I was reading something this morning which mentioned plugging in a charging cable to your phone and it struck me that I virtually never charge my iPhone via cable.
I have a basic MagSafe charger on my bedside table and every night I just put my iPhone on that to charge, and also turn my iPhone into a bedside clock.
I don’t think about using a cable unless I’ve had a really heavy battery day and need to top up quickly. Which is rare. That one MagSafe charge overnight gets me through the day easily.
It struck me how MagSafe has quietly made wireless charging a daily part of my life over the past 18 months since I got my iPhone 13.
I’ve had wireless-charging-capable phones in the past, on Windows Phone and Android, but only ever used the charger a handful of times because it would either not sit properly or slide off somehow. So I’d just use a cable every night to charge.
By simply adding a magnet, Apple has quietly made wireless charging mainstream. And most of us haven’t even really realised it.
That’s Apple doing what it does best. We need more of that from Apple.