if apple He decided to remove MagSafe so there would be no reason for case manufacturers to put any magnets there. Pro it will be a cost saving. Yes, it is possible with more expensive covers, but with cheaper ones I doubt very much that they would stick with magnets if the phone itself does not have them. But maybe I am wrong. So I hope they do not take this step and continue to use magsafe. :)
It sounds like a good deal of nonsense, plus the magnets are part of the back glass and therefore take up practically no space. Plus, I know plenty of people who don't wear covers to enjoy their phone the way it is. apple invented
These are your ideas again, I don't wear covers. Magnets don'tchat
I do not agree with the removal or the arguments in the article at all.
knitting wool miniMum uses magnets for accessories, mostly only for packaging and that too only because he himself Apple he has them, the moment he would remove the magnets from the iPhone, most of the manufacturers would immediately give a fuck about it.
A large percentage of people use iPhone without packaging so they would be cut off completely.
You claim that without a magnet in the cover the connection is not reliable. I don't agree with that, I use a magsafe wallet in which I have 2 cards and it also has an integrated stand, so it's quite a big cube that doesn't have any magnets on its own. Despite this, I use magsafe at home, in the car and even on my bicycle without any problems and I have never lost my phone during normal driving.
I really don't want my phone to be even rougher if I have to have a case, the magsafe wallet reliably replaces the layer of protection. On the contrary, it does not collect dust that scratches the phone itself like a normal cover. And thanks to her, I don't have cameras due to their absurd dimensionsanche uses the phone on the table. Nevertheless, the phone is already on the edge of the weight and volume that I am willing to use, if a cover should be added to it, then no thanks. After all, the integrated magnet was one of the main benefits of the iPhone for many years.
It's really sad where phones are going, manufacturers are trying to forcefully innovate while shooting themselves in the foot. Peak for me iPhone 15 that I have, a quality phone that lacks nothing – usb-c, magsafe, dynamic island. And no action button, but a classic one where I visually know what mode I'm in, no annoying ones camera control, no huge cameras and similar nonsense.
MagSafe is one of the best things in years, and removing it would be a waste. Apple only against each other. The cover with magnets complements the magnets in the body, moreover, for example, my magsafe cover does not have magnets, but only a metal strip that uses the magnets in the body of the iPhone, so by removing the magnets from the iPhone I would not be able to use MagSafe. Then there are people who do not use covers (and there are many of them) and what about them, they simply should not have MagSafe? This speculation is quite pointless in my opinion and Apple would only harm himself if he removed the magnets.